To instruct us you must sign and return to us a copy of the accompanying letter which may vary these terms and will explain how our sale fee is calculated and detail other costs and charges. All references to “we”, “us” or “our” is to Sandfords London Limited and any joint agent and reference to “you” is to the client as identified in paragraph 1 below.
1. Our Obligations
We shall use all reasonable endeavours to sell the Property in accordance with your instructions at the asking price which you may instruct us you wish to obtain from time to time. We may offer the Property to other clients if we consider they may be interested. We shall communicate all offers to you as soon as possible after they are received.
2. Responsibility For Payment Of Fees, Costs And Charges
2.1 The person signing the accompanying letter is responsible for payment of our fees, costs and charges. By signing the accompanying letter, you warrant that you are the beneficial owner of the Property. If the Property is beneficially owned by more than one person and the accompanying letter has not been signed by all such persons, you are warranting that you are acting with their full authority to bind them.
2.2 Where the Property is owned by a company, each person signing the accompanying letter personally guarantees payment by the company of our fees, costs and charges.
3. Agency
Instructions are accepted on the following basis:-
3.1 Sole Selling Rights
You will be liable to pay fees and expenses to us as detailed in our accompanying letter in addition to any other costs or charges agreed in each of the following cases:-
a) If unconditional contracts for the sale of the Property are exchanged in the period during which we have sole selling rights even if the buyer was not found by us but by another a gent or by any other person including yourself.
b) If unconditional contracts for the sale of the Property are exchanged after the expiry of the period during which we have sole selling rights but to a buyer who was introduced to you during that period with whom we have negotiations about the property in that period.
Our appointment as your agent with sole selling rights will continue after the agreed period unless terminated by either party in writing by fourteen days written notice. Upon such termination we will continue to act under a multiple agency unless otherwise agreed.
3.2 Sole Agency
You will be liable to pay fees and expenses to us as detailed in the accompany letter in addition to any other costs or charges agreed if at any time unconditional contracts for the sale of the Property are exchanged:-a) With a buyer introduced by us during the period of our sole agency or with whom we had negotiations about the property during that period or
b) When a buyer introduced by another agent during that period.
Our appointment as your sole agent will continue after the agreed period unless terminated by either party in writing by fourteen days written notice. Upon such termination we will continue to act under a multiple agency unless otherwise agreed.
3.3 Multiple Agency
You will be liable to pay fees and expenses to us as detailed in the accompanying letter in addition to any other costs or charges agreed in the event of a buyer being introduced through us who subsequently exchanges an unconditional contract for the sale or letting of the Property during the period of our agency or within the twelve months after its cessation with a party introduced during that period.