What I have learned today.

Depends what level the LVT would be set at. The new council tax will be c5% of the flat's market value.

At the risk of making myself unpopular, I suggest you put yourself down as living in your current place, your wife down as living in Kings Lynn, and claim single person discount on both.

That's the spirit

Does premeditated and cynical defrauding of local council authorities carry a mandatory custodial tariff these days?

And there's a thought. Have we ever had an active Talkbacker in chokey before?

I'm not looking to avoid paying it, just think it'd be better if they were honest about their reasons.

I'd be tempted to sell it, invest the money, and have Mrs JR stay in a hotel whenever she needs to go visit. Probably work out cheaper?

If your maths is right, that sounds like lot. I know nothing at all about the market for flats in Kings Lynn, but generally 5% is nearing a respectable rental yield (aka it’s what you’d get renting the place out) but maybe that’s the point. They really don’t want empty properties.

LVT wouldn’t be that high.

It's a small one bed flat, band A, lowest council tax, currently 1800 council tax will double to 3600. Would say flat is worth about £80k. Might be bit more but even at 100k that's 3.6%.

In what I think is a good example of why the entire system is fucked, my Band F (not that big) house in London costs 1700 per year in council tax. Probably wotth c900k max. So about 0.2%!

It would. But my wife is attached to it and points out I spend a load on going to sporting events that she has no interest in, the flat is her thing to spend on.

Haha. Good luck with that!

Also risking unpopularity, are you not sticking it on AirBnB?

Have thought about it but it seems a lot of hassle, but this change might tip us over to giving it a try.

I think EBP is probably the closest.

I quick peruse of AirBnB suggests you would get between £50 and £90 per night for mid week nights, more at weekends.

Be raking it in on TB axis attendees alone.