PrivateSmallLandlord

This is a very useful Q&A with alan23567 - thank you both for posting here. One further question or clarification from HMRC, please, about owning two rental properties and deciding to sell one in the same sequence as alan23567 (i.e. deciding to sell after the redecoration work was complete). If the second property remains rented out, are expenses incurred in redecorating the first property prior to its sale tax deductible because the landlord remains in the "rental business" via the second property and hence the overall landlord "trade" has not ceased? Thank you in advance. PrivateSmallLandlord