The guarantee of delivery at an agreed price and within agreed time limits

This decision provides important insight into your family and property rights. Here is what it changes for you.

The situation

The guarantee of delivery at an agreed price and within agreed time limits, which is intended to protect the building owner against the risks of non-performance or defective performance of the construction as provided for in the contract, arising from the builder's default, constitutes a statutory guarantee of public policy and autonomous in nature, which does not lapse merely by reason of the termination of the construction contract, a termination which has no retroactive effect

What the law says

This decision confirms the fundamental principles of property law.

Key points to remember

• Comply scrupulously with the statutory time limits for bringing claims
• Keep all your supporting documents (title deeds, legal instruments and correspondence)
• Plan ahead: preventive legal advice is always cheaper than litigation

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