What can you expect when working with an estate agent? Part 2
In the previous article we presented the benefits of working with an estate agent when selling a flat, house or other premises. Today we intend to continue the topic...
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What can you expect when working with an estate agent? Part 1
Working with an estate agent can bring many benefits to the seller, the buyer, the landlord and the tenant of a flat or house alike. Of course, it must be a good...
When is the best time to buy a flat?
This is one of those questions to which there is no good answer. There are a great many factors affecting the attractiveness of property purchase and sale offers, and...
How to check your creditworthiness for a mortgage?
Current (and future) property prices are not encouraging. Many of us cannot afford to buy a flat or house without the help of a loan. The desire for a place of one's...
Why is it worth becoming your own boss? Part 2
Sole proprietorship is becoming an ever more popular form of doing business. That is why many people decide to go for it. Copywriting, tutoring, translation, working...
Perpetual usufruct vs. ownership of land
How does perpetual usufruct of land differ from owning it? What are the rights and obligations of an owner and of a usufructuary? How does it affect the legal...
Selling a property entered in the register of monuments
Obtaining heritage status for a property is a huge change. It brings certain benefits, but also quite a few obligations and restrictions imposed by the regulations....
The right to a reserved share when a property is given as a gift
Sometimes an heir receives a property as a gift from the deceased during the deceased's lifetime. Do they still keep the right to a reserved share (zachowek)? We...
GDPR and renting out a flat
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, known in Poland as RODO) came into force on 25 May 2018 and applies to practically everyone. In view of the rules now in...
Planning fee – what is it and how much is it?
When a city's or municipality's spatial development plan changes, our land may increase in value. If we sell such a property within 5 years of the change to the...
Why become your own boss? Part 1
You set your working hours according to your own schedule. You are accountable to yourself for the tasks you have to complete. No one reproaches you for the time...
Warranty for hidden defects in a property – when does it apply?
Property buyers are now protected by the amended Consumer Rights Act, which has effectively put an end to the deceitful clauses that many people encountered in...