Terms & Conditions of Website

These terms and conditions (together with the documents referred to on it) govern your use of the property-matchmaker website www.property-matchmaker.com (the "Website"), whether as a guest or a Registered User. Please read these terms and conditions very carefully as they affect your rights and liabilities under the law. By using the Website you agree to be legally bound by these terms and to link to Our site only through Our homepage.

A printed version of these terms and conditions and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you may not use the Website. You may print these terms and conditions for your own reference. We may change these terms at Our discretion by changing them on the Website. The then current version of these terms will apply whenever you use this site.

Information about us

The Website is owned and operated by Property-Matchmaker Limited ("We", "Our" and "Us"), a company registered in England & Wales with company number 06603931 and Our registered office is at Suite 19, Spring Board Business Centre, Ellerbeck Way, Stokesley Business Park, Stokesley, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, TS9 5JZ. Our VAT registration number is 936 9744 69.

We try to ensure Our Website provides everything you could possible want from Us. If there is anything which you think we can improve, or you have a customer service related or any other enquiry please email Us by clicking here.

Alternatively you can write to Us at the following address: Property-Matchmaker Limited, Suite 19, Spring Board Business Centre, Ellerbeck Way, Stokesley Business Park, Stokesley, North Yorkshire, TS9 5JZ, or telephone Us on 01287 633382.

Data Protection and Privacy

We request that you read and pay particular attention to Our Privacy Policy which sets out the principles by which we abide in the treatment of information about visitors to Our Website. Any personal information which you give to Us will be stored and used in accordance with Our Privacy Policy.

Intellectual Property

The details of all properties and any details in respect of agents and house builders on Our Website is provided to Us by estate agents and house builders who subscribe to our property matchmaking service on the Website (Registered User). We cannot verify the accuracy or completeness of any information supplied by Registered User and make no representations or warranties in this regard. If you rely on these details, you do so entirely at your own risk.

All content included on the website, such as text, graphics, logos, page headers, scripts, service names, service marks, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the exclusive property of Us, Our affiliates, the Registered User or any other website content suppliers and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights. No rights are granted to use any of them without the prior written consent.

All software used on this website is the property of Us or Our software suppliers and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright laws. It is published by Us and may not be reproduced other than by downloading and viewing on a single CPU and/ or printing a single hard copy for private or internal business purposes only. It is not to be otherwise reproduced, transmitted, made available on a network or used to create derivative works without prior written consent.

Our trademarks and trade address may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Ours, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Us. All other trademarks not owned by Us that appear on this website are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated to Us or Registered User of the Website.

If you are in doubt as to whether an item is a trademark of Us, please contact Us for clarification at the address below.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to the homepage of the Website as long as the link does not portray Us, Our affiliates, or any Registered User or their products/or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any of Our logos or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without Our express written consent. We cannot accept any responsibility or liability for access to or the material on any site which is linked from or to this Website.

The Website or any portion, may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without Our express written consent.

Any unauthorised use terminates the permission or licence granted by Us.

Any framing of this Website is prohibited. You may not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Us, Our affiliates or any Registered User without express written consent.

You may not use any metal tags or any other "hidden text" utilising Our, Registered User, or Our affiliates names or trademarks without Our express written consent.

Any infringement of Our rights will result in appropriate legal action.

Hyperlinks

This Website may include hyperlinks to Websites operated by other parties or resources, either directly or through Our affiliates and content posted by a Registered User. If you decide to access other websites, then you will be leaving the Website. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating them or their content and their inclusion does not imply Our endorsement of their content. We are therefore not responsible for the content of external internet sites that link to this Website or which are linked from it and for any dealings which you may have or the consequences of such dealings with the operators of those sites.

We will not be responsible for the products or services available from such sites. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage suffered by you in linking to any other site or sites and We will not incur any liability in respect of the content of any site accessed through a hyperlink contained on the Website. Nor are we responsible for any content posted to this Website by visitors or by Registered User.

Access to the Website

We will endeavour to ensure that availability of the Website will be uninterrupted and that transmissions will be error-free. However, this cannot be guaranteed. Also, your access to the Website may be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance, or the introduction of new facilities or services. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such suspension or restriction.

We reserve the right to refuse access to the site, remove or edit content at Our discretion.

Your conduct

You must not use the website in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, the website or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way.

When using the Website you agree:

  • not to do anything which will or might damage, interfere with, disrupt access to, interrupt or impair the functionality of the material available on the site;
  • not to post, distribute or otherwise upload any illegal, defamatory, offensive, infringing, obscene, threatening, abusive, indecent or otherwise unlawful or objectionable material or information or send any chain letters, mass mailings, junk mail, 'spamming' material or any other form of bulk communication or commercial solicitation;
  • not to post, distribute or otherwise upload any computer viruses, macro viruses, Trojan horses, worms or anything else designed to interfere with, interrupt or disrupt the normal operating procedures of a computer or to surreptitiously intercept, access without authority or expropriate any system, data or personal information;
  • not to threaten, harass, stalk, abuse, disrupt or otherwise violate the rights of others, including individuals' privacy rights; not to impersonate any person or entity or mislead as to the origin of any content; not to make any unauthorised, false or fraudulent orders, bookings or request for services;
  • not to transmit material that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offence, results in civil liability or otherwise breaches any relevant laws, regulations or code of practice;
  • not to obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorised access to the site;
  • not to send any material which consists of or contains software viruses;
  • not do, cause or permit anything to be done that may infringe, damage or interfere with any intellectual property rights of Us or any of Our affiliates, Registered User or third parties. Also, not to do anything that is otherwise unlawful or which may cause any liability for Us, a Registered User or any affiliate.
  • If you post or provide any material or other information to the Website you agree that We will not treat this information as confidential and We will be free to keep and republish this information and reuse it as We see fit. You agree to give up your rights to be identified as the author of this information and to object to any use of this information by Us.

Breach of these terms and conditions

If we consider that you have breached any of these terms and conditions or have otherwise demonstrated inappropriate conduct when using the Website We reserve the right to:

  • warn you via e-mail that you have breached these terms, and ask you to stop such conduct;
  • delete any material or content which you may have posted without notice to you;
  • take measures (including terminating, suspending or restricting your access) to prevent you from using the Website and any subscription to any service offered by Us.

If your conduct on or use of the Website causes Us or any loss, damage or other costs, you shall be responsible for reimbursing those costs.

Electronic communications

When you visit the Website or send e-mails to Us, you are communicating with us electronically. We communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on the website. For contractual purposes, you consent to receive communications from us electronically and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that We provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

Content on Website

The content on Our website does not form part of any contract.

We reserve the right to make any changes in any of the content on Our website.

Any minor/ other error or omission on Our Website or in any document or information issued by us or displayed on Our Website shall be subject to correction without any liability on Our part.

This Website is for information only. We have used reasonable care and skill in compiling its contents and managing the content added by Registered User but make no warranty (express or implied) as to the nature or accuracy of any material on this Website.

Use of cookies

When visiting Our Website, We would like to use tracking technologies which record information about you automatically. This can include using a "cookie" which would be stored on your browser. However, We will not do this unless you give to us your express permission for this to happen. If We cannot use such technology it is possible that certain functionality of this site might be affected and you might not be able to access certain pages of the Website. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:-

  • the internet domain and IP address from where you access Our Website;
  • the type of browser software and operating system used to access Our Website;
  • the date and time you access Our Website;
  • the pages you enter, visit and exit Our Website from; and
  • if you linked to our Website from another Website, the address of that Website.

We use this information to help us identify click stream patterns, to improve our Website and to learn about the number of visitors to Our Website and the types of technology our visitors use. We only use this information to ensure that pages of Our Website stay compatible with a selection of browsers and systems and thereby ensure that the pages appeal to a wide audience.

Limitation of Liability

Your attention is drawn specifically to this paragraph

If anything which We do, or fail to do due to Our negligence, causes death or personal injury, then Our liability shall be unlimited. Nothing in these terms and conditions affects the legal rights of a consumer.

We take reasonable steps to ensure a fast and reliable service but We cannot be held responsible for:-

  • the security of the Website;
  • for any damage, loss of, or corruption of any data, information or material or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property;
  • breach of security by hackers as a result of your use of the Website.

This Website or any part of it may not be compatible with your browser or computer configuration and We make no warranty that it is. We make no warranty that our services via this Website will be available at any particular time or that your access to our Website will be uninterrupted, timely or error free and We will not be responsible if We are unable to provide the Website or its services for any reason.

If you are accessing Our Website and services in the course of a business, all implied warranties and conditions are excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.

We shall not be responsible for any claim, loss of profit, revenue, contracts, loss or corruption of data or information, loss of production, loss or depletion of goodwill or any indirect, incidental or consequential loss, costs or expenses whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected to your use of Our Website, your use of or failure to use Our Website or Our failure to deliver services contained on the Website. This includes any information or services obtained through, or any contract entered into through the Website.

Indemnity

If you are accessing our Website in the course of a business, you agree to indemnify Us and to keep Us indemnified from all or any liability or damages We incur in contract, tort or otherwise towards a third party as a result of your use of this Website.

General

If you breach these conditions and We take no action, We will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach these conditions.

If any provision contained in these terms and conditions is determined to be invalid or unenforceable the remainder of the terms and conditions shall not be affected.

Our Website is operated and controlled from the United Kingdom and these terms and conditions and your use of this Website are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Unless you are using Our Website and services as a consumer, by agreeing to these terms and conditions you consent to all disputes arising out of or relating to your use of this Website being governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and decided only by the courts of England and Wales. If you are accessing this Website from another jurisdiction it is your responsibility to ensure compliance with the laws that apply to that jurisdiction.

You are not permitted to assign your rights under these terms and conditions. The provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to these terms.