Buyers, sellers, landlords and developers

  • Property contracts, title checks, Land Registry searches and leases, from due diligence to transfer of title.
  • Standard purchases and sales quoted at a fixed fee.
  • Two situations arrive most often: a deposit falls due before anyone has checked it, or a title will not transfer.

We act for buyers, sellers, landlords and developers on property contracts, title checks, Land Registry searches and leases, from due diligence through to transfer of title. Standard purchases and sales are quoted at a fixed fee, for clients across Cyprus.

Most of what reaches us is one of two situations. A deposit is due and nobody has checked what it commits you to, or a title will not transfer.

  • Purchase and sale agreements, reservation agreements, and the deposit of the contract at the Department of Lands and Surveys
  • Due diligence: Land Registry searches, encumbrances, planning position, and notes recording unauthorised works
  • Transfer of title, and the tax and transfer-fee position on a transaction
  • Properties with no separate title deed, bought and sold by assignment of contractual rights, including at auction
  • Leases, landlord and tenant disputes, rent arrears and recovery of possession
  • Common expenses, communal areas and management committee disputes in jointly owned buildings
  • Council of Ministers permits, where the buyer is a national of a country outside the EU

Between signature and transfer of title, months or years can pass, and in that gap the seller can change their mind, take on new debts or go under. Depositing a contract of sale at the Land Registry is what closes that gap, and it carries deadlines. It is the single most useful thing a buyer does and the most expensive thing to leave late.

Five parts of this work have pages of their own: the property practice as a whole, what due diligence on a Cyprus property covers item by item, what has to be checked when the house is already built and being resold, how a purchase is completed by power of attorney when the buyer is not in Cyprus, and the review of an auction legal pack before a bid is placed.

What to send us in a first enquiry

The draft contract, the title number or Land Registry search if you have one, the plans and permits, and any reservation agreement already signed. If a deposit has been paid, tell us when and on what terms.