A Welsh couple who earn just £4,000 a year from their holiday let have been lumped with a £8,000 bill and left feeling "like criminals" for simply "following Covid rules".
Ieuan and Rhian Williams rent out a converted horse stables on their property in Denbighshire which means it's classed as a second home. As long as it's let to holiday makers then the property is subject to business rates. But when more than half their booking were cancelled during the Covid pandemic, they became liable for costly council tax rather than business rates.
Speaking to NorthWales Live, they claim they were made to feel like criminals when they were frisked and searched after being summonsed to court this month. And earning just £4,000 a year from the let, the unexpected bill - which comes in at £7,900 - means they have to run their holiday let for two years without profit just to pay their bill.
