Step 1 · Label
Disclosed with the listing.
What we do, in detail
Four activities, each with the same document pack handed over first.
Program 01 · The label, and its cost
Residential property
The energy label is not a rating, it is a liability. A dwelling at label E or F obliges the buyer to reach label D within five years of the deed, and the cost of that work is frequently larger than the discount that made the property attractive. We state the label and whether the obligation applies, so it enters your arithmetic before your offer.
Step 2 · Obligation
Whether it applies, and by when.
Step 3 · Documents
Certificates handed over.
Step 4 · Offer
Made with the real cost known.
Step 1 · Year built
Which establishes whether it applies.
Step 2 · Inspection
Certificate obtained.
Step 3 · Explain
What was found, and what it means.
Step 4 · Hand over
Before any offer, not at the deed.
Program 02 · Certificate first
Pre-2001 buildings
A pre-2001 building cannot lawfully be transferred in Flanders without an asbestos certificate, and the certificate is useful rather than ceremonial: it says what material is present, in what condition, and how it should be managed. We obtain it and we walk a buyer through the findings, including the ones that mean future expense.
Program 03 · Use and permits
Non-residential property
What a building may be used for is set by its planning designation and permits, not by what the previous occupier happened to do in it. We disclose the designation, the permits and any infringement we are aware of, and we will not describe a property as suitable for a use the planning position does not allow.
Step 1 · Designation
What the plan actually permits.
Step 2 · Permits
What has been granted.
Step 3 · Infringements
Disclosed if we know of any.
Step 4 · Offer
On an accurate basis.
Step 1 · Soil
Certificate obtained.
Step 2 · Planning
Whether it is developable at all.
Step 3 · Access
Services and road access checked.
Step 4 · Transfer
Through your notary.
Program 04 · Soil certificate
Land
A soil certificate is required before land is transferred and it can carry obligations with real cost attached. We obtain it and we are candid about buildability: a plot is only developable if the planning position says so, whatever a neighbouring plot was permitted to do ten years ago.
Looking at a property, or selling one?
A free first conversation. You will be dealing with the owner directly.