{"id":124265,"date":"2022-01-17T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-i-get-a-loan-to-renovate-a-cottage-in-my-parents-garden\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T08:04:17","slug":"can-i-get-a-loan-to-renovate-a-cottage-in-my-parents-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-i-get-a-loan-to-renovate-a-cottage-in-my-parents-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I get a loan to renovate a cottage in my parents\u2019 garden?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA reader asks if they can register such a property as a separate dwellingQ My parents own their house outright. In the garden there is a separate cottage that I would like to move into and renovate. Can I: (a) get a loan for the works; and (b) be able to eventually register it as a separate dwelling with my parents\u2019 consent?JGA You could take out a personal loan to fund your renovations but you wouldn\u2019t be able to take out a mortgage on the property because you don\u2019t own it. A more sensible way of going about things would be first to establish whether your parents want to give you or sell you the cottage. If they don\u2019t, it doesn\u2019t make much sense to renovate it, especially if you have to take out a personal loan to pay for the work as they are much more expensive than mortgages. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/jan\/17\/can-i-get-a-loan-to-renovate-a-cottage-in-my-parents-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can I get a loan to renovate a cottage in my parents\u2019 garden?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A reader asks if they can register such a property as a separate dwellingQ My&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-wkh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33164,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mine-of-hidden-gems-a-derelict-hut-in-the-aussie-wilderness-transformed\/","url_meta":{"origin":124265,"position":0},"title":"Mine of hidden gems: a derelict hut in the Aussie wilderness transformed","date":"November 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r When a 150-year-old miner\u2019s hut was stripped down to basics, a beautiful boutique cottage emergedWhen looking for a home, there are few who would choose one that\u2019s easier to rip down than renovate. 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