The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2021 has come into force from 30th November2021. This is a short but valuable act which sorts out problems which would have arisen regarding rights of way and easements as a consequence of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act … Read more
You will encounter warranties and indemnities in the vast majority of contracts you will be involved in, including for the purchase of your first home or car. The main objective of warranties and indemnities is to allocate rise between the parties, usually a vendor and purchaser. The vendor/seller will look to restrict the scope of … Read more
I have dealt with a large number of property buyers over the last few years who have availed of the “Help to Buy” scheme to give them a helping leg up onto the property ladder. Let’s take a look at it, shall we. Firstly, the Help to Buy (HTB) Incentive scheme is managed by the … Read more
This High Court case shows the difficulties of being a landlord in Ireland nowadays. The Landlord and Tenant dispute between Reginal Carroll and Terry Rowland and Margaret Rowland ended up in the High Court, with a decision delivered on 3rd September 2021. The tenant, Mr Carroll, had lost his case at the Residential Tenancies Board … Read more
Are you tempted to sell your house privately, cutting out the estate agent and taking the ‘for sale by owner route’? I think I have only had one such sale in the last 5 years, but it went surprisingly smoothly. And with a considerable saving for the vendor for the thousands that might have gone … Read more