Legal

Legal information

Information about the entity operating this website, the current scope of the service and the applicable framework.

UGON — Home Buying Service is the designation used on this website. UGON is not a legal entity and does not replace identification of the entity responsible for the service at this stage.

Current website and search service operator

APOCI — Associação Portuguesa de Consultores Imobiliários

Private-law association

NIPC: 518 824 667

Registered office: Rua Diogo Couto n.º 26, 2.º Dto., 2750-563 Cascais, Portugal

Email: administracao@apoci.pt

Registered in the Portuguese Central Register of Legal Persons.

Scope of the service

At the initial stage, APOCI may handle buyer acquisition and contact, collection and organisation of the search, technology consulting, analytics, Market Study, matching and communication with the user.

Before any external action concerning a specific property intended to progress a transaction, acts that are legally subject to the Portuguese real-estate mediation regime may only be carried out through a duly authorised entity, which will be identified to the user before that intervention.

Market information

Market studies, statistics, comparisons and property information made available through the service are intended to support the user’s decision. They do not constitute an official property valuation and do not replace legal, tax, financial, technical or other specialist professional advice where required.

Prices, availability and other property characteristics obtained from third parties may change and must be confirmed before any transactional decision.

Use of the service does not constitute a promise of property acquisition, credit approval, completion of a transaction or achievement of any specific result.

Complaints Book

The entity providing services to the public through the website is subject to applicable Portuguese Complaints Book obligations.

Electronic Complaints Book

Alternative dispute resolution

In the event of a consumer dispute, the consumer may use the competent Alternative Dispute Resolution entity.

For contracts entered into and performed in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, including Cascais, the Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo de Lisboa — CACCL may be competent.

Lisbon Consumer Dispute Arbitration Centre

Use of the website

The content of this website is made available for use within the UGON service and to inform users.

Abusive use of the website, attempts to gain unauthorised access to systems, unlawful automated collection of information or use of content in breach of third-party rights are not permitted.

At present, the website is informational and includes intake/contact. If a paid service or consumer service contract is later concluded online, the applicable contractual terms and legally required pre-contractual information will be made available.

Intellectual property

Texts, graphic elements, software, materials and other website content belong to their respective rights holders or are used with permission. Use of the UGON designation on this website does not, by itself, represent a claim that it is a registered trademark.

Applicable law

The website and services provided in Portugal are subject to Portuguese law, without prejudice to mandatory consumer-protection rules and legal rules on court jurisdiction and alternative dispute resolution.