Questions for lawyers Found 20

I’m renting a property in Malta and shortly after moving in, I discovered serious issues, significant damp and what appears to be a structural problem, that were not disclosed to me before I signed the lease and that make the property genuinely difficult to live in properly. Can I actually terminate my lease early because of this?

I’m renting a property in Malta under a fixed-term lease agreement, and my landlord has just informed me they’re increasing my rent partway through the current lease term, before it’s actually due for renewal. Is this something they’re actually allowed to do?

I keep seeing Malta property listings described in different ways, sometimes suggesting full outright ownership and other times describing something that sounds more like a lease arrangement. I want to understand the actual practical difference between these different types of property holding in Malta.

I own a larger property in Malta with more land than I actually need, and I’m considering subdividing it to sell off a portion separately. What’s actually involved in doing this legally, and are there restrictions on whether this is even possible for my specific property?

I’m not an EU citizen and I’m interested in buying an apartment in Malta, outside of any of the special designated zones I’ve heard about. I want to understand whether I actually need special government permission to do this, and roughly what that process involves.

I own an apartment within a larger residential development in Malta that has some form of condominium or owners’ association governing shared areas. I want to understand the extent to which this association can actually restrict what I do within my own individually owned unit.

I own a property in Malta, and I’m concerned about what my legal liability would actually be if, hypothetically, some structural failure of my building were to cause damage to my neighbour’s adjoining property. I want to understand this potential liability, particularly if the actual cause turned out to be something like poor original construction rather than anything I personally did wrong.

I had a verbal discussion with someone about them buying my property in Malta, and we generally agreed on a price, but nothing has been signed or formalised yet. They’re now claiming we have a binding deal based on this conversation. Is a purely verbal agreement to sell property actually enforceable under Maltese law?

I signed a konvenju to purchase a property in Malta, but I’ve since had a genuine change of heart and no longer want to proceed with the purchase. I understand this is a binding agreement, but I want to understand what would actually happen if I simply decided not to go through with the final sale.

I’m considering purchasing a property in Malta and I’ve come across the term ’emphyteusis’ or ground rent in relation to the property. I don’t fully understand what this actually means for me as a potential buyer, or whether it’s something that should be a significant concern in my decision to proceed.