EXCLUSIVE Couple with three luxury holiday lets in their back garden 'heartbroken' after council tax bombshell means they could be forced to sell By Anthony Stone Published: 11:24 GMT, 3 November 2024 | Updated: 11:30 GMT, 3 November 2024 e-mail View comments A couple who quit the rat race for an idyllic rural existence renting small cottages to holiday makers in Wales say they could be forced out of business by a government tax raid on second home owners that shouldn't apply to them. Paul and Sophie Frampton sold their home in England and gave up their jobs to buy a rural property close to three converted outbuildings in West Wales that they rent out to tourists. But the couple say they could now be forced to sell up after their trio of holiday cottages were slapped with a back-dated tax demand for £8,000 last week.
Sophie said: 'This is not just a property, it's our life. It will break my heart if we have to leave.' The news that turned their world upside down came last week when Paul received a letter from the Valuation Office Agency informing him that their business, Crug Yr Eryr Isaf Holiday Cottages, in Talgarreg, Ceredigion, had been switched to domestic council tax rates 19 months earlier.
Paul and Sophie Frampton sold their home in England and gave up their jobs to buy a rural property close to three converted outbuildings in West Wales that they rent out to tourists - but they could be forced to sell after a hefty tax demand Their trio of holiday cottages have been.