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Property due diligence and conveyancing in Georgia
We check the property against the registers, go through the history of title, draft or revise the contract and see the transfer of title through registration at the Public Service Hall.
The risk in buying a home is almost never where people look for it.
What the work covers
- Title. Who owns the property according to the register, on what basis they became the owner, and how title has moved before.
- Encumbrances: pledge, mortgage, lease, attachment, court proceedings, third party rights to live in or use the property.
- The layout. Whether what you saw matches what is registered. An unregistered alteration becomes the buyer's problem, not the seller's.
- Consents that are required. A spouse, co-owners, anyone whose consent the transaction is vulnerable without.
- For a new build: who the developer is, on what basis construction is going on, the status of the building and what exactly is being sold under the contract.
- The contract. We draft ours or revise the one offered: the order of payment, the moment title passes, liability, and what happens if the deal falls through.
- The order of payment. Arranged so that money and title move together, rather than "pay first, we will register later".
- The transaction itself and registration of title at the Public Service Hall.
- Encumbrances and mortgages. Releasing a pledge, running a mortgage transaction, agreeing the order with the bank.
- After completion: a fresh extract showing your title and the full set of documents.
Due diligence on its own
The check can be ordered by itself, before any arrangement with the seller. It is cheaper and earlier. The point is to find out about a problem before you pay a deposit, not after.
What is not included
- Valuing the property at market price or negotiating for you.
- Technical survey: the state of the structure, the services, the quality of the build. That is an engineer's work, not a lawyer's.
- The bank's mortgage decision. We run the procedure, the bank approves.
- Finding a property and shortlisting options.
- Any guarantee that the seller will accept the contract terms we propose or disclose the documents we ask for.
What you will need
- The address and cadastral code of the property. Every check starts there.
- Passports of the parties.
- The extract from the register for the property.
- The documents under which the seller became the owner.
- The seller's marital status documents where a spouse's consent is needed.
- For a new build: the contract with the developer and the construction documents.
- A power of attorney if either side acts through a representative.
How the work goes
- You describe the task, through the form on the site, by email or in a messenger.
- A lawyer goes through what you have, what still has to be obtained and where the tight spots are.
- We agree the scope and the price. You pay nothing before that point.
- We sign a contract in which the scope of the service is set out in writing.
- You hand over the documents, we check the set and tell you what is missing.
- We run the procedure and keep you informed at every step.
- You receive the result and the full set of documents.
Prices
Our fee and the state registration fee are counted separately. The fee depends on how quickly the transaction has to complete.
| What we do | Our fee |
|---|---|
| Due diligence on the property (on its own, no transaction) | $300 |
| Drafting the contract | $100 |
| Support through the purchase | $100 |
| Transaction with a pledge released or a mortgage granted | $400 |
| Transaction financed with a mortgage | from $600 |
| Registration of title | on request |
The state registration fee is paid separately and depends on the completion time:
157 GEL by the fourth working day
277 GEL by the second working day
357 GEL the same day
Due diligence can be ordered separately, before any arrangement with the seller: finding out about a problem before a deposit is paid costs less than dealing with it afterwards.
A consultation starts at $30. Prices are exclusive of VAT. The price for your matter is confirmed before the work starts and recorded in the contract.
What is outside our control
- Whether the seller is willing to disclose documents. A refusal to show the basis of title is itself a signal.
- How long registration at the Public Service Hall takes.
- How complete the registers are. Not every circumstance is recorded in them, and some risks only surface through enquiries and the parties' own documents.
- The bank's decisions on a mortgage or the release of a pledge.
If after the check we consider the transaction risky, you will hear it plainly, with what exactly troubles us and whether it can be put right.
Send the address and the cadastral code and we will tell you what the registers show and what is worth checking before any money changes hands.
Describe your caseAbout this page. It sets out the scope of our service and the general order of the procedure. It is not legal advice and not a public offer: the scope, the timing and the price for a particular matter are agreed individually and recorded in the contract. Requirements, fees and practice change, so anything here is checked against the position on the day you apply. In many procedures the final decision rests with the competent authority and its discretion, so a positive outcome cannot be guaranteed.