Pre-purchase steps

Planification

• Organization and planning of your real estate transactions

Inspection

• What are the expenses that I should expect when buying a real estate property?
• Is there an obligation to have an immovable property inspected before the sale?
• What are the advantages to proceed to an inspection?
• Is there a uniform procedure for inspecting the buildings?
• What elements should be included in the inspection of the immovable property?
• What is the difference between a pre-purchase inspection and an expertise?
• How to retain the services of an inspector?
• Does inspection have its limits?
• Does the inspector have obligations?
• Can an inspector be held responsible?
• What are the reasons for requiring an environmental assessment ?
• Is it necessary to conduct a soil quality study prior to the purchase of an immovable/real estate property?
• The purchaser indicates to me that he intends to install his architect's office in the house that I am selling him, do I have to inform myself if he can do so?

Survey and location certificat

• What are the tasks and the role of the land surveyor in Quebec?
• What is a location certificate?
• What is a technical description?
• What is a staking?
• What is the determination of boundaries?

Latent defects and flaws

• What is a latent defect?
• If a seller did not know that his house was affected by a latent defect, can he still be responsible towards his purchaser?
• Do I have to disclose all the defects of my house to the purchaser?
• What to do if a purchaser finds that the purchased house is affected by latent defects?
• What remedies does the purchaser have against the seller if the building is affected by latent defects?
• Are these rules applying to property other than real estate properties?

Property title verification

• What is the title examination?
• What are the steps of a title examination?
• What is the title insurance?
• How many types of title insurance are there?
• What are the immovable properties which can be insured under the title insurance?
• What are the risks usually covered by the title insurance?
• What are the differences between the title insurance and the liability insurance of the notary?
• What are the benefits of the title insurance?
• Cancellations, discharges and releases
• What is a discharge?
• What is a release?
• What is a cancellation?
• How the conventional immovable hypothec is cancelled?
• How the legal hypothec of the syndicate of co-owners is cancelled?
• How a declaration of family residence is cancelled?
• How the legal hypothec of construction is cancelled?
• How the hypothec in favor of the State is cancelled?
• How the hypothec in favor of a municipality for failure to pay property taxes is cancelled?

Environmental standards

• What are the reasons for requiring an environmental assessment ?
• Is it necessary to conduct a soil quality study prior to the purchase of an immovable/real estate property?
• What are the different stages of assessment of a potentially contaminated soil?

Certifications

• What is the LEED certification?
• What is the interest of the LEED certification?
• How to get the LEED certification?
• What is the interest of the BOMA BESt certification?
• How to obtain the BOMA BESt certification?
• What is the BOMA BESt certification?