diff --git a/app/models/form/sales/subsections/household_characteristics.rb b/app/models/form/sales/subsections/household_characteristics.rb
index 571968c8f..0277acffb 100644
--- a/app/models/form/sales/subsections/household_characteristics.rb
+++ b/app/models/form/sales/subsections/household_characteristics.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Form::Sales::Subsections::HouseholdCharacteristics < ::Form::Subsection
     super
     @id = "household_characteristics"
     @label = "Household characteristics"
-    @depends_on = [{ "setup_completed?" => true }]
+    @depends_on = [{ "setup_completed?" => true, "company_buyer?" => false }]
   end
 
   def pages
@@ -92,4 +92,8 @@ class Form::Sales::Subsections::HouseholdCharacteristics < ::Form::Subsection
        Form::Sales::Pages::Buyer2EthnicBackgroundWhite.new(nil, nil, self)]
     end
   end
+
+  def displayed_in_tasklist?(log)
+    !log.company_buyer?
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/sales_log.rb b/app/models/sales_log.rb
index 629215386..90f130c04 100644
--- a/app/models/sales_log.rb
+++ b/app/models/sales_log.rb
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ class SalesLog < Log
     ownershipsch == 1
   end
 
+  def company_buyer?
+    companybuy == 1
+  end
+
   def buyers_age_for_old_persons_shared_ownership_invalid?
     return unless old_persons_shared_ownership?
 
diff --git a/spec/factories/sales_log.rb b/spec/factories/sales_log.rb
index f1da841a4..b2d6f37a5 100644
--- a/spec/factories/sales_log.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/sales_log.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ FactoryBot.define do
       ownershipsch { 2 }
       type { 8 }
       saledate { Time.utc(2023, 2, 2, 10, 36, 49) }
-      companybuy { 1 }
       jointpur { 1 }
       beds { 2 }
       jointmore { 1 }
diff --git a/spec/models/form/sales/subsections/household_characteristics_spec.rb b/spec/models/form/sales/subsections/household_characteristics_spec.rb
index 4645b7231..5a025e8de 100644
--- a/spec/models/form/sales/subsections/household_characteristics_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/form/sales/subsections/household_characteristics_spec.rb
@@ -195,6 +195,22 @@ RSpec.describe Form::Sales::Subsections::HouseholdCharacteristics, type: :model
   end
 
   it "has correct depends on" do
-    expect(household_characteristics.depends_on).to eq([{ "setup_completed?" => true }])
+    expect(household_characteristics.depends_on).to eq([{ "setup_completed?" => true, "company_buyer?" => false }])
+  end
+
+  context "when the sale is to a company buyer" do
+    let(:log) { FactoryBot.create(:sales_log, ownershipsch: 3, companybuy: 1) }
+
+    it "is not displayed in tasklist" do
+      expect(household_characteristics.displayed_in_tasklist?(log)).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when the sale is not to a company buyer" do
+    let(:log) { FactoryBot.create(:sales_log, ownershipsch: 3, companybuy: 2) }
+
+    it "is displayed in tasklist" do
+      expect(household_characteristics.displayed_in_tasklist?(log)).to eq(true)
+    end
   end
 end