Property Information Form – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Boundaries means any fence, wall, hedge or ditch which marks the edge of your property.

1.1 Looking towards the house from the road, mark the appropriate box for who either owns or accepts responsibility for the boundary: you, NEXT DOOR, SHARED or NOT KNOWN, (a) on the left, (b) on the right and (c) across the back.

1.2 If you have answered "not known", give details of which boundaries you have actually repaired or maintained.

2.1 NO or YES: do you know of any disputes or anything which might lead to a dispute about this or any neighbouring property?

2.2 NO or YES: have you received any complaints about anything you have, or have not, done as owner?

3.1 NO or YES: have you either sent or received any letters or notices which affect your property or the neighbouring property in any way? For YES mark COPY ENCLOSED, TO FOLLOW or LOST.

3.2 NO or YES: have you had any negotiations or discussions with any neighbour or any local or other Authority which affect the property in any way?

4.1 NO or YES: are there any guarantees or insurance policies of these types: (a) NHBC Foundation 15 or Newbuild, (b) Damp course, (c) Double glazing, roof lights, roof windows, glazed doors, (d) Electrical Work, (e) Roofing, (f) Rot or infestation, (g) Central heating? For YES mark COPIES ENCLOSED, WITH DEEDS or LOST.

(h) Anything similar and (i) written details of the work done to obtain any of these guarantees: mark NO or YES.

4.2 NO or YES: have you made or considered making claims under any of these?

4.3 NO or YES: do you have a maintenance or service agreement for the central heating system? COPIES ENCLOSED, WITH DEEDS or LOST.

Services (gas, electrical and water supplies, sewerage disposal and telephone cables), 5.1 Tick which services are connected to the property: GAS, ELEC., MAIN WATER, MAIN DRAINS, TEL., CABLE T.V., SEPTIC TANK or CESS PIT.

5.2 Supply a copy of the latest water charge account and the sewerage account (if any); mark ENCLOSED or TO FOLLOW.

5.3 NO or YES: is the water supply on a meter?

5.4 Mark NOT KNOWN or YES: do any drains, pipes or wires for these cross any neighbour's property? 5.5 Mark NOT KNOWN or YES: do any drains, pipes or wires leading to any neighbour's property cross your property?

Sharing with the neighbours, 6.1 YES or NO: are you aware of any responsibility to contribute to the cost of anything used jointly, such as the repair of a shared drive, boundary or drain?

6.2 YES or NO: do you contribute to the cost of repair of anything used by the neighbourhood, such as the maintenance of a private road?

6.3 If so, who is responsible for organising the work and collecting the contributions?

6.4 Give details of all such sums paid or owing, and explain if they are paid on a regular basis or only as and when work is required.

6.5 YES or NO: do you need to go on to any neighbouring property if you have to repair or decorate your building or maintain any of the boundaries or any of the drains, pipes or wires?

6.6 If "Yes", YES or NO: have you always been able to do so without objection by the neighbours? Give details of any objection under the answer to question 2 (disputes and complaints).

6.7 YES or NO: do any of your neighbours need to come onto your land to repair or decorate their building or maintain their boundaries or any drains, pipes or wires?

6.8 If so, mark NO or YES: have you ever objected? See question 2 (disputes and complaints). Arrangements and rights, 7.1 NO or YES: is access obtained to any part of the property over private land, common land or a neighbour's land? If so, specify.

7.2 NO or YES: has anyone taken steps to stop, complain about or demand payment for such access being exercised?

7.3 NO or YES: are there any other formal or informal arrangements which you have over any of your neighbours' property? 7.4 NO or YES: are there any which someone else has over your property? (Examples are for access or shared use)

Occupiers, 8.1 NO or YES: does anyone other than you live in the property? If "NO" go to question 9.1. If "YES" please give their full names and (if under 18) their ages.

8.2 (a)(i) NO or YES: do any of them have any right to stay on the property without your permission? 8.3 (a)(ii) NO or YES: are any of them tenants or lodgers? For tenants or lodgers give details and a copy of any Tenancy Agreement.

Changes to the property, 9.1 Have any of the following taken place to the whole or any part of the property (including the garden) and if so, when? For YES write the year.

(a) Building works (including Loft conversions and conservatories), (b) Change of use, (c) Sub-division, (d) Conversion, (e) Business activities: NO or YES.

(f) Replacement windows, roof lights, roof windows, glazed doors: mark NO or YES and, for YES, write the year.

If "YES" what consents were obtained under any restrictions in your title deeds?

9.2 YES or NO: has consent under those restrictions been obtained for anything else done at the property?

Planning and building control, 10.1 YES or NO: is the property used only as a private house? For NO give details.

10.2(a) Mark YES, NO or NOT KNOWN: has the property been designated as a Listed Building or the area designated as a Conservation Area? If so, when did this happen: write the year.

10.2(b) NO or YES: was planning permission, building regulation approval or listed building consent obtained for each of the changes mentioned in 9? Supply copies of the relevant permissions and, where appropriate, certificates of completion.

10.2(c) If any of the changes mentioned in 9.1 (f) have taken place, and the work completed after 1 April 2002, supply either a FENSA certificate or a building regulation certificate.

Expenses, 11: have you ever had to pay for the use of the property? Ignore council tax, water rates and gas, electricity, and telephone bills. Disclose anything else. Mark NO or YES.

Mechanics of the sale, 12.1 YES or NO: is this sale dependent on your buying another property?

12.2 If "YES", say what stage the negotiations have reached. 12.3 YES or NO: do you require a mortgage?

12.3 If "YES", YES or NO: has an offer been received and/or accepted or a mortgage certificate obtained?

Deposit, 13: YES or NO: do you have the money to pay a 10% deposit on your purchase?

If "NO", YES or NO: are you expecting to use the deposit paid by your buyer to pay the deposit on your purchase?

Moving date, 14: please indicate if you have any special requirement about a moving date. This will not be fixed until contracts are exchanged i.e. have become binding. Until then you should only make provisional removal arrangements.

Part 1 is to be completed by the seller, who signs on the Signature(s) line.

Write the Date; Part 11 is to be completed by the seller's solicitor.

Send all the replies to your solicitor.