On Thursday, 28 May 2015 18:51:53 UTC+1, Adrian wrote:
On Thu, 28 May 2015 17:58:59 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

How about, if a house isn't your primary residence you get to pay double
council-tax.

Mr : My primary residence is London.
Mrs : But my primary residence is the Cotswolds.

So you pay tax on the properties you own. You pay for yuor house you're misses pays for hers, simples.
Of course selling both your home(s) to say 'google' or perhaps FIFA might enable you to pay NO tax on those homes but still own them in efect because you'll be paying xxxx rent to live in them then get a tax rebate perhaps even some form of housing benifit too.