Plot Sales

Herrington Carmichael is a full service law firm offering legal advice to UK and international businesses as well as individuals and families.

As a Developer, you will know that the landscape of selling new build properties has changed over the years and it is now more competitive than ever. Buyers expect more for their money, regulatory requirements have increased and a shift in stance on legal aspects have forced property professionals to adapt.

These factors make the sales process more complex and involved than in previous years, and that is why we take a proactive approach to getting as much dealt with and drafted as quickly as possible to avoid unnecessary delays for the sale of your plots. Having a dedicated specialist team ensures that your sales get the undivided attention they require in order to meet exchange deadlines.

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That’s absolutely fine, as we can exchange contracts “on notice”. So this means that the completion date is not fixed until the Property is ready. Once you have the building regulation completion certificate and the New Home Warranty certificate, then we serve notice on the Buyer’s Solicitors and completion is fixed for 10 working days after the date of the notice.

Yes, we are familiar with the First Homes legislation. The Lease or Transfer will be in substantially the same format as the other Leases and Transfers for your site so that all buyers are bound by the same covenants, but there are some additional provisions that we include in the First Homes documentation which will then correspond with the terms agreed with the Council in your Section 106 Agreement.

All of our plot contracts are consumer code compliant and we are happy to discuss these provisions in the contract should you require any further explanation.

Yes, it probably will. Whilst we would be able to show the current registered proprietor on the title plus a copy of your Transfer, a lot of Buyer’s are increasingly concerned about ensuring that titles are registered and when dealing with large or complicated titles some will even refuse to review the pack until the Seller is the registered proprietor of the site. Therefore, if the Solicitor acting on your purchase has not already done so please ask them to expedite the application on the basis that you are now looking to sell parts of the Property and this should means that the application is reviewed by the Land Registry much quicker.

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