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Which documents do you need to sell?
A complete folder shortens the buyer's checks and takes away their argument for a discount. An incomplete one hands them that argument for free.
The documents the law requires
Part of the folder is mandatory, and missing it is sometimes a finable offence. In every country covered here that includes proof of the building's energy performance, which must already be available at the listing stage, not just at the notary appointment.
The documents that hold the price
The second part is not mandated, but it decides the price anyway, because its absence gets priced in as risk.
For a condominium flat
The minutes of the owners' meetings from recent years, the current budget plan, and the state of the reserve fund. Without them, the buyer has to plan for a special levy they know nothing about, and plans cautiously for a large one.
For a house
The building permit with plans, proof of renovations carried out, and the boiler's certificate of acceptance. An extension without a permit is the single finding that most often kills a sale.
What you must disclose, even unasked
Beyond the documents, there are circumstances you must name on your own. Concealing them means you remain liable despite an agreed exclusion, for years after the sale.
The order that saves time
Get whatever comes from an authority first, since that takes the longest. The register extract, the municipality's confirmation and the energy certificate all have lead time. Everything you already hold yourself comes together within an hour.
The legal position in Germany
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energy performance certificate (Energieausweis), Declaration of division, collection of resolutions, budget plan and cost statements, Land registry extract and register of building encumbrances.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: The mandatory figures from the energy performance certificate under section 87 GModG, including the energy efficiency class for residential buildings, the type of certificate, the energy indicator, the main energy source and the year of construction.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller must disclose a defect they know about that the buyer would not readily notice themselves. Concealing one in bad faith voids any exclusion of liability (section 444 BGB). That covers prior damage, damp, and official restrictions alike.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Germany. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-17.
The legal position in Austria
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energy performance certificate (Energieausweis), at most ten years old, Land registry extract, Condominium ownership agreement, valuation report on unit shares, current levy notice and reserve fund balance.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: The energy efficiency class from A++ to G, mandatory in every listing since the EAVG reform of 30 May 2026 and Heating demand (HWB) and final energy demand; the former overall energy efficiency factor (fGEE) is no longer a mandatory listing figure, though it stays permitted on a transitional basis for certificates issued under the earlier rules.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller must volunteer any circumstance that materially reduces the value or usability of the property and that the buyer would not notice with reasonable attention. A waiver of warranty does not cover a defect concealed in bad faith (section 928 ABGB).
Basis: Disclosure duties, Austria. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-17.
The legal position in Switzerland
The documents the law requires
Switzerland has NO federal-level catalogue of mandatory documents for a property sale. Buyer protection does not run through a list, but through the seller's disclosure duty and its sanction: a warranty exclusion is invalid if the seller fraudulently concealed a defect (Article 199 of the Code of Obligations, OR). That is not an open question still to be researched, it is the finding itself: anyone expecting a list in Switzerland is looking for something that does not exist.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: No federal-level mandatory disclosure. In the four GEAK cantons, the energy rating must be stated..
What you must volunteer unprompted
This is where the real protection lies. A warranty exclusion, the norm in Swiss purchase contracts, is invalid if the seller fraudulently concealed a defect (Article 199 OR). Concealment counts as fraudulent when the seller was under a disclosure duty from the contract, the statute, or good faith. Case law affirms this particularly for known soil contamination, for expropriation or building bans, and for non-visible construction defects concealed on purpose. The exclusion therefore only holds as long as the seller genuinely passed on the material information.
Basis: Switzerland has NO federal-level catalogue of mandatory documents for a property sale. Buyer protection does not run through a list, but through the seller's disclosure duty and its sanction: a warranty exclusion is invalid if the seller fraudulently concealed a defect (Article 199 of the Code of Obligations, OR). That is not an open question still to be researched, it is the finding itself: anyone expecting a list in Switzerland is looking for something that does not exist.. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-17.
The legal position in 30 further countries
This theme also has a legal basis on record for these countries, each with its statute and verification date. Expand your country.
Belgium
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Asbestos certificate, Bodemattest (soil certificate) of the OVAM (Flemish Public Waste Agency), Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), Inspection of the electrical installation.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: EPC value and energy label and bodemattest (soil certificate) status in Flanders.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for hidden defects; any exclusion of liability is ineffective if the seller was aware of the defect. Disclosure obligations are regulated differently in Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels; the location of the property determines the applicable regime.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Belgium. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Bulgaria
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Сертификат за енергийни характеристики (energy performance certificate), Imoten registar (land register excerpt).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the energy performance certificate, provided one is available..
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects in quality and title under the Law on Obligations and Contracts (Zakon za zadalzheniyata i dogovorite); a defect that the seller has fraudulently concealed is not covered by any exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Bulgaria. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Denmark
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energimærke (energy certificate), Tingbogsattest (land register extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the energy certificate, already required at the marketing stage.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects. By furnishing a condition report (tilstandsrapport), an electrical report, and the offer of a change-of-ownership insurance policy, the seller can largely shift this liability to the buyer under the huseftersynsordning (Danish post-sale inspection scheme).
Basis: Disclosure duties, Denmark. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Estonia
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energiamärgis (energy certificate), Kinnistusraamatu väljavõte (land register extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: The energy class stated in the energy certificate, if one is available..
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects in title and quality under the Law of Obligations Act (võlaõigusseadus); a fraudulently concealed defect is not covered by any exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Estonia. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Finland
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energiatodistus (energy performance certificate), Lainhuuto- ja rasitustodistus (title and encumbrance certificate).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the energy performance certificate in the sale advertisement.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects under the maakaari (Real Estate Code) for real property and under the asuntokauppalaki (Apartment Transactions Act) for apartment shares; a defect that has been fraudulently concealed is not covered by any exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Finland. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
France
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Dossier de diagnostic technique (DDT, technical diagnosis file), comprising up to eleven individual reports, Living area under the loi Carrez (Carrez law), État des risques (ERP, statement of risks) together with information on natural hazards.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class and greenhouse-gas class from the DPE (energy performance diagnosis) and Indication whether the agent's commission is included in the price (FAI, agency fees included).
What you must volunteer unprompted
In addition to the mandatory disclosures, the seller must reveal hidden defects known to him; a disclaimer of liability is ineffective where such knowledge exists (Article 1643 of the Civil Code (Code civil)).
Basis: Disclosure duties, France. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Greece
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Πιστοποιητικό Ενεργειακής Απόδοσης (PEA, energy performance certificate), Extract from the Ktimatologio (cadastre).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: The energy class from the PEA must appear in every advertisement, as required by law..
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects in title and quality under the Astikos Kodikas (Civil Code); a fraudulently concealed defect is not covered by an exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Greece. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Ireland
The documents the law requires
Ireland has no statutory catalogue of documents that must be produced. Caveat emptor applies: the seller is not obliged to disclose a structural defect unprompted. What is actually handed over follows from the Law Society contract documents and from the questions the buyer's solicitor raises. Ask nothing and you learn nothing, and staying silent is, as a rule, no breach of law.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: The BER rating, mandatory in every listing and The BER number and the energy value in kWh per square metre and year.
What you must volunteer unprompted
Caveat emptor applies. The seller owes no disclosure of a structural defect; the burden of checking sits with the buyer, which is why a structural survey is not a formality but the only real protection. That is softened in three places: the warranties in the Law Society General Conditions, the requisitions on title, and General Condition 29, which gives the buyer redress for an error, non-disclosure, omission or misrepresentation in the contract. An active false statement therefore creates liability; bare silence about a defect generally does not.
Basis: Ireland has no statutory catalogue of documents that must be produced. Caveat emptor applies: the seller is not obliged to disclose a structural defect unprompted. What is actually handed over follows from the Law Society contract documents and from the questions the buyer's solicitor raises. Ask nothing and you learn nothing, and staying silent is, as a rule, no breach of law.. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-17.
Iceland
The documents the law requires
Iceland has no energy performance certificate for a property sale. The building regulation Byggingarreglugerd nr. 112/2012, part 13, read in full (some 3,900 lines, a search for 'orkuvottord' returns nothing), governs only technical requirements for NEW BUILDINGS, not any disclosure duty on sale or letting of the kind the EU certificate imposes. The other statutes checked, the Sale of Real Property Act (Log um fasteignakaup nr. 40/2002) and the Land Registration Act (Thinglysingalog nr. 39/1978), likewise contain no further statutory catalogue of documents to be produced. Whether some special statute not yet examined imposes such a duty remains open. Buyer protection runs instead through the statutory liability for defects, see the disclosure duty below.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: No mandatory disclosure requirement for energy efficiency has been identified; Iceland does not provide for an energy certificate on sale..
What you must volunteer unprompted
Iceland clearly follows the continental model of statutory seller liability and does not apply caveat emptor as in England, Ireland or Cyprus (Lög um fasteignakaup nr. 40/2002 (Act on Real Estate Purchases)). A property is deemed defective if it fails to meet the requirements of statute and the purchase contract (18. gr.: "Fasteign telst gölluð ef hún stenst ekki þær kröfur um gæði, búnað og annað sem leiðir af lögum þessum og kaupsamningi."). A general "as inspected" exclusion does not protect the seller without limitation: the property is nevertheless deemed defective if disclosure defects under 26. and 27. gr. exist or its condition is substantially worse than the buyer could have expected based on the purchase price (28. gr.). Conversely, the buyer may not rely on a defect that he knew or ought to have known, unless the seller acted with gross negligence or in bad faith (29. gr.). Complaint period (48. gr.): notice within a reasonable time after gaining knowledge, with an absolute exclusion period of five years from handover. The Act does not recognise a standalone institute of "condition report" (ástandsskýrsla); a report made available only operates through the general duty of inspection under 29. gr. and may result in a defect mentioned therein being regarded as recognisable.
Basis: Iceland has no energy performance certificate for a property sale. The building regulation Byggingarreglugerd nr. 112/2012, part 13, read in full (some 3,900 lines, a search for 'orkuvottord' returns nothing), governs only technical requirements for NEW BUILDINGS, not any disclosure duty on sale or letting of the kind the EU certificate imposes. The other statutes checked, the Sale of Real Property Act (Log um fasteignakaup nr. 40/2002) and the Land Registration Act (Thinglysingalog nr. 39/1978), likewise contain no further statutory catalogue of documents to be produced. Whether some special statute not yet examined imposes such a duty remains open. Buyer protection runs instead through the statutory liability for defects, see the disclosure duty below.. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Italy
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Statement of the building title in the deed (menzione urbanistica), Attestato di prestazione energetica (energy performance certificate, APE), Conformità catastale (consistency between the floor plan and the cadastral register).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the APE and Indication of the energy requirement.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for vizi occulti (Article 1490 of the Civil Code (Codice civile)); the buyer's period for giving notice is very short at eight days from discovery (Article 1495 of the Civil Code (Codice civile)). A limitation of liability is ineffective if the seller fraudulently concealed the defect.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Italy. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Croatia
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energetski certifikat (energy performance certificate), Izvadak iz zemljišne knjige (land register excerpt).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class of the building in every published sale advertisement.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for material and legal defects under the Obligations Act (Zakon o obveznim odnosima); a fraudulently concealed defect is not covered by a liability exclusion.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Croatia. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Latvia
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Ēkas energosertifikāts (energy certificate), Zemesgrāmatas izraksts (land register excerpt).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the energy certificate in the sales advertisement.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects in title and quality under the Civil Law (Civillikums); a defect that has been fraudulently concealed is not covered by any exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Latvia. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Liechtenstein
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energy performance certificate, at most ten years old.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: No researched mandatory information on energy efficiency in the sale advertisement; Article 4 of the Energy Performance Certificate Act (EnAG) regulates only submission by the time of the contractual declaration and handover upon contract conclusion, not the advertising of the property..
What you must volunteer unprompted
Liechtenstein follows the continental warranty model of the General Civil Code (ABGB). Under Section 922(1) of the General Civil Code (ABGB), a party who transfers property for consideration warrants that it corresponds to the contract and possesses the agreed or ordinarily assumed characteristics; for immovable property, the warranty period is three years from delivery (Section 933(1) of the General Civil Code (ABGB)). For obvious defects and encumbrances apparent from the land register, Section 928 of the General Civil Code (ABGB) provides that there is generally NO warranty, unless the seller fraudulently concealed the defect or expressly guaranteed that the property was free of all defects and encumbrances. A fraudulently concealed defect therefore remains relevant for liability irrespective of any agreed warranty exclusion and irrespective of what would have been detectable upon inspection. Furthermore, a buyer may avoid the contract on the ground of fraud if induced to conclude it through fraudulent misrepresentation (Section 870 of the General Civil Code (ABGB)).
Basis: Disclosure duties, Liechtenstein. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Lithuania
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Pastato energinio naudingumo sertifikatas (energy performance certificate), Nekilnojamojo turto registro išrašas (real estate register extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the energy performance certificate in every commercial sale advertisement.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for material and legal defects under the Civil Code (Civilinis kodeksas, Law No. VIII-1864); a fraudulently concealed defect is not covered by any exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Lithuania. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Luxembourg
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energy certificate (Certificat de performance énergétique), Land register extract (Extrait du cadastre).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy efficiency and thermal insulation class from the energy certificate, mandatory since 1.7.2012.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for hidden defects (garantie des vices cachés) under the Code civil; an exclusion of liability does not cover fraudulently concealed defects.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Luxembourg. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Malta
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), Land Registry title search (conducted by the notary).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy efficiency class from the EPC in all advertisements.
What you must volunteer unprompted
Maltese law follows a mixed common and civil law system; the notary identifies encumbrances through the title search, and the seller is liable for fraudulently concealed defects under the Civil Code (Cap. 16).
Basis: Disclosure duties, Malta. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Netherlands
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energy label.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy label of the dwelling.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller and buyer are subject to an interplay of disclosure and inspection obligations: the seller must disclose known defects (mededelingsplicht), and the buyer must carry out its own inspection (onderzoeksplicht). The duty to disclose prevails over the duty to inspect where the seller was aware of the defect (Article 7:17 of the Civil Code (BW)).
Basis: Disclosure duties, Netherlands. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Norway
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energiattest (energy certificate), Grunnboksutskrift (land register extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the energy certificate in the sales advertisement.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable under the Act on the Sale of Residential Property (avhendingslova); following the 2022 reform, a blanket liability exclusion in consumer sales is void, and a condition report (tilstandsrapport) is standard.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Norway. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Poland
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Świadectwo charakterystyki energetycznej (energy performance certificate), Odpis z księgi wieczystej (extract from the land and mortgage register), Zaświadczenie (certificate) confirming no payment arrears towards the housing community.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Key figures from the energy performance certificate, as soon as such a certificate exists for the property.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects under Art. 556 ff. of the Polish Civil Code (Kodeks cywilny). If the seller fraudulently conceals a defect of which they were aware, an exclusion of liability does not protect them (Art. 558 § 2 k.c.).
Basis: Disclosure duties, Poland. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Portugal
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Certificado energético (energy certificate), Certidão permanente do registo predial (permanent land registry certificate).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from A+ to F based on the certificado energético (energy certificate).
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects under Articles 913 et seq. of the Civil Code (Código Civil). Missing approvals for extensions and conversions are the most frequent source of dispute and must be disclosed.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Portugal. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Romania
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Certificat de performanță energetică (CPE, energy performance certificate), Extras de carte funciară (land register extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the energy performance certificate, provided such a certificate exists..
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for material and legal defects under the Civil Code (Codul civil, Law No. 287/2009); a fraudulently concealed defect is not covered by an exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Romania. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Sweden
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energideklaration, no more than ten years old.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy classification from the Energideklaration.
What you must volunteer unprompted
Sweden imposes a pronounced undersökningsplikt (buyer's duty of inspection) under Chapter 4, Section 19 of the Land Code (Jordabalken). Matters that would have been apparent upon careful inspection are at the buyer's expense. In return, the seller is liable for hidden defects for ten years. A buyer who omits the inspection loses his rights; therefore, a site visit with an expert is more important here than elsewhere.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Sweden. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Serbia
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Sertifikat o energetskim svojstvima zgrade / Energetski pasoš (energy certificate), List nepokretnosti (land register / cadastre extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the Energetski pasoš (energy certificate), if one exists.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects in title and quality under the Law on Obligatory Relations (Zakon o obligacionim odnosima, Serbian law on obligations); a defect concealed in bad faith is not covered by any exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Serbia. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Slovakia
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energetický certifikát (energy certificate), Výpis z listu vlastníctva (land register extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the energy certificate in the sale advertisement.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects pursuant to the Civil Code (Gesetz Nr. 40/1964 Zb., Občiansky zákonník); a defect concealed in bad faith is not covered by a limitation of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Slovakia. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Slovenia
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energetska izkaznica (energy certificate), Izpisek iz zemljiške knjige (land register extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: The energy class from the energy certificate, already required in the advertisement.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for material defects and defects of title under the Obligations Code (Obligacijski zakonik, OZ); a defect that has been fraudulently concealed is not covered by any exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Slovenia. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Spain
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Certificado de eficiencia energética (energy efficiency certificate), Nota simple (extract) of the property register.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy efficiency class from the certificado energético (energy performance certificate).
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for vicios ocultos (hidden defects) under Article 1484 of the Código Civil (Spanish Civil Code). The limitation period is six months from delivery. If the seller knew of the defect and concealed it, a disclaimer of liability is of no avail to the seller (Article 1485).
Basis: Disclosure duties, Spain. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Czechia
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Průkaz energetické náročnosti budovy (PENB, building energy performance certificate), Výpis z katastru nemovitostí (land register extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy class from the PENB, provided one is available for the property.
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects under the Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012 Sb., Občanský zákoník); a fraudulently concealed defect is not covered by an exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Czechia. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Hungary
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energetikai tanúsítvány (energy certificate), Tulajdoni lap (land registry extract).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: The energy class as stated in the energy certificate, if one exists..
What you must volunteer unprompted
The seller is liable for defects in quality and title under the Civil Code (Polgári Törvénykönyv, Gesetz Nr. V/2013). A fraudulently concealed defect is not covered by any exclusion of liability.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Hungary. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
United Kingdom
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), Material Information in the listing, Parts A, B and C.
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: The EPC energy efficiency rating and Material Information Part A: price, Council Tax band, tenure (freehold or leasehold, with the remaining term, service charge and ground rent if leasehold).
What you must volunteer unprompted
Caveat emptor applies: there is no general statutory disclosure duty on the seller, and the burden of checking sits more with the buyer than on the continent. Two exceptions carry real weight, though. Withholding material information from the listing breaches the Consumer Protection Regulations. And getting a question wrong on the TA6 Property Information Form creates liability for misrepresentation. The TA6 is a Law Society standard, not a statutory requirement, yet it gets completed in almost every sale. Since 30 March 2026, solicitors in the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) use its sixth edition on new instructions, which asks more than the one before it.
Basis: Disclosure duties, United Kingdom. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-17.
Cyprus
The documents the law requires
Mandatory: Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), Title Deed (Department of Lands and Surveys).
What must already be in the listing
Already in the listing: Energy efficiency class from the EPC in the advertisement.
What you must volunteer unprompted
Cypriot law follows the common law. The seller is liable for defects fraudulently concealed. The buyer's solicitor uncovers encumbrances by way of a title search.
Basis: Disclosure duties, Cyprus. Last checked against the legal text: 2026-08-19.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old can the energy certificate be?
It has a fixed validity period in every country covered here. Once that has expired, it is worthless and must be reissued before the listing goes live.
Do I have to name defects in the listing?
Not necessarily in the listing itself, but you do towards the buyer before the contract, as far as it concerns circumstances they could not spot themselves and that are material to their decision.
What if an extension has no permit?
That must be disclosed. A retroactive permit process is usually possible but takes time and can trigger an order to remove the structure. A buyer who only finds out after the purchase has a claim, and an exclusion does not help then.
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