Definitions - P
- Party Wall
- A wall owned jointly with a neighbour and repairable at shared expense.
- Planning Permission
- Approval by the local authority to the building or change of use of a property or extension to an existing property.
- Power of Attorney
- The document to be signed by somebody to appoint somebody else to act as their attorney.
- Pre-Contract Enquiries
- These are enquiries which we will raise with the Seller’s solicitors upon receipt of Contract documentation. We normally recommend our Buyers prepare a list of questions which they may have in respect of the property in order that we may raise these together with our additional enquiries at the same time.
- Preliminary or Pre Contract Enquiries
- This is a set of questions that is sent to the seller’s conveyancer by the buyer’s conveyancer relating to the property. Typically these questions will consist of enquiries relating to boundaries, easements, persons living at the property etc.
- Private Road
- A road maintained by property owners rather than by the local authority. The property owners need to have rights over it as it is not necessarily a public access.
- Property Information Form
- A document completed by a seller to give information about the property to the buyer (e.g. who maintains boundaries and whether there have been any disputes).
