Terms and Conditions

The Website is an index of residential property advertised in Jersey. We read Agents’ own public websites and republish what they advertise, in one place, searchable. Today that is 1,648 properties currently advertised across 40 agencies, and it is not the whole island.

We are not an estate agent, letting agent, broker, valuer, surveyor, financial adviser or lawyer. We are not instructed by any Agent or by any seller, buyer, landlord or tenant. We do not market property, conduct viewings, take or hold deposits, negotiate, or take any part in a transaction. Any dealing that follows from something you saw here is between you and the Agent, and we are not a party to it.

Unless a Listing says otherwise, we have no commercial relationship, agreement or affiliation with the Agent whose property it describes. Appearing on this site is not an endorsement by us of that Agent, and it does not imply that the Agent endorses, sponsors or is associated with us. We are paid nothing by Agents and receive no commission or referral fee of any kind.

We index the Agents we have built support for, and no more. Some Jersey agencies are not on the site at all — because we have not reached them yet, because their website asks crawlers not to read it, or because they have asked to be removed. Absence from this site means nothing about a property or an agency.

All Listing Information originates from the Agent advertising the property, taken from that Agent’s own public website. Property descriptions are the Agent’s own words, stored and shown as written; we never write, rewrite, summarise, paraphrase or generate text about a property. Prices, photographs, floorplans, measurements and every other stated fact are likewise the Agent’s.

We are not the author or the source of Listing Information and we make no representation or warranty about it of any kind — not as to its accuracy, completeness, currency, legality or fitness for any purpose. Every Listing names its Agent and links to the original advert, which is the authoritative version.

We do not check, verify, inspect, value, survey or confirm anything in a Listing. We do not visit properties. We do not confirm that a property exists, that the Agent is instructed to market it, that the price is current, that the measurements are right, that the photographs are of that property, that the tenure is as stated, or that anyone is legally entitled to occupy it. Nothing on the Website has been verified by us unless the Website itself says so in terms.

The Website is not connected to any Agent’s system and does not update in real time. Records are refreshed by a crawl that runs periodically. Between two crawls, an Agent’s own page may change while ours does not — so a Listing can show a price that has moved, a property that has gone under offer, or a description that has been rewritten.

Each Listing carries the date it was last read, and that date is the truthful statement of how current it is. Treat every figure as being from that date rather than from today.

Where a Listing has not yet been read in full, the Website says so — a record is marked as complete or partial, and a partial record shows only what the Agent’s search results page carried. On a partial record the absence of a floorplan, a description or a location does not mean the property has none; it means we have not opened the advert yet. The Website distinguishes the two, and the distinction should be read rather than assumed away.

Most of what a Listing states was published by the Agent in a field of its own. A minority was not, and was derived by us from what the Agent wrote. Derived values are more likely to be wrong than published ones, and the Website flags them. They are:

• Parish. Where an Agent does not publish a parish in a field, we resolve one from the address. We match only against the twelve parishes and record no parish at all rather than guess.
• Features and amenities. Most Agents publish no structured list, so feature filters are matched from the wording of the Agent’s description. They mean the Agent mentioned it, not that the property has it — and a property whose description does not mention a garden is not a property without a garden.
• Facts lifted from prose. Occasionally a figure such as a floor area appears only in the Agent’s description and not in any field. Where we extract one we record that it came from prose and how confident we are, and low-confidence values are kept out of filters.
• Time on the market. Where an Agent publishes no listing date, any age we show is counted from the day the property first appeared on their index while we were watching it — our observation, not the Agent’s statement. Where we cannot say honestly, we show nothing.
• Price changes. A reduction or increase shown on the Website is the difference between two prices we recorded on two different days. It is our record of what the Agent advertised, not a statement by the Agent that the price has changed.

We never fill a gap with a plausible value. Where an Agent does not publish a property’s tenure, residential qualification, licence status or location, the Website states that it is not known rather than guessing. This matters most for residential qualification, which decides who may lawfully occupy a property: “not stated” on this site means the advert did not say, not that the property is unrestricted. Ask the Agent.

When a property we hold stops appearing on its Agent’s website, we conclude it is no longer being advertised, hide it from search results, and keep its page working for fourteen days with a notice on it before it stops resolving. That notice states both the conclusion and the observation behind it — that the Agent removed the listing on a given date.

That is an inference and it may be wrong. A property can disappear from an Agent’s website because it sold, because it was withdrawn, because the instruction moved to another agency, or because their website changed. Nothing on this site should be read as a statement that a particular property has been sold or let.

You must independently verify anything on this Website that matters to you, with the Agent, before relying on it. That includes the price, the availability, the measurements, the tenure, the residential qualification, the rental licence, and whether the property is still on the market at all. You should also take your own professional advice — legal, financial and survey — before committing to any transaction.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for any loss arising from reliance on Listing Information. Section 13 sets out the limits of our liability in full.

If you spot something on the Website that is wrong, please tell us at info@homely.je and we will look at it. Where the error is ours — we read the Agent’s page incorrectly — we will fix it and, if the fault is systematic, fix it for every affected Listing. Where the Agent’s own advert says what we are showing, the correction has to be made by the Agent, and we will tell you that rather than change what they published.

You can use the whole of the Website without an account. If you create one, you agree to give accurate information, to keep your password confidential, and to tell us at info@homely.je if you think someone else has used it. You are responsible for what happens under your account. You must be 18 or over to create one.

Saved searches are bookmarks. We do not currently send email or push alerts of any kind, and no saved search will tell you when a matching property appears. The Website says so wherever a search can be saved, and we say it here too, because a saved search that quietly notified nobody would be the one thing this site could not afford to get wrong. If we build alerts, they will be opt-in.

You can close your account at any time by writing to info@homely.je. We may suspend or close an account that breaches these Terms, or where we are required to by law. What happens to your data is in the Privacy Policy.

The Website is provided free of charge and there is nothing to pay. If we ever introduce a paid feature, it will be optional, priced before you commit to it, and it will not place anything that is free today behind a charge without notice.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all warranties, conditions and representations of any kind, express or implied, including as to accuracy, completeness, currency, quality, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. In particular, and without limiting section 4, we do not warrant or guarantee:

• the accuracy, completeness or currency of any Listing Information;
• that any property described on the Website exists, is available, or is being lawfully marketed;
• that any price, measurement, floor area, tenure, residential qualification, licence status or location shown is correct or current;
• that a property shown as available has not been sold, let, withdrawn or reduced;
• that a property shown as no longer available has in fact been sold or let;
• the identity, competence, solvency, conduct or good faith of any Agent; or
• that the Website covers every property advertised in Jersey.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any loss or damage of any kind arising from your reliance on Listing Information, or from any inaccuracy, omission, error, staleness or absence in it. That includes any loss arising from a price that had changed, a property that was no longer available, a measurement that was wrong, a residential qualification or tenure that was not as stated, or a property that never appeared on the Website at all. The Agent’s own advert is the authoritative source and section 4.8 tells you to check it.

We are not a party to and take no part in any transaction, negotiation, viewing, tenancy or contract between you and an Agent or anyone they act for. We accept no liability for anything arising out of one, including any loss, dispute, misdescription or fraud.

To the fullest extent permitted by Jersey law, Granite Digital and its officers, employees, contractors and agents are not liable to you for any:

• loss of profit, revenue, business, opportunity or anticipated savings;
• loss of goodwill or reputation;
• loss of data;
• loss arising from a property transaction, or the failure of one, however caused; or
• indirect, consequential, special or exemplary loss.

Our total aggregate liability to you for all claims arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of the Website, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, will not exceed the greater of (a) £100, or (b) the total amount you have paid us in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for:

• death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
• fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
• anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under Jersey law.

If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights that cannot be waived or limited by agreement.

These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Website, and replace anything said or written before.

If any provision is found to be invalid or unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable or, failing that, severed. The rest stays in force.

If we do not enforce a right or provision, that is not a waiver of it. A waiver is effective only if given in writing.

You may not assign or transfer your rights under these Terms. We may assign them to a successor or affiliate.

Except as expressly stated, nothing in these Terms gives any right or benefit to a third party under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) (Jersey) Law 2002.

Legal notices to us must be sent to info@homely.je. We will give notice to you by email to the address on your account, or by a notice on the Website.

Nothing in these Terms creates any agency, partnership, joint venture or employment relationship between you and us.