overseasproperties4u.com - terms and conditions
Definitions
- "Business Day" means any day of the week excluding Saturday, Sunday and public or bank holidays;
- "cancellation period" means the period as referred to in condition 6.1;
- "Management Fee" means the fee specified as such in the Particulars;
- "Particulars" means the specific terms set out at the front of the Reservation Form;
- "Promotional Material" means our brochures and promotional materials from time to time including without limitation the content of the website which we operate from www.overseasproperties4u.com;
- "Property" means the property specified in the Particulars;
- "Purchase Contract" means the Contract of Sale for the Property between the Purchaser and the Seller;
- "Purchase Price" means the purchase price of the Property as set out in the Particulars;
- "Purchaser(s)" means the person or persons identified in the Particulars;
- "Reservation" means the arrangement whereby during the Reservation Period the Property will be reserved solely in the name of the Purchaser(s) and for which period the Seller has confirmed to us that it will not sell the Property to any other person and "Reserve" has the same meaning;
- "Reservation Fee" means the fee specified as such in the Particulars;
- "Reservation Period" means the period starting on the date we receive your Reservation Form and ending either (i) on the date which is 30 Business Days later or (ii) if earlier, the date of Exchange of Purchase Contracts;
- "Seller" means the seller of the Property as identified in the Particulars;
- "Services" means the property search services to be provided by us during the Reservation Period; and
- "Third Party Services" means services provided by third parties relevant to the purchase of overseas properties (including without limitation, legal services, furnishing and rental management services, property inspection services, insurance services, travel services and banking facilities).
The Contract Between Us
You have the right to cancel your Reservation at any time within the period of 7 days from the date we shall confirm acceptance of your reservation ("cancellation period"), which may be sent by you by email to enquiries@overseasproperties4u.com or in writing to us at overseasproperties4u.com, Brindley Close, Network 65, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 5TD. Notwithstanding any other provision, if we receive such notice to cancel within the cancellation period the Reservation Fee and Management Fee will be refunded in full.
The principle Service provided by us to you is in the search for an overseas property to introduce you to a Seller with a view to you entering into a contract to purchase a property from the Seller.
Subject to our validation checks being satisfied, we will confirm acceptance of your request in writing (including by way of email). A legally binding contract to make the Reservation and provide the Services will have been formed between us at the moment at which we send you this written confirmation. We will not be responsible if you fail to receive this confirmation or other information and documentation we provide as part of the Services where you have supplied us with incorrect contact details.
Nature of the Reservation
Purchase Contracts
The terms and conditions of any Purchase Contract are separate from and do not form any part of the terms of this Agreement between us.
Fees
The Reservation Fee will be fully refundable to you if you elect for any reason not to proceed with the Property purchase or withdraw for any other reason prior to signing the Purchase Contract.
In the unlikely event that the Seller of the Property does not proceed to exchange of a Purchase Contract, we will refund both the Reservation Fee and the Management Fee to you in full.
The Management Fee is in addition to the Reservation Fee payable to secure the property and is the fee payable by you to us in respect of the Service as referred to in condition 2.2. If you decide not to purchase the Property prior to signing a Purchase Contract you acknowledge that overseasproperties4u.com shall be entitled to apply the Management Fee to cover expense of management time and other administration costs and accordingly the refund of the Management Fee in whole or in part will be at overseasproperties4u.com’s discretion.
OUR Rights in relation to Reservations
the occurrence of any events as are outside our reasonable control;
if we are unable to obtain the Reservation Fee in cleared funds;
if at any point during the Reservation Period the Seller instructs us to withdraw the Property from sale; and/or
if you are in breach of or abusing the terms and conditions.
We will notify you by post, telephone or e-mail if this is the case. Except where you are at fault, if we have to cancel your Reservation for any reason we use all reasonable endeavours to offer you a Reservation over an alternative Property of similar specification and price, but if we are unable to do so, or we do so but you elect not to proceed, we shall refund in full any Reservation Fee [and Management Fee] already paid. You confirm that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party as a result of any such cancellation.
We reserve the right at our sole discretion to extend the Reservation Period where there is good reason for doing so.
Obligations
You acknowledge and accept that:
during the Reservation Period you are solely responsible for satisfying yourself as to the suitability of the Property and the implications of purchase including without limitation carrying out your own independent checks of the information we have provided (including in relation to location and facilities), investigating legal issues (including in relation to title), reviewing the draft Purchase Contract and understanding the legal and financial implications of purchase;
the Purchase Price is subject to contract and property details and based upon information and instructions given to us by the Seller. Accordingly we will not be liable to you in the event the Seller varies the Purchase Price;
you are solely responsible for payment of the Purchase Price.
Disclaimer in relation to Information
Although we make every effort to ensure Purchase Prices displayed are accurate, errors may sometimes occur. If at any time during the Reservation Period we discover an error in the Purchase Price, we will inform you as soon as possible. You will have the option of reconfirming your Reservation at the correct price or cancelling it and receiving a full refund of any Reservation Fees [and Management fee] already paid.
Any information contained in our Promotional Materials or which we otherwise provide to you as part of the Services is used at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for checking that information and for any damage or loss that results from the use or download of any such information, content and/or material.
Third Party Services
we do not control and are not responsible for these Third Party Services and accordingly will not be responsible or liable for those Third Party Services;
we do not endorse, make any representations or give any warranties in relation to the Third Party Services; and
your use of the Third Party Services is entirely at your own risk and subject to separate terms and conditions to be agreed between you and the relevant third party.
Liability and Limitation
We shall not be liable to you or to any other person (except where we have acted fraudulently) for any loss or damage which may arise out of or in connection with us making the Reservation on your behalf and/or providing you with the Services and/or the fitness for purpose or otherwise of the Property, including without limitation:
loss of business; loss of revenue; loss of profits; loss of anticipated savings; wasted expenditure; loss of privacy and/or loss of data;
additional and/or unexpected expenditure and/or costs (including legal costs);
further works required in relation to the Property;
loss or damage arising from or in connection with any of information or materials made available to you as part of the Services; and/or
any other loss or damage (including without limitation loss or damage which does not result directly from our actions).
We will not be liable to you for any delay or failure in making a Reservation or providing you with the Services where such delay or failure is due to circumstances beyond our control or the control of our group companies, agents and sub-contractors, including but not limited to electricity power failure, utilities failure, failure of telecommunications links, failure of transport infrastructure, fire, flood, government act, act of God, legislative constraints, strikes, labour disputes or malicious damage involving employees.
Any liability we may have to you under this Agreement shall be limited at our discretion to offering you a Reservation over an alternative property of similar specification and price where available, or extending the Reservation Period for a further defined period at no extra cost to you and ultimately and where appropriate to reimbursement of all or any part of the Reservation Fee and Management Fee already paid.
Our exclusions of liability shall not apply to any damages arising from death or personal injury caused by our negligence or that of any of our employees or agents.
Nothing in the terms of the Agreement between us shall affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
Personal Information and Data Protection
Unless a member of our staff has been fraudulent or negligent, we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage you may suffer as a result of unauthorised access by a third party to your Personal Information. It is your responsibility to ensure the security of the information you provide us and avoid unauthorised access and/or use. You acknowledge that email correspondence with us is in the free format text and cannot be encrypted. Accordingly any sensitive information (including credit card details) which you send us by email is sent at your own risk.
For further details of our information practices please refer to our Privacy Policy which is available from our website.
Third Party Liability
Amendments to the Agreement and Services
We reserve the right to modify the whole or any part of the Services (including without limitation the materials and information we make available as part of the Services). We may seek to do so where any applicable provision is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any relevant jurisdiction. If we are unable to modify the term or the Services to render them lawful, we reserve the right to terminate the provision of the Services. If we terminate in these circumstances you will be entitled where appropriate to a refund of the whole or any part of any Reservation Fee and any Management Fee already paid.





