'Off Plan'?

da_rule

I am in the process of purchasing a property. I am using a firm of solicitors whom I have dealt with on many occasions before. As well as having solicitors they also employ conveyancers and paralegals which is fine as they specialise in conveyancing. My purchase however is being dealt with (at a fixed price) by a solicitor who specialises in 'off plan' conveyancing. The property I am buying is a new build, and as far as I'm aware was built to plan.

Can anyone explain what 'off plan' actually means as I am at a loss as to why he is dealing with it rather than someone else (it could obviously just be down to workloads, staff holidays etc).

somethingcorporate

Off plan means it's being bought before it has been built. You're effectively buying it from the plans.

da_rule

Oh I see. Thank you. For some reason I had it in my head that off plan meant that it had/would be built not in accordance with the plans.

princeofpounds

Yeah it's just buying houses at the pre-completion stage.

It should work ok for a new build. Offplan is definitely more complex than regular properties, so he should have some ability.

sirmosh

da_rule wrote: »

Oh I see. Thank you. For some reason I had it in my head that off plan meant that it had/would be built not in accordance with the plans.

Sometimes they do actually change things from the plan during the course of building the property, often only very minor things.