Launch range
Home Purchase Check
Title and owner, building and occupancy permits, zoning, and an engineer's condition inspection
- Range
- $400–1,000
- Typical time
- 7–10 days
- Booking fee
- 20%
Buying a house or apartment back home, from abroad
Short answer
A finished house or a new apartment needs more than a title check. We confirm the owner, the building and occupancy permits and the zoning, and an engineer inspects the structure. For off-plan units we also check the developer, the land and the real progress on site.
How it works for this journey
Check a ready-built home or an off-plan unit, and the developer behind it.
- Share the listing or the developer's offer
- Ownership and permits checked
- Engineer's condition inspection (ready homes) or site progress check (off-plan)
- Contract reviewed by your own lawyer
- Signed report before you pay
Services for this journey
Launch ranges for Kigali; prices exclude the booking fee.
Launch range
Off-plan and developer check
Developer company and directors, land ownership, project approvals, site progress against the schedule, and contract review
- Range
- $350–900
- Typical time
- 7–10 days
- Booking fee
- 20%
Coming later
Valuation
Licensed valuer's market value report
- Range
- $200–600
- Typical time
- 5–7 days
- Booking fee
- 15%
What to check yourself
Questions
Can you check an off-plan project?
Yes. The off-plan and developer check covers the developer company and directors, land ownership, project approvals, site progress against the schedule, and a contract review.
Who holds my money?
You pay when you book, on a secure Motherland page. For a consultation, the expert is paid after the call unless you report a problem within 72 hours. For a document check, we pay the expert only after you approve the report. You never pay an expert in a chat or by mobile money to a personal number.
What if the work isn't done properly?
The Motherland Promise: we reassign the job at no extra cost, or refund the expert price and the booking fee.
For buyers and investors
Join the waitlist for buy a house or apartment
For professionals
Do this work back home?
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