When you are in the fortunate position of buying a new house the process at the end is as follows. The builder’s solicitor will contact your solicitor and serve a formal notice of completion. At this stage your solicitor needs to ensure the necessary steps are taken to ensure all the necessary funds will be… Continue reading Buying a new house-the end of the process
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The next property crash
When I publish videos online-on sites like YouTube, Facebook, TikTok-there are always comments from a small group of individuals who talk about the “next crash”. As if the “next crash” was inevitable. They are referring, of course, to the big property crash we had in 2008 or thereabouts which saw the end of the Celtic… Continue reading The next property crash
Conveyancing is poetry
I discovered early in my career that many solicitors either liked conveyancing or hated it. In fact, there seemed to be a divide between litigators and conveyancers with different skills, mindsets, and personalities required for each area of activity. I have always liked conveyancing. Assessing and sussing out the provenance-the title-to a particular property intersest… Continue reading Conveyancing is poetry
Do disclaimers and qualifications in structural surveys render them worthless?
I made a video recently about getting a structural survey done when you are buying a second-hand house. We would always recommend but the purpose of the video was to explain that the survey is not a title document or a legal document per se. For this reason, any questions arising from it should be… Continue reading Do disclaimers and qualifications in structural surveys render them worthless?
Breaking rocks and digging ditches
Buying one’s first house is usually an exciting, thrilling time. Dealing with first time buyers can be time consuming and demanding but is generally a pleasant, enriching experience. Rarely, however, you come across an individual who, for whatever reason, is determined to spoil the whole thing. Who, no matter what you do, is not happy.… Continue reading Breaking rocks and digging ditches
My holiday project-rerecording my property audiobook for Audible
My holiday project, or one of them for Christmas break in December 2022, is to re-record my property book, “Buying a House in Ireland-a Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”. This book sells well, in all formats including paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. But I have one bugbear with the audiobook: I commissioned a guy… Continue reading My holiday project-rerecording my property audiobook for Audible
I have just updated “Buying a House in Ireland: A Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”
I have just updated my book about buying or selling property in Ireland, “Buying a House in Ireland: A Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”. Additional material which I have now added to the book includes: The new homebuying assistance scheme, The First Home Scheme Initiative Exempt developments BCMS (Building Control Management System) Attic… Continue reading I have just updated “Buying a House in Ireland: A Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”
Expanding and enhancing “Buying a House in Ireland-a Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”
It is 8 years now since I published “Buying a House in Ireland-a Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”. Little did I realise then how popular the book would prove to be. Sales in the last 12 months or so appear to have increased significantly and the audiobook version sells extremely well, too. I… Continue reading Expanding and enhancing “Buying a House in Ireland-a Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”
“Buying a House in Ireland: a Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”-I must take another look
Sales of my book, “Buying a House in Ireland: a Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”, have been consistently steady lately. Without going into the detail or delving too deeply into the actual numbers from Amazon sales appear to have been growing to the point where ‘my property book’ is now easily outselling my… Continue reading “Buying a House in Ireland: a Step by Step Guide by a Builder/Solicitor”-I must take another look