Option to buy land and property

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This is a comprehensive agreement that gives one side an option to purchase real property - land or buildings - in a straight forward deal where the price and the exercise date are both fixed. The document incorporates a specially edited version of the Law Society Commercial Conditions (3rd edition) of Sale.
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About this agreement

This is a straightforward "vanilla" contract to buy real property for a fixed price at a future date. There are no extensions or peripheral conditions, uplifts or other special features.

This version provides a high level of legal protection, incorporating the Law Society's Standard Commercial Conditions (3rd edition). It creates a full contract for sale and purchase subject only to exercise of the option by the buyer. As many points of law and conveyancing matters are covered as is reasonably practical so as to minimise the chance of conflict.

If you are fearful that your buyer may be overwhelmed, then use a simpler agreement that contains fewer legal provisions.

When to use this document

Acquiring an option to purchase land or buildings for development, rather than buying outright, allows a buyer to minimise risk, whilst at the same time providing the seller with a payment regardless of whether the buyer exercises his or her option. It can help incentivise a land owner to cooperate in securing the future event the buyer is seeking and, depending on the sale price agreed, let the buyer purchase at a discount to future market value.

You can use this agreement on any occasion when you need to await some event. It could be simply planning approval, or it could be resolution of a dispute, grant of a licence relevant to this land, or simply an offer of financing.

This agreement can be used for securing an option on any type of land, and with a view to buying for any reason.

These might include:

  • house building
  • redevelopment of light industrial units
  • refurbishment of offices

The document also includes an exercise letter template, which can be used by a buyer to exercise the option before the expiry date stated within the agreement.

Alternative templates

We have other agreements for non-standard deals. You can find our complete range of templates here.

Contents

  • Carefully and simply defined terms
  • Buyers warranties
  • Sellers warranties as to the current planning status
  • The essence of the agreement
  • Confidentiality
  • Indemnity by the seller
  • A director’s guarantee, in case the seller is a company
  • Seller must not take actions which might prejudice the buyer’s work
  • What the buyer may do and must do
  • Assignment
  • Limitation of buyer liability
  • A separate notice letter to exercise the option
Sample option to buy land and propertySample page from the standard property option agreement

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Recent reviews

Great Service
24 December 2023
It seemed good. I wanted an option to purchase a flat contract and of the stuff I saw online it seemed the most straightforward. I changed "land" to "flat" in the contract. I don't know enough to know how good it is legally.
Timothy Spear
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12 June 2023
Fantastic service! My initial concern were whether the templates could be easily customised. I found the guide to editing legal documents very helpful and after editing to suit, its good to go. Thanks
Robert Ohayo
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06 September 2021
A well constructed document - easy to adapt to my specific terms. I will make Net Lawman my first point of call next time I need a draft legal document. Yes I would recommend this document and I feel confident that other documents will be as apt.
Dean Bennellick
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