Kilkenny Office
2 Rose Inn Street
Kilkenny, R95 W58D
Monday to Friday, 9:00–5:30
Same-week appointments
All enquiries: 01 5827148
Dublin
The Ormond Building
31–36 Ormond Quay Upper
Dublin 7, D07 EE37
01 5827148
richardoshea@marymolloysolicitors.com
Name the property and every party in your first message
The firm acts for buyers and, in separate transactions, for sellers — but never for both parties to the same sale. Conflicts are checked before any substantive discussion, so identify the property and name everyone involved on both sides at the outset. If a conflict exists you are told immediately, before anything sensitive has been discussed.
If You Are Buying
1. The property — address, and whether it is a house, apartment, site or land.
2. Whether a sale is agreed and whether a booking deposit has been paid.
3. The auctioneer’s details, since contracts come through them.
4. The mortgage position — which lender, and whether you have approval in principle or a formal loan offer. Those are very different places to be.
5. Anything unusual — an extension or attic conversion, a septic tank, shared access, an executor selling, unregistered title.
6. Your timing, and whether you are selling something at the same time.
If You Are Selling
Ideally before you go to market, because the file you assemble now decides how fast it closes.
Title documents, or the solicitor or lender holding them. Planning permission and certificates of compliance for anything built or altered — extension, attic conversion, garage conversion, conservatory. The Building Energy Rating certificate. Local Property Tax up to date, and management company charges if relevant. Details of any mortgage to be redeemed. And for rural property, whatever exists on the septic tank, the well and access.
If you have none of that, say so. It is entirely normal, and it is far better to start looking now than in week six.
Two Free Tools First, If You Prefer
The Conveyancing Stage Check tells you where you are in the process, what happens next, and what typically stalls at that point. The Property Document Checklist produces the list of what you need to have, as a buyer or a seller. Both run entirely on your own device — nothing you enter is stored, sent or seen by anyone. Neither is tax advice, and neither is a substitute for a survey.