Buying a House in Ireland: A Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor
Summary
Thinking about buying or selling a property? This step-by-step guide by a builder and property developer turned solicitor will help you avoid costly mistakes and ensure a sound investment. Updated August 2020 to include Help to Buy relief, statements made outside the contract, deed of confirmation for gifts, how to negotiate successfully, buying in Ireland from abroad, buying for cash, what happens on closing day. The author is the only solicitor in Ireland with a teleporter licence, and why you benefit. Getting started-finding the right property and how to avoid a bad one Where to find your property, and the problem with repossessed properties What to be wary of at auction How to deal with the auctioneer and negotiate the best price The problem with buying with a friend Rent or buy? How to use the internet for research and where to find the actual purchase prices of property in Ireland Mortgages, and the new Central Bank regulations in relation to deposits The types of mortgage and the difference between a mortgage and charge Self build houses and stage payment mortgages-how they work in practice The fees to expect in buying your house What you need to know about planning issues and your new home The critical importance of a structural survey, and why it may save you a fortune The problem with pyrite-and how to easily avoid it What your surveyor needs to look out for Critical questions about planning permission, building regulations, and compliance certificates What is conveyancing and what are the stages in a conveyance? The 2 types of registration of property ownership in Ireland The significance of a "family home" and what is a family home? The different types of ownership and why you need to be crystal clear about the difference The practical effect of "caveat emptor" when buying a house in Ireland Why buying an apartment is different from buying a house Why buying a new property is different from second hand property And more
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