DM died three years ago, she lived in a retirement flat. Sadly due to Covid etc we've been unable to sell the flat, it's been up for sale for over two years. So far we've changed agents and reduced the price significantly. It's in a good condition and quite large, but there just isn't much movement in this sector.
We've now been told we have to pay an Long Term Empty premium. This means the payments are over £500 a month.
I understand that it's to discourage people keeping empty properties but that's not what we're doing. Does anyone know if there's anything that can be done to reduce the payments? All the council have said is that it can be paid in total from the eventual sale of the flat.