Site terms and conditions

What’s in these terms?

These terms tell you the rules for using our website https://www.movemnt.co.uk/ (our Site). The Site is intended for use by business consumers only not individuals. If you are a consumer you can visit Zoopla at zoopla.co.uk for our consumer facing products and services, and zoopla.co.uk/move for more information about our direct to consumer Zoopla Move product.

Who we are and how to contact us

Vebra Solutions Limited (“VSL”), a company registered in England and Wales under company number 04529917, whose registered office is at The Cooperage, 5 Copper Row, London SE1 2LH.

VSL, is part of the Property Software Group which is a division of ZPG Limited. Any reference to ‘us’, ‘we’, ‘our’ or “the Group” within these Terms may include all Property Software Group subsidiaries including but not limited to Zoopla Limited or any of the direct or indirect parent or subsidiary undertakings.

You can contact us at: here or view our Help Centre.

By using our Site you accept these terms

By using our Site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use (terms) and that you agree to comply with them.

If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our Site.

We recommend that you print or make a digital copy of these terms for future reference.

There are other terms that may apply to you

These terms refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Site:

  • Our Privacy Policy and Privacy Notices See further under ‘How we may use your personal information’.
  • Our Acceptable Use Policy, outlined below, which sets out the permitted and prohibited uses of our Site. When using our Site, products and services, you must comply with this Acceptable Use Policy.
  • Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our Sites.
  • In the event you elect to purchase products or services, this will be governed by separate terms and/or be governed by third party terms which will apply in addition to these terms. Where possible, we will notify you of such terms before you sign up to the relevant service to give you an opportunity to review them.

We may make changes to these terms

We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our Site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. By continuing to use and access the Site, you agree to be bound by any amended terms. It is your responsibility to check for any updates.

We may make changes to our Site

We may update and change our Site from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our services, our users’ needs and our business priorities.

We may suspend or withdraw our Site

Our Site is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our Site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Site for business and operational reasons.

We are not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of our Site, products or services, or any lack or loss of functionality of our Site, products or services.

You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Site through your internet connection are aware of these terms and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

We may transfer this agreement to someone else

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. Where required by law, we will tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.

Our Site is only for users in the UK

Our Site is directed to people residing in the United Kingdom (the Permitted Territory). We do not represent that content available on or through our Site is appropriate for use or available in other locations.

This Site, its content (including information and material) , products or services provided in relation to the same are only targeted to, and intended for use by businesses located in the Permitted Territory. By continuing to access, view or make use of this Site and any related content, products and services, you hereby warrant and represent to us that you are located in the Permitted Territory. If you are not a resident in the Permitted Territory, you must immediately discontinue use of this Site and any related content, products and services.

Recommended Product or Services

By using the Site and submitting your information to us, you agree to us contacting you in relation to particular products and services, provided by us, our affiliates or third parties. Nothing in these terms should be construed as a guarantee that any products and/or services will be fit for your particular purpose. The products and/or services may be subject to additional fees, which will be made available to you in the event you decide to purchase the products and/or services. You should familiarise yourself with the products and/or services, carry out your own due diligence and review any relevant documents (including terms and conditions) before deciding on whether to purchase the products and/or services.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing within these terms will require us to provide any products and/or services to you and any such products and/or services will be subject to separate terms and conditions.

How you may use content on our Site

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Site, content available on the Site, and any database operated by us, any proprietary software utilised by us to enable you to use Site, and the underlying source code. These are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. Much of the content is protected by copyright, trade mark, database rights, design rights (including in the “look and feel” and other visual or non-literal elements), and/or other intellectual property rights (whether registered or unregistered). Our logos, together with our trademarks and/or service marks, may not be copied or reproduced without our prior written consent. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download and share extracts, of any page(s) from our Site for your personal use only. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Site must always be acknowledged.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any content you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

You must not use any part of the content on our Site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence from us to do so. This includes not using the content on our Site for the purposes of developing or contributing towards a solution utilising artificial intelligence.
If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any content or part of our Site in breach of these terms, your right to use our Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the content you have made. We reserve the right to take further legal action in respect of any such breach.

All of our trade marks, both registered and unregistered, worldwide, belong to us. You are not permitted to use any of our trade marks without our written approval.

No text or data mining, or web scraping

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our Site or any product or services provided via, or in relation to, our Site. This includes but is not limited to using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):

  • Any “robot”, “bot”, “spider”, “scraper” or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the Site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.
  • Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard.

This clause shall not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.

Do not rely on content on this Site

Unless we explicitly agree otherwise, the content, and the products or services that we provide on our Site (including, but not limited to, properties available, guides, reports and resources provided by third parties such as calculators (including mortgage calculators) and quoting services we make available on our Site) is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our Site.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the content on our Site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether expressed or implied, that the content on our Site is accurate, complete or up to date.

We are not responsible for third party advertising or websites we link to

Where our Site contains links to other websites, applications or platforms (including social media sites) and resources provided by third parties, these are provided for your information only. Any links which include the option to contact third parties are to be completed at your own risk. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites, applications, platforms or information you may obtain from them.We have no control over the contents, material or information which you may provide to those websites, applications, platforms or resources.

This Site may also contain advertising from third parties and we are not responsible for any misleading or inaccurate advertisements which are the sole responsibility of the advertiser. Any links or advertisements on this Site should not be taken as an endorsement by us of any kind. Furthermore, this Site contains data provided by third parties and we accept no responsibility for any inaccuracies in this material. You agree to release us from claims or disputes of any kind arising from or in any way connected to such disputes with third parties.

User-generated content is not approved by us

This Site may include content uploaded by business users of the Site, including links to social media pages, video-sharing websites, bulletin boards and chat rooms. This content has not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our Site do not represent our views or values. No consumer user generated content is permitted on this Site.

How to complain about or report content

If you become aware of any content that could comprise or be connected to child sexual abuse or exploitation or that could comprise terrorist content or be connected to terrorism, please contact us immediately using this form.

If you wish to complain about any other information, content or material, please contact us using this form.

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you

The Site (including all content) is provided by us on an “as is” and “as available” basis and we make no representations, guarantees or warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation, warranties as to quality, suitability for any purpose, compatibility, reliability, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, access or use. It is your responsibility to evaluate the quality, suitability, accuracy, completeness and reliability of our Site and content contained therein. We accept no responsibility and make no representations, guarantees, or warranties that the Site will operate continuously, without interruptions or be fault-free. We may need to make the Site unavailable with or without notice to carry out maintenance or upgrade work. We accept no liability for any interruption or loss of service.

We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, representatives or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our Site or any content on it, whether express or implied.

Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any products or services to you, which will be set out in our other terms and conditions depending on the products or services you buy and/or interact with.

Liability

We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our Site or any content on it.

We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

  • use of, or inability to use, our Site; or
  • use of or reliance on any content displayed on our Site.
  • In particular, we will not be liable for:
  • loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
  • business interruption;
  • loss of anticipated savings;
  • loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
  • any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

How we may use your personal information

We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy. Where you choose to use or purchase a product or service provided by us, your personal information may be further processed as set out in any product or service privacy notice. You must please read our Privacy Policy together with any more specific privacy notices. For any processing of your personal data by a third party, you must read their privacy policy which will govern their processing activities.

When you create an account you may be given the opportunity to opt-in or out of receiving electronic marketing from us, our Group, or third parties. You can manage your marketing preferences via our Site or unsubscribe from emails at any time. From time to time, we may need to send you electronic messages to fulfil contractual, legal, regulatory or business obligations regarding products and services you use.

When it comes to our products and services we don’t compromise on security. If you have noticed something that doesn’t seem quite right with our Site you can let us know by emailing security@zoopla.co.uk your name, details of the vulnerability and how to reproduce it. For more information on our Vulnerability Disclosure Policy, see our Privacy Policy.

Making an enquiry through our Site

You must not, nor do we allow you to, upload content onto our Site. Anything you submit will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of our Site a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties.
We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted by you to our Site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights or of their right to privacy.

You agree to use our Site in a way which complies with our Acceptable Use Policy, detailed below.

We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them

We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our Site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Site, the server on which our Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Site. You must not attack our Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Site will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our Site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website, application or platform linked to it.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our Group, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents or suppliers harmless from any and all claims or demands, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of this Site or through your password or otherwise, the violation of these terms by you, or the infringement by you of any intellectual property or other right of any other person or entity.

Rules about linking to our Site

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our brands or our reputation or take advantage of it. You are responsible for your own website and ensure it will at all times comply with all applicable laws.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to our Site in any website, application or platform that is not owned by you.

Our Site must not be framed on any other website, application or platform, nor may you create a link to any part of our Site other than the home page, without prior agreement.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Which country’s laws apply to any disputes?

Our Site is made available to businesses in the UK only.

These terms, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

General

The headings in these terms are solely used for convenience only. You may not assign or delegate any or all of your rights or obligations under these terms. We may assign our rights at any time without notice to you. Our delay or failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these terms shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such right to act. We shall not be responsible for any breach of these terms caused by circumstances beyond our control. Nothing in these terms shall be construed to create a joint venture, partnership, or agency relationship between you and us, and neither you or we shall have the right or authority to incur any liability, debt, or cost, or enter into any contracts or other arrangements, in the name of or on behalf of the other.

These Terms and Conditions were last updated June 2024.

Acceptable use policy

About this policy

Together with the terms and conditions above, this acceptable use policy (Policy) governs how you may access and use the Site and all associated web pages, applications and platforms . The use of the Site is provided by us free of charge. Some products and services within our Site may be chargeable.

When choosing to use our other products or services whether paid for or not, your use may be subject to additional terms of use and acceptable usage restrictions.

You should read this Policy carefully before using the Site.

By using the Site or otherwise indicating your consent, you agree to be bound by this Policy, which supplements the terms. If you do not agree with or accept any part of this Policy, you should stop using the Site immediately.

If you have any questions about this Policy, or would like this Policy in another format, please contact us using the contact details provided in this form.

Acceptable use

You must be 18 years old or over to create an account on our Site or contact us or third parties through our Site. Minors are not permitted to use our Site. No content is intended for children.

Unacceptable use

As a condition of your use of the Site, you agree not to use the Site:

  • for any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable law or prohibited by this Policy or our Website Terms;
  • to commit or facilitate any act of fraud;
  • to distribute viruses or malware or other similar harmful software code;
  • to attempt to copy our data, or reverse engineer our processes;
  • for purposes of promoting unsolicited advertising or sending spam;
  • to view it with any automated software without our consent;
  • to access via any other than manual means;
  • to simulate communications from us or another service or entity in order to collect identity information, authentication credentials, or other information (‘phishing’);
  • in any manner that disrupts the operation of our Site or business or the website or business of any other entity;
  • in any manner that harms minors;
  • in a manner that may be considered offensive or abusive;
  • in a way that interferes with any other user’s enjoyment of our Site;
  • to promote any unlawful activity;
  • in breach of any other policy or notice on our Site;
  • to represent or suggest that we endorse any other business, product or service unless we have separately agreed to do so in writing;
  • to copy or use our or any third party’s intellectual property rights without a licence in place, or to remove or alter any copyright notice that appears on our Site;
  • to gain unauthorised access to or use of computers, data, systems, accounts or networks; or
  • to attempt to circumvent password or user authentication methods.

The Site is subject to fair and reasonable use by users.

Bulletin boards, chat rooms and other interactive services

We may make communication services available on the Site including the option to submit enquiry forms and contact third parties (Interactive Services).

We are not obliged to monitor or moderate any text, images, video, audio or other multimedia content, information or material (Submission) submitted to our Interactive Services. Where we do monitor or moderate Submissions we shall indicate how this is performed and who should be contacted in relation to any Submission of concern to you.

We may remove or edit any Submission to any of our Interactive Services whether they are moderated or not.

Any Submission you make must comply with our Submission standards set out below.

By making a Submission, you grant to us a royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable licence to use, reproduce, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform and display the Submission (in whole or in part) on the Site, and on any other websites, applications or platforms operated by us or our Group, indefinitely.

Submission standards

Any Submission you make to our Interactive Services and any other communication to users of our Site by you must conform to standards of accuracy, decency and lawfulness, which shall be applied in our discretion, acting reasonably.

In particular, any Submission or communication by you must be:

  • your own original work and lawfully submitted;
  • factually accurate or your own genuinely held belief;
  • provided with the necessary consent of any third party;
  • truthful and not defamatory or likely to give rise to an allegation of defamation;
  • polite and not offensive, obscene, sexually explicit, discriminatory or deceptive; and
  • unlikely to cause offence, embarrassment or annoyance to others.

Linking and framing

You may create a link to the home page our Site from another website, application or platform without our prior written consent provided that no such link:

  • creates a frame or any other browser or border environment around the content of our Site;
  • implies that we endorse your products or services or any of the products or services of, or available through, the website, application or platform on which you place a link to our Site;
  • displays any of the trade marks or logos used on our Site without our permission or that of the owner of such trade marks or logos; or
    is placed on a website, application or platform that itself breaches this Policy.

We reserve the right to require you to immediately remove any link to the Site at any time, and you shall immediately comply with any request by us to remove any such link.

Using our name and logo

You may not use our trade marks, logos or trade names except in accordance with this Policy and our Website Terms.

Breach

We shall apply the terms of this Policy in our absolute discretion. In the event of your breach of this Policy we may terminate or suspend your use of the Site, remove or edit Submissions, disclose Submissions or any other communication to users of our Site by you to law enforcement authorities, or take any action we consider necessary to remedy the breach.

This Acceptable Use Policy was last updated June 2024

INSURANCE

1.1 You may be eligible to make a receive a refund for certain conveyancing fees under our Home Buyers Protection Guarantee (“HBP Guarantee”) if you have purchased certain third party conveyancing products via Movemnt on or after 2nd June 2025 (“Qualifying Conveyancing Product”), have opted-in to receive the HBP Guarantee via email or our consumer portal, and meet the eligibility criteria (detailed below and in the Guarantee Terms and Conditions shown at Annex 1 for Seller and Annex 2 for Buyers). Further details about the HBP Guarantee will be sent to you if you are eligible to receive the HBP. Those terms should be read in conjunction with these terms. If a third party conveyancing product is a Qualifying Conveyancing Product this will be noted when you sign up to the third party product.

1.2. These are some of the main conditions which need to be met in order for you to benefit from being able to make a claim under the HBP Guarantee, but for a full list read the Guarantee Terms and Conditions at Annex 1 for Seller and Annex 2 for Buyers and the terms of the HBP Guarantee which will be sent to you if you are eligible to receive the HBP Guarantee:

1.2.1 The purchase or sale of the property must not be subject to a contract race or sealed bids; and

1.2.2 The property must be located in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and be of permanent construction; and

1.2.3 You must use a solicitor or licensed conveyancer to conduct the conveyancing of the property via the Qualifying Conveyancing Product; and

1.2.4 You must not have had a survey carried out on the property; and 

1.2.5 You must provide full and accurate information to all questions asked. Your answers must be true to the best of your knowledge and belief. 

1.3 Full details of what is and isn’t covered can be found in the Guarantee Terms and Conditions at Annex 1 for Seller and Annex 2 for Buyers. You should check the HBP Guarantee cover carefully to ensure that it meets your needs.

1.4 Rhino Protect Limited will administer any claim under the HBP Guarantee, including but not limited to being your first place of contact when making a claim, dealing with the claim process with you and reimbursing you under the HBP Guarantee. 

1.5 In addition to the above, in order to receive the benefit of being able to claim under the HBP Guarantee you need to provide us with the following information, which you consent to us providing to Rhino Protect Limited in order for them to administer the HBP guarantee: 

1.5.1 Full Name / Company Name

1.5.2 Full Name of anyone else purchasing/selling the property

1.5.3 Correspondence address 1

1.5.4 Correspondence address 2

1.5.5 Risk Address 1 (property being purchased or sold)

1.5.6 Risk Address 2

1.5.7 Confirm whether a survey has been undertaken on the property. 

1.5.8 Confirm whether the purchase / sale of the property has been subject to sealed bids or a contract race. 

1.6 The HBP Guarantee may be withdrawn at any time, but this will not affect the validity of any HBP Guarantee cover incepted prior to this product being withdrawn. 

1.7 To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any loss or damage arising from the HBP Guarantee.  

1.8 If you become aware that information you have given us or Rhino Protect Limited is inaccurate or has changed, you must inform us or Rhino Protect Limited as soon as possible. Failure to do this may invalidate your ability to bring a claim under the HBP Guarantee and your claims may not be paid. You can find Rhino Protect Limited’s helpline number can be found in the Guarantee Terms and Conditions.  Rhino Protect Limited’s privacy policy can be found here.

 

Annex One

Home Buyers Protection Guarantee Terms and Conditions – Sellers

About the guarantee

The guarantee is provided to you by Vebra Solutions Limited (“We” or “Us”) whose registered office is The Cooperage, 5 Copper Row, London, SE1 2LH.

You must comply with the terms and conditions of the guarantee. If you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the guarantee contained here and as will be provided to you, you may not be able to claim under the guarantee.

In the event of the failure of your property sale to complete, subject to the terms of the guarantee, you will be reimbursed for the costs for conveyancing up to the limit of £1250.00 including VAT, except that the guarantee will not cover the payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) where you are able to recover the VAT from HM Revenue & Customs. This will be provided in the event that your property sale fails to complete during the Period of Guarantee detailed below

Making a claim against this guarantee

You must notify Rhino immediately after you first become aware of any cause, event or circumstances which could give rise to a claim against this guarantee. You must provide any information, receipts or other evidence requested and co-operate with them fully throughout the assessment of any claim made by you.

Rhino’s details can be found on the Guarantee document which will be sent to you following your inclusion in the guarantee.

Definitions

The following words or phrases have the same meaning whenever they appear in italics in this document.

Claim date The date upon which you are notified either verbally or in writing of an insured event occurring that affects the sale of the property and is covered by this guarantee.

Computer Virus A set of corrupting, harmful, or otherwise unauthorised instructions or code, whether these have been introduced maliciously or otherwise, and multiply themselves through a computer system or network of whatsoever nature.

Contract race Where you have received two or more offers for the property with the intention of selling to the party that is ready to exchange contracts first.

Conveyancing The legal process conducted by your solicitor whereby the ownership of the property is transferred from you to the buyer.

Conveyancing fees The amount charged by your solicitor as their fees for the conveyancing.

Costs & expenses Conveyancing fees, legal fees and disbursements incurred by you as part of your sale of the property.

Electronic Data The facts, concepts and information stored to form useable date for communications, interpretations, or processing by electronic or electromechanical data processing or other electronically controlled hardware, software and other coded instructions for the processing and manipulation of data, or the direction and manipulation of such hardware.

End date

The date your cover ends being the date of the first of the following:

  1. You make a claim on this guarantee; or
  2. You or we cancel this guarantee; or
  3. You fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this guarantee; or
  4. You complete on the sale of the property; or
  5. The guarantee expiry date has been reached (as detailed on your guarantee schedule.) being 180 days after the guarantee has commenced.

Event An event that occurs during the period of guarantee and leads to your sale of the property failing.

Guarantee Limit The maximum costs & expenses you will be reimbursed, being £1250.00 including VAT, relating to the sale of the property that you are legally liable for or have incurred up to the claim date.

Period of guarantee The period which must commence within seven days of the start date and finishes on the end date.

Property A property that has been built or converted for private use only and is subject to local council tax (at any rate) and is a permanently-constructed domestic dwelling situated within the territorial limits, that you have received an offer from the buyer and that offer has been accepted by you. The guarantee does not cover mobile homes, caravans or any other type of non-permanent dwelling.

Redundancy Where the person(s) buying the property are unable to work due to being made redundant as defined in Section 139 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. To qualify for the guarantee cover the person buying the property must have been in full time employment for a minimum of six months prior to the start date and not be aware of any impending redundancy at the start date of this guarantee.

Relocation Where the person(s) buying the property are advised that they are to be permanently relocated to an alternative place of work which is greater than fifty miles from the property.

Self-employed Means You are: (i) Actively working for financial gain in a business or profession, alone or in association with others, and paying Class 2 National Insurance Benefit Contributions, or (ii) A non-salaried partner in a partnership, or (iii) A director of (or someone who has a shareholding in) a private limited company with an issued and fully paid share capital of less than £1,000.

Solicitor Means either: (i) a professional lawyer or firm of lawyers, registered and authorised by the Law Society of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland to practice; or (ii) a Licensed Conveyancer, in each case provided they have been instructed through Movemnt .

Start date Within fourteen days from the date on which your solicitor is instructed and once your formal written acceptance to sell the property has been sent to the buyer or their representatives.

Territorial limits England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Terrorism Is any act including but not limited to the use, or threat, of violence or force by any person or organisation involving, causing or threatening harm or putting the public or any section of the public in fear if it is likely that the purpose is of a political, religious, ideological (of an intellectual or rational nature) or similar nature.

We, us or our Vebra Solutions Limited, The Cooperage, 5 Copper Row, London, SE1 2LH.

You/Your The person selling the property or anyone appointed to act on your behalf.

The guarantee will cover

The guarantee will pay your costs & expenses up to the guarantee limit following the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

  1. The buyer has an adverse search on the property, which either restricts, or is seriously detrimental to a successful transaction;
  2. The mortgage lender’s valuation of the property being less than 90% of the sum you have accepted;
  3. Structural defects to the property and the cost of rectification works is more than 10% of the sum you have accepted;
  4. The buyer’s death and any surviving partner being unable or unwilling to continue with the purchase;
  5. The buyer being diagnosed with a terminal illness and being unable or unwilling to continue with the purchase;
  6. The buyer being given notice of redundancy and is unable or unwilling to continue with the purchase;
  7. The buyer’s employers’ relocation not completing.

The guarantee will not cover

The guarantee will not reimburse costs and expenses:

  1. Incurred before the start date.
  2. Where the sale of the property is subject to a contract race or sealed bids.
  3. If you withdraw from the sale of the property for any reasons other than those specifically covered by this guarantee.
  4. If you are aware of a previous survey having been carried out to the property up to 90 days prior to the start date, which may give cause for the sale to fail.
  5. If you have already had a survey undertaken on the property before the guarantee is issued to you, that may give cause for the sale to fail;
  6. If you are aware, prior to the start date, of any circumstances which could lead to a claim being made under this guarantee.
  7. If you deliberately and knowingly cause a delay or behave in a manner that results in the failed sale.
  8. Where they can be reimbursed by your employer.
  9. Where you are able to obtain a refund.
  10. Where, in the case of redundancy:
  11. You are self-employed;
  12. You are a company director or partner of the company giving notice of redundancy; or,
  13. The redundancy is voluntary.
  14. Any direct or indirect consequence of war, civil war, invasion, acts of foreign enemies (whether war be declared or not), rebellion, revolution, insurrection, military or usurped power, or confiscation, nationalisation, requisition, destruction of or damage to property by or under the order of any government or public or local authority;
  15. Any direct or indirect consequence of:
  16. irradiation or contamination by nuclear material; or
  17. the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous or contaminating properties of any radioactive matter; or
  18. any device or weapon employing atomic or nuclear fission and / or fusion or other like reaction or radioactive force or matter;
  19. Any consequence, howsoever caused, including but not limited to computer virus in electronic data being lost, destroyed, distorted, altered or otherwise corrupted;
  20. Any direct or indirect consequence of terrorism as defined by the Terrorism Act 2000 and any amending or substituting legislation;
  21. Damage or destruction directly occasioned by pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speeds;
  22. Any other costs that are directly or indirectly caused by the event which led to a claim unless specifically stated in this guarantee;
  23. Any claim relating to a dispute where providing cover, payment of any claim or the provision of any benefit where doing so would breach any sanction, prohibition or restriction imposed by law or regulation.
  24. VAT which you are able to recover from HM Revenue & Customs.

General conditions

Failure to keep to any of the terms and conditions supplied to you in relation to the guarantee may lead us to cancel your guarantee or your claim being refused or withdraw from an ongoing claim. We also reserve the right to recover costs and expenses from you should this occur.

  1. Our consent

We must give our written consent to pay any claim under the guarantee.

  1. Insurance

The guarantee will not pay for any claim covered by a policy of insurance or guarantee held by you, or any claim that would have been covered by any other policy or guarantee if this guarantee did not exist.

  1. Fraudulent claims

You must not act in a fraudulent way. If you or anyone acting for you:

  1. fails to reveal or hides a fact likely to influence whether we accept your proposal or any adjustment to your guarantee;
  2. fails to reveal or hides a fact likely to influence the cover we provide under your guarantee;
  3. makes a statement to us, Rhino or anyone acting on our behalf, knowing the statement to be false;
  4. sends us, Rhino or anyone acting on our behalf a document, knowing the document to be forged or false;
  5. makes a claim under the guarantee, knowing the claim to be false or fraudulent in any way; or
  6. makes a claim for any loss or damage you caused deliberately or with your knowledge.

If your claim is in any way dishonest or exaggerated, you will not be paid any benefit under this guarantee and we may cancel your guarantee immediately and backdate the cancellation to the date of the fraudulent claim. We may also take legal action against you and inform the appropriate authorities.

  1. Subrogation

If you claim under the guarantee we may take over your rights of action against any third party for our own benefit, before or after we have paid your claim, to recover any costs or payments we may make.

  1. Recovery of costs and expenses

If you receive a reimbursement payment to you under the terms of this guarantee and subsequently you successfully purchase the property, we may request from you full reimbursement of any monies paid to you

  1. Governing law

The guarantee is governed by English law. If there is a dispute, it will only be dealt with in the courts of England or of the country within the United Kingdom in which your main residence is situated.

  1. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

A person who is not party to this contract has no right to enforce the terms and conditions of the guarantee under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

Annex Two

Home Buyers Protection Terms and Conditions – Buyers

About the guarantee

The guarantee is provided to you by Vebra Solutions Limited (“We”or “Us”) whose registered office is The Cooperage, 5 Copper Row, London, SE1 2LH.

You must comply with the terms and conditions of this guarantee. If you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the guarantee contained here and as will be provided to you, you may not be able to claim under the guarantee.

In the event of the failure of your property sale to complete, subject to the terms of the guarantee, you will be reimbursed up to the following costs:

£1,000.00 incl. VAT Conveyancing Fees

£250.00 incl. VAT Survey / Valuation Fees:

Except that the guarantee will not cover the payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) where you are able to recover the VAT from HM Revenue & Customs. This will be provided in the event that the property you are buying fails to complete during the Period of Guarantee detailed below and in the terms of the Guarantee which will be sent to you.

Making a claim against this guarantee

You must notify Rhino immediately after you first become aware of any cause, event or circumstances which could give rise to a claim against this guarantee. You must provide any information, receipts or other evidence requested and co-operate with them fully throughout the assessment of any claim made by you.

Rhino’s details can be found on the Guarantee document which will be sent to you following your inclusion in the guarantee.

Definitions

The following words or phrases have the same meaning whenever they appear in italics in this document.

Break in the chain The house You are selling falls through due to one or more of the buyers in the chain not proceeding.

Claim date The date upon which you are notified either verbally or in writing of an event occurring that affects the purchase of the property and is covered by this guarantee.

Computer Virus A set of corrupting, harmful, or otherwise unauthorised instructions or code, whether these have been introduced maliciously or otherwise, and multiply themselves through a computer system or network of whatsoever nature.

Contract race Where the vendor has received two or more offers for the property with the intention of selling to the party that is ready to exchange contracts first.

Conveyancing The legal process conducted by your solicitor whereby the ownership of the property is transferred from the vendor to you.

Conveyancing fees The amount charged by your solicitor as their fees for the conveyancing.

Costs and expenses Conveyancing fees, mortgage arrangement fees/lender’s fees and survey fees that you have incurred as part of your purchase of the property.

Electronic Data The facts, concepts and information stored to form useable date for communications, interpretations, or processing by electronic or electromechanical data processing or other electronically controlled hardware, software and other coded instructions for the processing and manipulation of data, or the direction and manipulation of such hardware.

End date The date your guarantee ends being the date of the first of the following:

  1. you make a claim on this guarantee; or
  2. you or we cancel this guarantee; or
  3. You fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this guarantee; or
  4. you complete on the purchase of the property; or
  5. the guarantee expiry date has been reached (as detailed on your guarantee schedule), being 180 days after the guarantee has commenced.

Event(s) An event that occurs during the period of guarantee and leads to your purchase of the property failing:

Guarantee limit The maximum costs & expenses that you will be reimbursed, being £1,000.00 incl. VAT Conveyancing Fees and £250.00 incl. VAT Survey / Valuation Fees, relating to the purchase of the property that you are legally liable for or have incurred up to the claim date:

Period of guarantee The period which must commence within seven days of the start date and finishes on the end date, as detailed in your guarantee schedule.

Property A property that has been built or converted for private use only and is subject to local council tax (at any rate) and is a permanently-constructed domestic dwelling situated within the territorial limits, that you have made an offer to purchase and that offer has been accepted by the vendor. This guarantee does not cover mobile homes, caravans or any other type of non-permanent dwelling.

Reasons beyond your control Where you have no adverse influence on the outcome of the purchase failing.

Redundancy Where you or the person who is buying the property with you, are unable to work due to being made redundant as defined in Section 139 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. To qualify for this cover you or the person buying the property with you must have been in full time employment for a minimum of six months prior to the start date and not be aware of any impending redundancy at the start date of this guarantee.

Relocation Where you or the person who is buying the property with you, are advised that they are to be permanently relocated to an alternative place of work which is greater than fifty miles from the property.

Self-employed Means you are: (i) Actively working for financial gain in a business or profession, alone or in association with others, and paying Class 2 National Insurance Benefit Contributions, or (ii) A non-salaried partner in a partnership, or (iii) A director of (or someone who has a shareholding in) a private limited company with an issued and fully paid share capital of less than £1,000.

Solicitor Means either: (i) a professional lawyer or firm of lawyers, registered and authorised by the Law Society of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland to practice; or (ii) a Licensed Conveyancer, in each case provided they have been instructed through Movemnt.

Start date Within fourteen days from the date on which your solicitor is instructed and once your formal offer to purchase the property, from either the vendor or their representatives has been received.

Survey fees The amount paid by you to a qualified valuer or surveyor to carry out a house buyers report or valuation or structural survey of the property.

Territorial limits England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Terrorism Is any act including but not limited to the use, or threat, of violence or force by any person or organisation involving, causing or threatening harm or putting the public or any section of the public in fear if it is likely that the purpose is of a political, religious, ideological (of an intellectual or rational nature) or similar nature.

Valuation fees The amount paid by you for the mortgage lender’s valuation of the property.

Vendor The party from whom you are buying the property.

We, us or our Vebra Solutions Limited The Cooperage, 5 Copper Row, London, SE1 2LH.

You/Your The person purchasing the property and may include you or any person buying the property with you who intends to reside in the property with you, or anyone appointed to act on your behalf.

The guarantee will cover

The guarantee will pay Your costs & expenses up to the guarantee limit following the occurrence of one or more of the following events

  1. The property is withdrawn from sale by the vendor due to reasons beyond your control.
  2. The vendor receives and accepts an offer from a third party, which is a minimum of £1000 greater than the offer from you previously accepted by them.
  3. A Local Authority search highlights that the property is the subject of a compulsory purchase order;
  4. The vendor is not legally entitled to sell the property or to transfer interest in the property to you.
  5. You or the person who is buying the property with you:
  6. die and the survivor is unable or unwilling to continue with the purchase; or,
  7. are given notice of redundancy and you are unable or unwilling to continue with the purchase; or;
  8. are given notice of relocation and you are unable or unwilling to continue with the purchase.
  9. You are diagnosed with a terminal illness and are unable or unwilling to continue the purchase.
  10. The initial mortgage lender’s valuation of the property is less than 90% of the sum you have offered for the property and which has been accepted by the vendor.
  11. Prior to the releasing of funds the mortgage lender insists on rectification work being carried out to the property, the cost of which exceeds 10% of the sum you have offered and which has been accepted by the vendor.
  12. The mortgage lender applies a retention on the loan for the property and this figure exceeds 10% of the sum you have offered for the property and which has been accepted by the vendor.

10 The property sustains damage during the period of guarantee where the total cost of rectification work exceeds 10% of the property value.

The guarantee will not cover

We will not pay costs and expenses:

  1. Incurred before the start date.
  2. Where the purchase a property that is subject to a contract race or sealed bids;
  3. If there is a break in the chain below you, preventing you from purchasing the property
  4. If you withdraw from the purchase of the property for any reasons other than those specifically covered by this guarantee.
  5. If you are aware of a previous survey having been carried out to the property up to 90 days prior to the start date, that may give cause for the purchase to fail.
  6. If you have already had a survey undertaken on the property before the guarantee is issued to you, that may give cause for the sale to fail;
  7. If you are aware, prior to the start date, of any circumstances which could lead to a claim being made under this guarantee.
  8. If you deliberately and knowingly cause a delay or behave in a manner that results in the failed purchase.
  9. Where you have made a reduced offer leading to a failed purchase.
  10. Where they can be reimbursed by your employer.
  11. Where you are able to obtain a refund.
  12. Relating to any property that you are selling
  13. Any direct or indirect consequence of war, civil war, invasion, acts of foreign enemies (whether war be declared or not), rebellion, revolution, insurrection, military or usurped power, or confiscation, nationalisation, requisition, destruction of or damage to property by or under the order of any government or public or local authority;
  14. Any direct or indirect consequence of:
  15. irradiation or contamination by nuclear material; or
  16. the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous or contaminating properties of any radioactive matter; or
  17. any device or weapon employing atomic or nuclear fission and / or fusion or other like reaction or radioactive force or matter;
  18. VAT which you are able to recover from HM Revenue & Customs.
  19. Any consequence, howsoever caused, including but not limited to Computer Virus in Electronic Data being lost, destroyed, distorted, altered or otherwise corrupted;
  20. Any direct or indirect consequence of terrorism as defined by the Terrorism Act 2000 and any amending or substituting legislation;
  21. Damage or destruction directly occasioned by pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speeds;
  22. Any other costs that are directly or indirectly caused by the event which led to a claim unless specifically stated in this policy;
  23. Any amount that is recoverable upon the occurrence of an Event at no expense to Your customer under any guarantee, warranty, maintenance, and rental hire or lease agreement;
  24. Any claim relating to a dispute where providing cover, payment of any claim or the provision of any benefit where doing so would breach any sanction, prohibition or restriction imposed by law or regulation.
  25. Where, in the case of redundancy:
  26. You are self-employed;
  27. You are a company director or partner of the company giving notice of redundancy; or,
  28. The redundancy is voluntary.

General conditions

Failure to keep to any of these conditions and the terms of the guarantee which will be sent to you may lead us to cancel your guarantee and/or your claim being refused or withdraw from an ongoing claim. We also reserve the right to recover costs and expenses from you should this occur.

  1. Our consent

We must give our written consent to pay any claim under the guarantee.

  1. Insurance

The guarantee will not pay for any claim covered by a policy of insurance or guarantee held by you, or any claim that would have been covered by any other policy or guarantee if this guarantee did not exist.

  1. Fraudulent claims

You must not act in a fraudulent way. If you or anyone acting for you:

  1. fails to reveal or hides a fact likely to influence whether we accept your proposal or any adjustment to your guarantee;
  2. fails to reveal or hides a fact likely to influence the cover we provide under your guarantee;
  3. makes a statement to us or anyone acting on our behalf, knowing the statement to be false;
  4. sends us or anyone acting on our behalf a document, knowing the document to be forged or false;
  5. makes a claim under the guarantee, knowing the claim to be false or fraudulent in any way; or
  6. makes a claim for any loss or damage you caused deliberately or with your knowledge.

If your claim is in any way dishonest or exaggerated, you will not be paid any benefit under this guarantee and we may cancel your guarantee immediately and backdate the cancellation to the date of the fraudulent claim. We may also take legal action against you and inform the appropriate authorities.

  1. Subrogation

If you claim under the guarantee we may take over your rights of action against any third party for our own benefit, before or after we have paid your claim, to recover any costs or payments we may make.

  1. Recovery of costs and expenses

If you receive a reimbursement payment to you under the terms of the guarantee and subsequently you successfully purchase the property, we may request from you full reimbursement of any monies paid to you.

  1. Governing law

The guarantee is governed by English law. If there is a dispute, it will only be dealt with in the courts of England or of the country within the United Kingdom in which your main residence is situated.

  1. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

A person who is not party to this contract has no right to enforce the terms and conditions of the guarantee under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.