buying and selling property
The following publications/articles are available:
Positive covenants
POSITIVE COVENANTS
A positive covenant imposes an obligation to carry out a positive action, and will usually involve the spending of money (for example, to repair, contribute toward maintenance costs of an accessway, erect fences, etc).
There are six basic legal devices that are used to try to make positive covenants bind successors in title:
When you sell your property you still need an Energy Performance Certificate!
This applies to us all if we are hoping to sell our property and to those of you who are Landlords offering a property for rent.
The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is a European Union (EU) initiative as part of the drive to improve energy efficiency across the EU member countries. The certificate will provide two key pieces of information:-
Buying and Selling Property
On the 21st May 2010 the Home Information Packs (HIPS) were suspended but all homes marketed for sale still require an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate). You can market your home without the EPC actually being in existence, but only if either you or your Agent has ordered the EPC before marketing commences. This means a Domestic Energy Assessor must be instructed to prepare an Energy Performance Certificate for your home before it is actually marketed.
The Certificate is valid for ten years.
Considering contractual terms agreed with the Estate Agents
Offers, exchange of contracts and completion