Pub to home conversion

[quyen]

With the number of pubs going up for sales at the moment, has anyone had any experience of buying a pub and converting it into a home? The advantages are obvious - huge rooms, garden and parking spaces! But how difficult is it to get planning permission to change a pub into a home and what about the VAT you have to pay for a pub?

Edited by quyen on Wednesday 22 July 10:48

[quyen]

109 Bob said:

I suppose it depends a lot on if you're buying the pub as a trading business & property or just the property. If just the property then there are some real bargains to be had at the moment.

I know nothing about running a pub so it will have to be converted into a nice home.

Can you buy the pub, keep it close and live upstairs (which is already residential) whilst using the downstairs unofficially as a living room (i.e when you're still waiting for planning permission to come through)? Is there any costs associated with keeping the pub close e.g. business rate?

[quyen]

wolf1 said:

If it was my pub and I was in the mood to be a stubborn git then I wouldn't sell it and just continue to use the accommodation part to live in.

How much would it cost to keep the pub close? Do you have to pay business taxes e.t.c?