# The Home Information Pack Regulations 2006, Regulation 27: Exception for portfolios of properties


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the duties under sections 155 to 159 of the 2004 Act do not apply in relation to a property where—
(a) the dwelling-house which is or forms part of that property is to be sold with one or more other dwelling-houses;
(b) the dwelling-houses mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) are not dwelling-houses to which Part 5 of the 2004 Act applies by virtue of section 171(2) of that Act;
(c) at the time the first point of marketing would have otherwise occurred, the seller does not intend to accept an offer to buy any one of those dwelling-houses in isolation from another; and
(d) it is clear that he would not do so from the manner in which the dwelling-houses are marketed.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to one or more dwelling-houses which are ancillary to a principal dwelling-house.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1503/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/home-information-pack-regulations-2006/regulation-27
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