This blog is short and sweet but it answers a question that I get asked regularly. When is local property paid for a newly built house? There is no property tax paid on the purchase of a new house, at the date of first ownership. There would be part of a year’s payment due, when […]
If you are buying a newly built house and getting the Help to Buy scheme payment, these are the key steps involved. Make your application on ROS. After you and the developer have each signed the contract, upload this signed contract to ROS. This will generate a new claim number starting with C and an […]
According to Altman Weil’s 2018 Chief Legal Officer Survey, corporate legal departments are spending more on internal expenditures than on outside. I’ve have had the opportunity to spend the last year actively listening to our clients and have learned some invaluable lessons along the way.
View my recent FB live question and answer session with first-time buyers. It was great to receive so many different. Since doing this, I’ve put together a guide to buying property. Click on the button below to download it. Guide to Property Buying
What is Conveyancing? Conveyancing is the process of transferring ownership of immovable property from one person to another * . Conveyancing is an umbrella term to describe all property transactions whether voluntary transfers between family members or purchases or sales of buildings, both commercial and residential or land. The title system is the same regardless […]
My advice to buyers Get a professional surveyor, engineer or architect to check the boundaries on the map against what is physically on the ground. Check where the water and access to the property come from. A map is given to the buyer’s solicitor with the contract and this should be given to the surveyor […]
What t Expect: To receive contracts quickly after you put down your booking deposit with the agent. The developer’s solicitor will usually have the contracts and title documents ready to issue . Frequently the solicitors require them to be signed and returned within 21 days of receipt. This is not always the case. Be sure […]
Selling When you are selling you house, your solicitor will ask you to provide your Local Property Tax details to see what band it is registered in and also to check if it’s paid .Revenue allow a certain difference or margin, (different for Dublin City and County) between the valuation band you registered the Local […]