Mechanic’s Liens on a Richmond Home: The 90-Day Window That Outlasts Your Title Search

Virginia gives a contractor up to 90 days after the month work ends to record a lien against your property. What sections 43-3, 43-4 and…

Before You Buy in a Richmond Golf Community: Which Club Costs Are Mandatory and How to Verify Them

Association dues, club dues, initiation fees and transfer charges are four different things. Virginia's Resale Disclosure Act tells you exactly which ones run with the…

Builder Warranties on Richmond New Construction: What 1-2-10 Covers, and What Virginia Law Adds

The 1-2-10 warranty your builder offers is a contract. Virginia separately implies a warranty on new homes by statute, running one year with five years…

How to Find Out What Is Being Built Near a Richmond House Before You Buy It

By the time a sign goes up, the decision was made months earlier in a public meeting. Where each Richmond-area locality publishes its pending cases,…

The Buyer Agency Agreement in Virginia: What You Sign, What You Owe, and How to Get Out

Code of Virginia 54.1-2137 requires a written brokerage agreement before brokerage services, a definite termination date (90 days by default if left blank), a stated…

Easements on a Richmond VA Property: How to Find Them Before You Buy, and What They Stop You Doing

An easement gives someone else the right to use part of your land, and it survives the sale. Where to find them in the title…

Buying a Richmond VA Home With a Pool: Inspection, Barriers, Insurance and Running Costs

A standard home inspection usually stops at the pool gate. What to have inspected separately, why the existing fence may not satisfy current code, and…

Proffers in Virginia: What a Developer Promises the County, and Why It Affects the Home You Buy

Proffers are the enforceable commitments attached to a rezoning: the turn lane, the buffer, the cash toward schools. Virginia narrowed what localities can ask for…

Who Is Actually at a Virginia Closing Table, and Do You Need a Real Estate Attorney?

Virginia permits lay real estate settlement agents under Code of Virginia 55.1-1002, which is why there may be no attorney at your closing at all.…

Dual Agency in Virginia: What § 54.1-2139 Lets Your Agent Do, and What You Are Consenting To

What Code of Virginia 54.1-2139 actually requires before a licensee can hold both sides, what advice the statute strips out, how designated agency under 54.1-2139.1…