Legal Boundaries: Why titles matter
You have just moved into your new home and your neighbour knocks on your door. They say that your garage is two metres into their boundary.
Property
Selling your property? Avoid payment of commission to more than one agent
It’s surprising that when selling property, the seller often pays little attention to the terms of the real estate agent’s listing agreement – particularly when there may a substantial sum of commission involved.
Doing Up Your House?
If you’re looking at renovating your house, you should be aware that a building consent may be needed for more work than you think. Replacing your bathroom with ‘like for like’ is not as simple as that as many people don’t realise a building consent is required for wet rooms and tiled showers.
Get a Building Report when you’re buying a new house
For many of us, buying a home is the largest purchase we will ever make. That’s why spending a few hundred dollars on a pre-purchase building report is so important as it can save you hundreds, maybe thousands, of dollars in years to come.
Rent Reviews
Changes to the standard form of the Auckland District Law Society (ADLS) Deed of Lease now make it possible for landlords to review the annual rent payable by either a market rent review or a Consumer Price Index (CPI) rent review.
Residential Building Contracts: Homework is important when building
Building a new home can be exciting, as well as being rather daunting. Stories abound of disappointments and building hassles.
Making alterations to your dwelling on a cross lease title
If your alteration is structural but non-load bearing, you’ll need consent from the other flat owners. This could include moving internal doors or partitions.
Finance Conditions for Sale & Purchase Agreements
With the standard ADLS/REINZ Agreement for Sale & Purchase containing a ‘subject to finance’ condition, a purchaser must do all things reasonably necessary to arrange finance on or before the finance date.
The ‘Solicitor’s Approval’ Clause
Have you ever signed an Agreement for Sale & Purchase without first giving it to your lawyer to consider?
Leasing the Farm
Leasing a farm, an orchard or cropping land is becoming more common and has attractions for both the land owner and the tenant farmer.