Terms and Conditions
The 'users' must read and agree to these terms and conditions of use of the services of the Srilankan Realestate Online (hereinafter called as SRO) prior to the accessing of website or availing any other services of the SRO. The users upon successful registration with the SRO agree to adhere and abide by the terms and conditions herein.

The users may access and use our Websites on the basis of the terms and conditions of use, along with our (Privacy Policy) and other notices issued by SRO on our Websites. SRO reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, alter or update any or all of our terms of use or other conditions for accessing our Websites at any time. By accessing or using this Web Site, you agree to the Terms and conditions of use. If you do not agree with these terms, do not use this web site.

SRO does not monitor or filter the information provided by its registered users and publishes the information provided by its registered users on 'as is' basis. SRO is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of the information provided by the users in regard to any property and disclaims all liability and responsibility for any direct or indirect loss or damage which may be suffered by any person through relying on anything contained in or deleted from our Websites or publications.

a) COPYRIGHT
The entire content of this website such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images and audio clips, digital downloads, and software unless the reference or source is stated, is the property of SRO and protected by Srilankan copyright laws. The compilation of all contents on this website is the exclusive property of SRO and is protected by Srilankan copyright laws. SRO will not be responsible for any copyright infringement caused by the promoter or the registered users.

b) SERVICES
SRO, Srilanka's leading real estate/property marketing company provides marketing, advertising, property management and property documentation services. To avail the services of SRO, the users must register as a member by providing true and correct information in our registration process. Any discrepancies found in the information provided by the users, SRO reserve the right to cancel the registration at anytime without notice.
SRO provides services to users
  • i) to post their properties for sale or rent
  • ii) who wish to place advertise in the website or on newspapers affiliated to SRO
  • iii) who look to buy or rent any property or properties in the SRO's website
  • iv) Who wish to receive advertisements or promotional e-mails or materials from SRO
SRO is committed to provide services to its direct customers, who may be individuals or Real estate brokers or agents or builders or companies or person who is authorized by any of the above to represent them and the commitment shall not be applicable to any other person other than the SRO's direct customer.

c) TERMINATION OF USE
SRO reserves the right to modify or delete the service and cancel or suspend the membership of any person at any time, if the user is found violating the terms and conditions of use of the SRO services. Such cancelled users will be entitled to the refund of the fees paid by them, on pro-rata basis and the decision of the SRO in this regard shall be final and binding. SRO may at any time, in its sole discretion prohibit or restrict any user from accessing any or all of the services of SRO.

d) INFORMATION'S FURNISHED BY THE USERS
The registered users by providing any information in relation to any property to SRO represent and warrant that the registered user is
  • i) Either the legal owner of the property or their authorized agent(s), acting upon a valid power of attorney, or
  • ii) Any person entitled to submit the information and that the information is accurate, not confidential, and not in violation of any contractual restrictions or other third party rights.

In case of any discrepancies SRO reserve the rights to take all necessary actions both civil and criminal, in addition to the deletion or cancellation of the services provided by the SRO.

e) CONTENT
The registered user shall not provide information's which
  • i) infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party
  • ii) are inaccurate, deceptive and or materially incorrect
  • iii) are obscene, including pornographic, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive material
  • iv) defames any person or organization
  • v) are otherwise unlawful or encourage unlawful conduct, or
  • vi) inappropriate having regard to the purpose of the Website.
The registered user shall not use the information obtained form the SRO website or other services to contact, to advertise elsewhere, solicit or sell to any member without the explicit consent from SRO. In case of any violation, The SRO reserves the right to suspend any registered users for such period as it deems appropriate or to restrict or delete the accounts of the registered users.
The users shall not use any automated device, software, process or means including, but not limited to, IRC Bots, EXE's, CGI or any other program/scripts to access, retrieve, scrape or index our Website, the content on it or to communicate, contact, respond or interact with SRO and/or its members. SRO reserve the right to exercise whatever means necessary to prevent unauthorised access to or use of SRO Website, including, but not limited to, instituting technological barriers, or reporting violations to any person or entity.

f) DISCLAIMER
SRO is a web portal providing a platform/medium facilitating the communication between the property seekers and property providers. The content that users access on this web site is provided solely for the user's convenience, information and marketing purposes only. The Services are provided on an 'as is' and 'as available' basis and in good faith and SRO make no representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Though, SRO would take all possible measures to avoid any misrepresentation, fraud, illegal or unlawful action or inaction by any person using the services, SRO does not guarantee for any accuracy, correctness, reliability of any information or content regarding the property, price, plan, location, opinion/suggestions etc provided by the users. By accessing the service of SRO, the users expressly agree that the use of SRO website and the Services is at the user's sole risk and SRO expressly disclaim any and all warranties, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties as to quality, suitability for any purpose, compatibility, reliability, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, access or use. SRO does not guarantee that the Services will be free from faults, errors and/or omissions. It is the sole responsibility of users to evaluate the quality, suitability, accuracy, completeness and reliability of the Services or any information provided. None of the Services are intended to be a substitute for any independent professional advice. SRO does not guarantee or confirm the financial capacity of any users/members of its services and does not acknowledge any ownership or guarantee for complying with the obligation between the property buyer and seller or licensor/lessor and licensee/lessee. The exchange of information through the SRO should not be construed as an offer or recommendation from or by SRO. All prevailing Laws, rules and regulations, applicable directly or indirectly for the use of the services of the SRO shall be complied by the users/members while availing the services of the SRO and any default on the part of the users/members shall be at their own risk and SRO takes no responsibility for the wrong committed by the users/members. SRO does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses/worms or any other harmful components. The website/e-mail is vulnerable to data corruption, interception, tampering, viruses as well as delivery errors and SRO does not accept liability for any consequence that may arise wherefrom.

g) DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Any disputes arising between user/users and SRO out of use of the website or other services of SRO, in connection with the validity, interpretation, implementation or alleged breach of any provision of the agreement between the user and the SRO, the dispute shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration. The arbitration proceedings shall be carried out by a sole arbitrator, identified by SRO. The arbitration shall be carried out at Coimbatore and be regulated under the provisions of the arbitration and conciliation act, 1996. The language of the arbitration shall be English. The user/users and SRO expressly understand and agree that the award shall be the sole, exclusive, final, and binding remedy regarding any and all of disputes presented to the sole arbitrator.

h) IDEMNITY
The users agree to indemnify and hold SRO, its subsidiaries, directors, affiliates, officers, agents and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim or demand, including arbitration fees made by any third party due to arising out of your use of the SRO services in violation of the agreement and/or arising from a breach of any terms of the agreement and/or any breach of your representations and warranties set forth above.

i) CONFIDENTIALITY
For the purpose of the availing the services of SRO and accessing the SRO website, 'Confidential Information' means all commercial, technical, operational, staff, management and other information, data and know-how relating to the service of a party which may be supplied to or may otherwise come into the possession of the other, whether orally or in writing or in any other form, and which is confident or proprietary in nature or otherwise expresses by the disclosing party or by any of its associates to be confidential and not generally available to the public. The party disclosing the confidential information under this agreement is also referred to as the 'Disclosing Party' and the party receiving the information's under this agreement as the 'Receiving Party'.

The Receiving Party shall keep confidential and secret and not disclose to any third party the confidential information or any part of it, except to any of the Receiving Party's associates, if required and upon prior permission in writing from the disclosing party. The Receiving Party agrees to take all the possible precautions with regard to protecting confidential information from any third party and shall ensure that its associates to whom such disclosure is made will act in accordance with the terms of this agreement as if each of them were a party to the agreement and if required obtain a written statement from each of its employees/associates having access to such property information undertaking to abide by the confidentiality conditions. All proprietary information's shall be kept separate and exclusive and at usual place of business (or residence as the case may be) of the Receiving Party.