{"id":108,"date":"2026-10-23T19:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.leitvia.com\/law-firm\/?post_type=law_guide&#038;p=108"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:13:50","slug":"buying-a-home-checks","status":"publish","type":"law_guide","link":"https:\/\/demo.leitvia.com\/law-firm\/guide\/buying-a-home-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a home: checks before you commit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the contract is binding, it is hard and expensive to step back. Most problems we see could have been found in the documents a few weeks earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Who owns the land, and what rights others have over it<\/li>\n\n<li>Planning and building permissions for any extension<\/li>\n\n<li>Boundaries, shared drives and rights of way<\/li>\n\n<li>Service charges and repairs planned for the building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide is general information and does not replace advice on your own case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The questions to settle before the contract is binding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"reviewed_on":"2026-09-22","reading_minutes":6,"guide_area":[96],"guide_author":[103],"footnotes":""},"law_client_type":[7],"class_list":["post-108","law_guide","type-law_guide","status-publish","hentry","law_client_type-private"],"leitvia_pattern_status":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.leitvia.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/law_guide\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.leitvia.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/law_guide"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.leitvia.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/law_guide"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.leitvia.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/law_guide\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/demo.leitvia.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/law_guide\/108\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.leitvia.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"law_client_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.leitvia.com\/law-firm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/law_client_type?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}