PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY AS THEY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY TO THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF ALL THE SITES ASSOCIATED WITH "THE PROPERTY PORTAL (UK) LTD" GROUP AND TO ANY CORRESPONDENCE BY E-MAIL BETWEEN "THE PROPERTY PORTAL (UK) LTD" AND YOU.

USING ANY SITE ASSOCIATED WITH "THE PROPERTY PORTAL (UK) LTD" WEBSITES INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN FULL REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU CHOOSE TO REGISTER WITH US. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE DO NOT USE.

THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE ISSUED BY "THE PROPERTY PORTAL (UK) LTD" COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER 4952180 ELECTRA HOUSE, WIGGENHALL IND EST, WIGGENHALL ROAD WATFORD HERTS WD18 0FG.

These Terms and Conditions were last updated on 2nd April 2004.

1 Introduction

1.1 You will be able to access certain areas of the websites without registering your details with "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd". Certain areas of the associated websites are only available if you register.

1.2 "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should check the groups www.thepropertyportalgroup.co.uk website from time to time to review the then current legal notice, because it is binding on you and "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd". Certain provisions of these Terms and Conditions may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages on The Property Portal Group and Associated websites.

2 Licence

2.1 You are permitted to print and download extracts from any of The Property Portal Group and Associated websites for your private, non-commercial use, based on the following:

2.1.1 no documents or graphics on the main or Associated websites are modified in any way;

2.1.2 no graphics on the main or Associated sites are used separately from accompanying text; and

2.2 Unless otherwise stated, the copyright and other intellectual property rights (including database right) in all material on the The Property Portal Group and Associated websites (including without limitation photographs and graphical images) are owned by "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" or its licensors. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, any use of extracts from the The Property Portal Group or Associated websites other than in accordance with paragraph 2.1 above for any purpose is prohibited. If you breach any of these Terms and Conditions, your permission to use The Property Portal Group and Associated sites automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed extracts from the The Property Portal Group and Associated Websites.

2.3 Subject to paragraph 2.1, no part of the The Property Portal Group or Associated sites may be reproduced or stored in any other Website or included in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service without "The Property Group (UK) Ltd" prior written permission.

2.4 Any rights not expressly granted in these terms are reserved.

2.5 If you wish to use any material on the The Property Portal Group or Associated websites outside the licence granted in this clause 2, you must seek written permission from "The Property Portal Group (UK) Ltd" and comply with any additional restrictions if permission is granted. "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" may grant or withhold permission in their absolute discretion.

3 Service access

3.1 While "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" endeavours to ensure that The Property Portal Group and Associated sites is normally available 24 hours a day, "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" will not be liable if for any reason any of the websites are unavailable at any time or for any period.

3.2 Access to the The Property Portal Group and Associated Websites (either in its entirety, or to elements of it) may be suspended and without notice.

4 Visitor material and conduct

4.1 Any material you transmit or post to The Property Portal Group or Associated websites will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" will have no obligations with respect to such material. "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.

4.2 You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from The Property Portal Group or Associated website any material:

4.2.1 that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience;

4.2.2 for which you have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals;

4.2.3 which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, gives rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in the UK or any other country in the world; or

4.2.4 which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).

4.3 You may not misuse the The Property Portal Group or Associated sites (including, without limitation, by hacking).

4.4 "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" will co-operate fully with any law enforcement authority or court requesting or directing "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any material in breach of paragraph 4.2 or paragraph 4.3 of these Terms and Conditions.

5 Third party websites

5.1 Links to third party websites on The Property Portal Group and Associated websites are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you leave The Property Portal Group and Associated websites. "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" has not reviewed these third party websites and does not control and is not responsible for these websites or their content. "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd therefore does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to The Property Portal Group and Associated websites, you do so entirely at your own risk. 5.2 If you would like to link to The Property Portal Group and Associated websites, you may only do so on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, the home page of The Property Portal Group or Associated websites, and subject to the following conditions:

5.2.1 you do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" logo;

5.2.2 you do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around The Property Portal Group or Associated sites;

5.2.3 you do not in any way imply that "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" is endorsing any products or services other than its own;

5.2.4 you do not misrepresent your relationship with "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" nor present any other false information about "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd";

5.2.5 you do not link from The Property Portal Group or Associated website that is not owned by you; and

5.2.7 your website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

5.3 "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" expressly reserves the right to revoke the right granted in paragraph 5.2 for breach of these Terms and Conditions and to take any action it deems appropriate.

5.4 You shall fully indemnify "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" for any loss or damage suffered by "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" or any of its group companies for breach of paragraph 5.2.

6 Registration

6.1 Each registration is for a single user only. "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" does not permit you to share your user name and password with any other person nor with multiple users on a network.

6.2 You must ensure that the details provided by you on registration or at any time are correct and complete and inform "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" immediately of any changes by updating your details. Responsibility for the security of any passwords issued rests with you. If you know or suspect that someone else has your password you should contact "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" immediately by emailing info@thepropertyportaluk.com

7 Disclaimer

7.1 While "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" endeavours to ensure that the information on the The Property Portal Group and Associated websites are correct, "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" relies on information provided by third parties and does not undertake any checks on the information to verify its correctness. Therefore, "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the material on the The Property Portal Group or Associated websites. "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" may make changes to the material on the The Property Portal Group or Associated websites, or to any products, services and prices described in it, at any time without notice. The material on The Property Portal Group or Associated websites may be out of date, and "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" makes no commitment to update such material. You should make your own enquiries as to the accuracy of any information or material available from The Property Portal Group and Associated websites.

7.2 The material on The Property Portal Group and Associated websites is provided ‘as is’ without any conditions, warranties or other terms of any kind. The information provided is not a substitute for legal, financial, real estate or other expert advice. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" provides you with the The Property Portal Group and Associated websites on the basis that "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" excludes all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which but for these Terms and Conditions might have effect in relation to The Property Portal Group and Associated websites.

8 Liability

8.1 Because "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" relies on information provided by third parties and provides The Property Portal Group and Associated websites to you free of charge, "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd", any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering The Property Portal Group and Associated websites,) and any of "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" Group companies and the officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise) in connection with the The in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of The Property Portal Group and Associated websites, any websites linked to the The Property Portal Group and Associated websites or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing The Property Portal Group and Associated websites or your downloading of any material from The Property Portal Group and Associated websites or any websites linked to The Property Portal Group and Associated websites.

8.2 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" liability for (i) death or personal injury caused by negligence (as such term is defined by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977); (ii) fraudulent misrepresentation or (iii) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

8.3 If your use of material on The Property Portal Group and Associated websites results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, you assume all costs thereof. You assume all costs for telecommunications links and computer equipment necessary for you to access the Internet and view The Property Portal Group and Associated websites.

9 Governing law and jurisdiction

9.1 These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Disputes arising in connection with these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

10 General

10.1 You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these Terms and Conditions.

10.2 If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in force.

10.3 If you breach these Terms and Conditions and "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" ignores this, "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" will still be entitled to use its rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation when you breach these Terms and Conditions.

10.4 "The Property Portal (UK) Ltd" shall not be responsible for any breach beyond its reasonable control.

10.5 A person who is not a party to these Terms and Conditions shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any terms in these Terms and Conditions but this shall not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.