Plot sales

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‘Plot sale’ is the term commonly used to describe the sale of newly-built residential properties by a housing developer. The most common scenario is where the developer lays out a residential estate, builds houses on it in accordance with plans prepared by the developer, and then sells the land and completed buildings on it to a series of buyers. However, ‘plot sale’ may also be used to describe the position where only a single property has been constructed.

Sale documentation tends to be in standard form where there are multiple properties on an estate. See Precedents:

  1. •

    Plot sale agreement—freehold

  2. •

    Agreement for sale of long residential lease (off plan)

  3. •

    Plot sales transfer

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