We find houses and plots in Akhalsheni, check the documents and run the deal through to the registry extract. The village sits on a slope above the city, and almost every risk here has to do with the land and the water rather than with the building itself.
What we check
The registry extract: owner, encumbrances, attachments; the land designation, the zoning and the building coefficient; the boundaries on the ground, the gradient and the condition of the retaining structures; the drainage — where runoff from the plots above goes; height restrictions on the neighbouring plots, if you are buying the view; the condition of the house, with an instrument inspection where needed.
What we take into account in Akhalsheni
The main asset here is the view over the city and the sea, and it is easy to lose: it is enough for the neighbour lower down the slope to build higher. We check the zone and the height restrictions on adjacent plots before the deposit.
The second is water. Runoff from the plots above comes downhill, and if nobody has taken it away it ends up against your plinth or washes out the access. At the viewing we look at the apron, the drainage and traces of flooding. The third is terraces: almost every house has one, and a leaking terrace that has flooded the room below it is a typical finding and an argument in negotiation.
The deal
Negotiation, deposit, contract, the Public Service Hall, registration, keys. For buyers from outside Georgia — a power of attorney, settlement through a bank or a notary’s escrow account.
After the purchase: construction, renovation, letting. All services: Akhalsheni; general terms: property search.