Talk:Cost Of Moving In The United Kingdom - Cherry House Moving

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because it relates to [slab tax] impacts and will be expanded. Data is referenced and accurate. --Tomintoul (talk) 09:41, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Dubious table

Why are example house prices set at 125001, 250001, &c? It appears that these prices have been chosen solely to reach the next rung on the stamp-duty ladder, so they give a distorted view of costs relative to actual house prices. To avoid cherrypicking numbers, a graph might be better (perhaps with house price along the horizontal axis and component costs shown as coloured bands). bobrayner (talk) 09:03, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I don't see anything dubious about the SDLT table. It accurately gives the bands at which the various rates apply. I don't know if either of you are in the UK but as someone who has paid a lot of this tax over the years I can confirm that buyers and sellers certainly are aware of the effect of the sharp increases above certain points. For instance you rarely see properties marketed at £255,000 or £260,000 and if you do, on enquiry you usually find the seller is looking for £250,000! I think the anti SDLT stuff in the article was overdone but I am also sure that is one of the key facts that readers of the article would be interested to learn or expect to find. Philafrenzy (talk) 19:29, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

As Philafrenzy says, the slab nature of the tax is a key aspect that readers will be interested in. I cannot understand Bobrayner's problem with clearly illustrating the point. The datapoints are critical to illustrate the dramatic changes in marginal tax. They are not cherry-picked, they are the level set set by Government. I would like further debate on this and intend to restore the table unless there is wider support for its deletion. Tomintoul (talk) 14:15, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Bobrayner

If you want more data points in the table, please add them. Or create a graph. Please do not remove the table again as it is the central part of the article. You are the only person who has questioned it. -- Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomintoul (talk o contribs) 11:40, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

I have added more data points that will hopefully make things clearer.Tomintoul (talk) 12:11, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Sideways house move

I have removed the section named "Sideways house move" in the article for three reasons:
A) it is totally unsourced (see WP:Citing sources, WP:BURDEN and WP:No original research)
B) it's accuracy has been disputed as being cherrypicked data (again see WP:BURDEN), and
C) it has been given undue weight considering the almost stub nature of the article.
Thomas.W ^{talk to me} 19:40, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Which bit of data?Tomintoul (talk) 22:14, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I don't fully agree, but I do take your point. Are you happy if the table showing the dramatic change in SDLT at the break points is restored without the other costs?Tomintoul (talk) 21:46, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

You are right that the whole table is needed to properly tie in with the article. Is there any way the original table could be improved to satisfy your concerns about its accuracy? -- Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomintoul (talk o contribs) 08:46, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Those costs are a major part of the cost of moving house so I reinstated it. Removal costs also are a major cost. I don't see why this article can't include all the major types of costs, though some should have only rough estimates as they vary so much, or no figures at all. I also don't understand your obsession with the £850 "average" of legal fees. The source for that according to The Guardian was the Really Moving site but their own research does not even mention an average. Why is it so important to you? Philafrenzy (talk) 01:09, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

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