Richard Faulkner wrote in message ...

The stamp duty is on the land and the property. Not on 'demountable
objects' or indeed furniture. However the revenue takes a dim view of a
500 grand house with 300 grand of fitted carpets and curtain rails. But
will accept maybe 10k.

Up till now no one has really made a point of separating the two. Now
there is a point, so people will...as much as they can get away with.

Course they have! - it's been going on for ages on a smaller scale (ie
10-fold) with the 50K stamp duty threshold.

David