Expert to check exact area of unit, court to take the decision as per documents
There are risks and rewards in off-plan real estate.
This matter will be estimated by the court which will take the decision as per the documents submitted and, in such cases, the matter will be transferred to an expert who will check the exact area of the plot unit.
But you cannot oblige the developer to give you another property unless he agreed amicably.
UAE Civil Transactions Law in its Article 523 emphasizes that “when the quantity of the thing sold is fixed in the contract and, in the absence of an agreement or custom, a deficiency or increment in it shows, the following rules shall apply:
If the thing sold shall be adversely affected by severance and the price is fixed per unit, the seller is entitled to the value of the increase and the deficiency charged to his account.
If the increment or deficiency add to the obligation of the purchaser beyond what he has intended to purchase or change the nature of the transaction, he may opt for the cancellation of the sale unless the difference is trifle and it does not contradict the purpose sought by the purchaser.
In case the purchaser takes delivery of the thing sold with knowledge of the deficiency, he shall forfeit his right to the cancellation option mentioned in the preceding paragraph”.
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