Terms of use

These terms apply to your use of tyhir.co.uk (the "site"). By using the site, you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

1. What the site is

Tŷ Hir is a curated guide to character and rural homes in the Wye Valley and the Vale of Usk. It publishes a monthly Home of the Month feature and an archive of past features, plain-English guides, a newsletter called The Valley Letter, a free buyer's checklist and a directory of local specialists.

2. Information, not advice

Our guides and articles give general information to help you understand buying, owning and selling a home. They are not legal, tax, financial, mortgage, surveying or planning advice, and they don't take account of your circumstances. Rules differ between Wales and England and change over time. Always take advice from a suitably qualified professional before you act or decide not to act.

Reading the site, contacting us or receiving the newsletter does not create a solicitor–client relationship, or any other adviser–client relationship, with us or anyone connected with us.

We take care to keep the guides accurate and up to date, and each shows when it was last reviewed. We don't promise that any content is complete, accurate or current.

3. Homes we feature

Tŷ Hir is not an estate agent and does not market homes for sale. Home of the Month features are editorial. They describe a home as it was when we featured it, using information and images provided by its agent or owner.

Prices, availability and details can change, and a featured home may since have sold. Please check everything directly with the agent named in the feature. We are not responsible for the accuracy of agents' particulars or for any dealings you have with an agent or seller.

4. The specialists directory

The directory lists local estate agents, conveyancers and surveyors who meet the criteria we describe on the site. A listing is not a recommendation for your particular needs, or a guarantee of any firm's work or regulatory status. Please check a firm's regulation yourself and agree terms directly with it before you instruct it. Any contract you make is between you and the firm. We don't take referral fees. If we ever offer paid placements, they will be clearly labelled.

Firms that apply to be listed agree to the separate listing terms we give them.

5. Things you send us

When you send us something, for example through the "Feature your home" form, a directory application or an email, you confirm that:

• the information is accurate and you're entitled to share it; and
• you own, or have permission to share, any photos, floor plans or other material you send.

If we decide to feature or publish what you send, you give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, edit, crop, regrade and publish it on the site, in the newsletter and on our social media channels, credited where appropriate. You can ask us to remove published material at any time by emailing hello@tyhir.co.uk, and we'll do so within a reasonable time. Material already sent in a newsletter can't be recalled.

We decide what to feature and publish, and we may decline anything without giving a reason.

6. Our content and other people's

The site's text, illustrations, design, logo and the name Tŷ Hir belong to us or our licensors. Photos of featured homes belong to their photographers, agents or owners and are used with permission.

You may view, print and share pages for your own personal, non-commercial use, and link to them. You may not copy, republish, sell or scrape the site's content or images, or use them to train AI systems, without our written permission.

If you think something on the site infringes your rights, email hello@tyhir.co.uk with the details and we'll look into it promptly.

7. Using the site properly

You must not misuse the site. In particular, you must not:

• break the law, or infringe anyone's rights, through the site;
• introduce viruses or other harmful code, or try to gain unauthorised access to the site or its systems;
• overload the site, or use automated tools to collect its content; or
• use our forms to send spam, or false or misleading information.

8. Links to other websites

The site links to agents' listings, official sources and other websites for your convenience. We don't control them and aren't responsible for their content or for how they use your information.

9. Availability and changes

The site is free. We may change, suspend or withdraw it, or any part of it, at any time. We don't guarantee that it will always be available or free from errors.

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top shows when they last changed. The terms in force when you use the site apply.

10. Our responsibility to you

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that cannot legally be limited or excluded.

If you're a consumer: we're responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breaking these terms or failing to use reasonable care and skill. We're not responsible for loss or damage that isn't foreseeable. We provide the site for domestic and private use only, so we're not liable to you for any loss of profit, loss of business or loss of business opportunity. Because our guides are general information and not advice (see section 2), we're not responsible for decisions you make, or don't make, based on them.

If you're a business: to the extent the law allows, we exclude all implied conditions, warranties and other terms, and we won't be liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of, or inability to use, the site or reliance on its content, including loss of profits, revenue, business, opportunity or goodwill, or any indirect or consequential loss.

11. General

If any part of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest will still apply. If we don't enforce a term straight away, we can still enforce it later.

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction, except that if you're a consumer living in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you may also bring proceedings in your local courts.

12. Contact us

If you have a question or complaint about the site, email hello@tyhir.co.uk.