Welcome to the Lancs Property website. If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with, and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern this website.
1.1 This agreement is made between ’you’ the user or viewer of our website and “we” or “us”, Lancs Property.
1.2 By entering into this agreement and advertising on the Lancs Property website you are confirming that you have read, understood and accept these Terms and Conditions.
1.3 You agree to Lancs Property publishing your advert on its website.
1.4 These terms and conditions may be subject to change at any time.
2.1 You agree to Lancs Property publishing your advert details on www.lancsproperty.co.uk, Fish4homes.co.uk, propertyfinder.com and any other property advertising websites we deem appropriate for advertising your property. Lancs Property may withdraw membership from any associated property portals without notice to sellers at any time.
2.2 You are over the age of 18, and have the legal right to sell or rent out the property described in the advert without requiring the permission of any other people.
2.3 You have permission from the copyright owner of any photographs or text used in your advert. Lancs Property accepts no liability for any breach of copyright.
2.4 If you have also agreed a contract with an estate agent to sell or let your property you have understood the contracts terms and conditions regarding any fees or commission payable on the sale of the property. If it is found that you are legally bound to pay the Estate Agents commission, Lancs Property will not be liable.
2.5 The description of your property (including measurements) is true and accurate and does not mislead. Lancs Property does not accept liability for the accuracy of any information contained in your advert.
2.6 Only one property may appear in each advert
2.7 You will set your own selling or rental price for your advertised property.
2.8 You will arrange and conduct any viewing of your property. Unless explicitly agreed with Lancs Property.
2.9 You will reply to reasonable requests for information regarding your property received as a result of your advert.
2.10 You will notify Lancs Property once the advertised property is sold or rented, or should you remove it from sale.
2.11 If a self-erect ’For Sale’ or ’To Let’ board option is available and chosen, you will assemble the ’For Sale’ or ’To Let’ board complying with the local planning authority regulations.
2.12 Lancs Property will not be held responsible to yourself or your property when undertaking viewings. You are responsible for arranging and allowing viewers into your property. Sellers and letting agents allow viewers into their property at their own risk, and Lancs Property does not accept responsibility for any loss or damage to individuals or property that may occur.
2.13 It is your responsibility to keep the advert updated. Once you have agreed an offer on your property the ’property status’ should be changed to ’under offer’. A property may be removed at your request, and must be removed on completion. Failure to do so may result in a £ 25.00 admin charge. The advert will automatically be removed from the web-site within 10 weeks of its status being updated to ’under offer’.
2.14 Lettings Agents: once a tenant has been found for your property you will inform Lancs Property immediately by updating the ’property status’ on your property to ’let’. The advert will automatically be removed from the web-site within 10 weeks of its status being updated to ’let’.
3.1 We will endeavour to advertise your property on www.lancsproperty.co.uk within 24 hours of receiving the relevant cleared funds. If, for reasons beyond our control this is not possible, under no circumstances will Lancs Property be liable for the delay.
3.2 We will endeavour to advertise your property on fish4homes.co.uk and propertyfinder.com within 48 hours of receiving your property advertisement. If, for reasons beyond our control this is not possible, under no circumstances will Lancs Property be liable for the delay.
3.3 Advertisement on fish4homes.co.uk is subject to their terms and conditions. Your-Pad cannot accept responsibility for changes in these terms and conditions.
3.4 We make our best efforts to ensure your advert is available at all times.
3.5 Although we will endeavour to ensure the web-site is available at all times, Lancs Property reserve the right to take the site and/or your advert off-line without prior notice for service, maintenance or security reasons and if for other reasons we consider it necessary.
3.6 Properties that have been advertised ’until sold’ will be reviewed 6 months after they were first published on the web-site. Lancs Property reserves the right to discontinue the advert on lancsproperty.co.uk, fish4homes.co.uk and propertyfinder.com following this 6 month period.
3.7 Properties that have been advertised ’until let’ will be reviewed 6 months after they were first published on the web-site. Lancs Property reserves the right to discontinue the advert on lancsproperty.co.uk, fish4homes.co.uk and propertyfinder.com following this 6 month period.
3.8 From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
4.1 If you require the ’for sale’ or ’to let’ board erecting then you will be entering into a contract directly with the third party ’sign erecting agent’.
4.2 The erector will put the sign up to the best of its ability, but we will have no responsibility to you for matters arising out of the contract with the erector. We will try to ensure that the sign will be erected within 5 working days of your order. You are solely responsible to us and to other people for any damage, harm or injury that may be caused by improperly moving or re-erecting signs (such as but not limited to those signs affected by storm damage or tampering by third parties). We will accept no liability for any misuse or unsafe erection of signs or any loss of or damage to the sign and you are advised to check that your household or other insurance covers you for any such activity. lancsproperty.co.uk reserves the right to charge a fee for replacing stolen, missing, or damaged signs and/or fixings.
4.3 You are solely responsible to us and to other people for any damage, harm or injury that may be caused by personally re-erecting or re-positioning your ’For Sale’ or ’To Let’ sign.
5.1 You agree that any description of your property that you provide for any newspaper advert is truthful and accurate and accept that you will be responsible to us, to the newspaper and to its readers for the consequences of any errors or omissions on your part.
5.2 Newspaper advertising is subject to availability with the relevant local newspaper. If demand exceeds newspaper space available we will advertise your property at the next available opportunity.
5.3 No part of any advertising fee will be refunded for any unused advertisements should your property be sold or you wish to withdraw it from sale
6.1 If you opt for a virtual tour of your property, you will be entering into a contract directly with our third party virtual tour provider, Virtual360.net. You will be subject to their standard terms and conditions, a copy of which can be seen at www.virtual360.net.
6.2 If you choose to take advantage of our House Doctor service, you will be entering into a contract directly with our third party House Doctor professional. You will be subject to their standard terms and conditions, a copy of which is available on request Under no circumstances will Lancs Property be liable for any failures or complaints as a result of their service.
7.1 Should you choose to feature your property on our home page we will endeavour to activate this request within 24 hours of receipt of cleared funds.
7.2 The featured property facility is subject to availability and will advertise properties on a rotational basis. If we cannot fulfil the request to feature your property for any reason, we will refund payment received for this facility within 5 days.
8.1 As of 1st August 2007 it is your responsibility to ensure you hold a valid HIP before advertising your property on our website.
8.2 If you choose to purchase a HIP through www.lancsproperty.co.uk you will be entering into a contract with our third party HIP providers. Lancs Property will not be held responsible for any complaints resulting from your contract with the HIP provider. Please see the HIP provider’s website for terms and conditions.
8.2 Lancs Property will not be held responsible for your failure to hold a valid HIP.
8.3 Lancs Property has the right to request a copy of your valid HIP at anytime. Failure to provide evidence of your HIP within 5 days of receipt of our request may result in the removal of your property advertisement from our website without refund or compensation.
9.1 choose not to publish your Property. Should we decide not to publish your Property any payments that we have received from you will be refunded in full within 10 working days. We accept no liability for costs or losses incurred should we decide not to publish your Property.
9.2 postpone publication of your property details if we regard them as being unsatisfactory. In this case we reserve the right to postpone publication until your property details have been amended to meet our requirements. Our decision on whether your property details are acceptable is final.
9.3 remove your property from our web-site, without refund or compensation, should we find that you have provided false or inaccurate information.
9.4 remove listings without refund or compensation if we have reason to believe the terms of our agreement has been breached.
10.1 You may cancel this contract by informing Lancs Property in writing or by email within 24 hours of placing your advert.
10.2 No refund will be made after 24 hours have elapsed or after you have received an enquiry regarding your property, whichever is first.
10.3 Under no circumstances will our liability exceed the value of the advertising fee received.
10.4 This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
11.1 You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without Lancs Property's prior written consent.
11.2 Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website are subject to the laws of England and Wales.
11.3 Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
11.4 This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
This website and its content is copyright of Lancs Property - © Lancs Property 2007. All rights reserved.
Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:
• you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only
• you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material
You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.
This privacy policy sets out how Lancs Property uses and protects any information that you give Lancs Property when you use this website.
Lancs Property is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this web-site it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Lancs Property may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st April 2007.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
• name
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as post code
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information from Lancs Property which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
• We may use the information to customise the website.
• We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee may be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Lancs Property, P.O. Box 474, Blackburn, BB2 9BP.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.