Accordia Immobilier

Are you in any of the following situations as a result of a real estate transaction?

Accordia’s legal experts, specializing in conflict management, can help you find a fair and reasonable settlement to your dispute, at no extra cost.

The Accordia Immobilier program is offered free of charge to the clients of PME INTER Notaires Gatineau following a real estate transaction notarized by our firm. This legal assistance program is free of charge for a period of one (1) year following the date of the transaction. The conflict must be of legal nature, between buyers and sellers and valued at $1500 or more.

What is Accordia?

Accordia is an organization specializing in conflict management. It implements conflict management systems, which protocols have been conceptualized by a team specializing in dispute prevention and resolution.

Its mission is to promote the resolution of legal conflicts through the application of appropriate, predictable, affordable, neutral protocols in which all communications are confidential and without the intervention of the courts.

The eligibility assessment protocol for the Accordia Immobilier program

1. Real estate transaction notarized by PME INTER Notaires Gatineau.
2. A problem/conflict comes to light
3. Report problem/conflict to your notary
4. Analysis of the request by the experts of Accordia in accordance with the conditions set out:
   1. Conflict of legal nature
   2. Between buyer and seller
   3. Directly related to the real estate transaction
   4. Potential damage of $1500 and more
5. Decision and, if appropriate, approval of the application for legal assistance.

The general conflict management protocol

Here is the detailed conflict management protocol used in most cases submitted to the experts of the Accordia team.

Step 1: Conciliation – 1^st round

If the client accepts the solutions presented, the result is a settlement and the conciliator proceeds to the drafting of a transaction contract (the drafting of the transaction contract is optional and at the expense of the parties or at the expense of the party who requests it).

If the client refuses the solutions presented, the conciliator requests a neutral evaluation and proceeds to Step 2.

Step 2: Neutral evaluation

Step 3: Conciliation – 2^nd round

If, after Step 3, the parties accept the solutions presented, the result is a settlement and the conciliator proceeds to the drafting of a transaction contract (the drafting of the transaction contract is optional and at the expense of the parties or at the expense of the party who requests it).

If the parties refuse the solutions presented in this second round, the mediation process begins.

Step 4: Mediation (short form at fixed costs)

If, after Step 4, there is a settlement between the parties, the Accordia expert proceeds to the drafting of a transaction contract (the drafting of the transaction contract is optional and at the expense of the parties or at the expense of the party who requests it).

If there is no settlement after this mediation phase, the parties will proceed to arbitration without oral arguments.

Step 5: Arbitration without oral arguments (fixed costs)

The specific conflict management protocol in the case of a hidden defect

Is there a hidden defect in your new home that leads to unexpected expenses to share with the seller? You do not know how to start negotiations with him? Before beginning lengthy and costly court proceedings, contact our team of conflict management experts. Once the conflict management request is accepted and after the summary analysis of the conflict by our experts, here are the steps that will follow:

Step 1: Disclosure letter

Step 2: Investigation

Step 3: Drafting of the hidden defect report (neutral evaluation)

Step 4: Presenting the report to the parties