Real Estate Transactions
Vendors and purchasers of rural property in the County of Haliburton should be careful when they deal with representations (warranties) in their agreements of purchase and sale about the working condition of septic systems, or they may end up in court. A common...
Real Estate Transactions
It is common practice in the County of Haliburton for a purchaser of cottage property to hire a home inspector to inspect the cottage as a condition of the agreement of purchase and sale. If the home inspection report is not satisfactory to the purchaser, the...
Real Estate Transactions
If you owe a good deal of money, I am sorry to say that you can’t hide from your creditors by transferring your home out of your name. Here is a true story. In 1992, the wife was injured in a car accident when the husband was driving. The car insurer made statutory no...
Real Estate Transactions
There are various rights you may acquire when you make a purchase of land in a rural area like Haliburton. You may purchase the surface rights to land, such as the gravel or sand that you want because the land is really purchased to develop a gravel pit or the timber...
Real Estate Transactions
Land registration goes back a long, long time in the legal history of Ontario. In fact, it goes back to about 1795 when Ontario was called Upper Canada. From that time forward until now, a lawyer in the province could represent both a vendor and a purchaser and could...
