Registered Office Address:

Housemartins Independent
Estate Agents Ltd.

Estate Agents Ltd
37 Plough Way
Surrey Quays
London
SE16 2LS

Tel: 020 7231 5656
Fax: 020 7231 0535

Housemartins Brockley

The Tea Factory
100-106 Endwell Road
Brockley
London
SE4 2LX

Tel: 0208 691 9649

Company Number: 3866296

Joint Tenants

This legal expression has nothing to do with renting property but relates to buying a home. When you buy a property with a partner you have a choice of ownership. The most common, as Joint Tenants, means you share the obligations of ownership equally. Accordingly, on death, the surviving partner automatically inherits the whole property. The alternative, Tenants in Common (q.v.), means you only own a pre-agreed share of the property (usually 50% of course). However, on your death, this share can be willed separately and need not necessarily be left to your partner.