Please read these terms and conditions carefully as they contain important information about your obligations and rights when using easyrent.com.ng, and affiliated platforms ("this site"). For the avoidance of doubt, “this site” includes but not restricted to, related websites, our messaging platforms (including email and sms), and voice platforms and applications. In particular, you should read the section on your obligations (7.)
Last updated: 10 October 2013
1. INTRODUCTION
This site is owned by INTEGRATED MARKETPLACES LIMITED (Registered in England and Wales with Company No. 08662585). (Henceforth, referred to as "we" or "us" or "our").
By using the Site and Application, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service ("Terms"), whether or not you become a registered user of the Services. These Terms govern your access to and use of the Site, and constitute a binding legal agreement between you and us. If you do not agree to these Terms, you have no right to obtain information from or otherwise continue using the Site or Application. Failure to use the Site and Application in accordance with these Terms may subject you to civil and criminal penalties. This agreement along with our privacy policy constitutes the whole agreement between the user and us, and no terms and conditions that are not expressly stated in this agreement may be implied by either party.
2. ABOUT US
We provide an online platform that connects agents, developers and private individuals (hereby known as ‘accommodation suppliers’) who have vacant accommodations with customers seeking to rent, sub-let, lease or buy such accommodations, which are accessible at Easyrent.com.ng and any other websites through which we make the Services available (collectively, “the Site”). We are not an estate agency.
3. MODIFICATION
We reserve the right, at its sole discretion, to modify the Site, or Services or to modify these Terms, including the Fees, at any time and without prior notice. If we modify these Terms, we will post the modification on the Site or via the Application or provide you with notice of the modification. We will also update the “Last Updated Date” at the top of these Terms. By continuing to access or use the Site, Application or Services after we have posted a modification on the Site or via the Application or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Terms. If the modified Terms are not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Site, and Services.
4. ELIGIBILITY
The Site, Application and Services are intended solely for persons who are 18 or older. Any access to or use of the Site, Application or Services by anyone under 18 is expressly prohibited. By accessing or using the Site, Application or Services you represent and warrant that you are 18 or older.
5. APPLICABLE LAW
The user confirms that the terms and conditions and use of this website shall be governed by the laws of the federation of Nigeria and that any and all disputes arising therefrom shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Nigerian courts.
6. OUR RIGHTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (including COPYRIGHT)
All the content on this web site, including any and all graphics, text, icons, hyperlinks, private information, designs, trademarks, software, databases and agreements, is the intellectual property of Integrated Marketplaces Nigeria Limited and is protected by local and international law dealing with copyright and intellectual property rights.
All rights to this content are reserved, and such content may not be reproduced without the express permission in writing from us. To obtain permission for the use of any content on this site, please email terms [at] easyrent.com.ng. All rights not specifically granted in terms of these terms and conditions or by special permission are reserved.
No business, person or web site may frame this site or any of the pages on this site in any way whatsoever without the permission in writing from us.
This Site contains links to third parties. We have no control over their individual content. We therefore make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information appearing in relation to any third parties. The links are for your convenience only. If you decide to access any third parties linked from this Site, you do so at your own risk.
The views expressed by users on our Site do not represent our views or values.
7. YOUR OBLIGATIONS AND CONDUCT
Reporting Of Transactions
The user agrees to inform us when a transaction has been agreed with accommodation suppliers connected to the user through this site. Even though the item or property rented, leased or purchased may be different from original enquiry, the user must report all transactions with such parties. The user must accurately report this information.
Payments for Transactions
The user accepts Easyrent.com.ng and by extension, Integrated Marketplaces Limited as Payment Collection Agent for accommodation suppliers (in line with agreement between us and accommodation suppliers)
The user agrees to make all pre-close payments through us. This includes but not restricted to: deposits, 1st instalment of purchase price, upfront rental income, agent fees, lawyer fees and other such payments. This agreement ceases after close of transaction, that is, when access or ownership of property has been legally transferred.
Restrictions On Use
I. You agree not to transmit any material designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of our website or the Services.
II. You agree not to use any automated software to view the Services without consent and to only access our Services manually.
III. You agree not to use the Services other than for your own personal use or as an agent listing properties for sale and to rent.
IV. You agree not to attempt to copy our data or reverse engineer our processes without our consent.
V. You agree not to use our Services in any manner that is illegal, immoral or harmful to us.
VI. You agree not to use our Services in breach of any policy or other notice on our website.
VII. You agree not to remove or alter any copyright notices that appear on our website.
VIII. You agree not to publish any material that may encourage a breach of any relevant laws or regulations.
IX. You agree not to interfere with any other user's enjoyment of our website or the Services.
X. You agree not to transmit materials protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.
XI. You agree not to conduct yourself in an offensive or abusive manner whilst using our website or the Services.
You accept that you are solely responsible for ensuring that your computer system meets all relevant technical specification necessary to use this Site and that your computer system is compatible with this Site.
You must not misuse our system or this Site. In particular, you must not hack into, circumvent security or otherwise disrupt the operation of our system and this Site, or attempt to carry out any of the foregoing. This includes introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material, which is or could be malicious or technologically harmful.
You must not use or attempt to use any automated program (including, without limitation, any spider or other web crawler) to access our system or this Site, or to search, display or obtain links to any part of this Site, other than the home page at www.easyrent.com.ng,
You must not include links to this Site in any other Site without our prior written consent. In particular (but without limiting the foregoing) you must not include in any other Site any "deep link" to any page on this Site. You may link to our home page at www.easyrent.com.ng provided that you do so in a way that does not (in our reasonable opinion) damage our reputation or expose us to risk. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice and without giving a reason.
You must not upload or use inappropriate or offensive language or content or solicit any commercial services in any communication, form or email you send or submit, from or to the Site.
Whenever you make use of features that allow you to upload content to our Site, or to make contact with other users via our Site, you must comply with the content standards set out in these Terms.
All content that you upload to our Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such content for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who claims or alleges that content posted or uploaded by you to our Site breaches that third parties legal right.
All content that you upload to our Site must:
I. Be accurate (where you state facts);
II. Be genuinely held (where you state opinions); and
III. Comply with the applicable law of the country from which they were posted.
Your content must not:
I. Contain any material which is defamatory of any person;
II. Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful, discriminatory, unethical, immoral or inflammatory; or
III. Contain any material, which does or could potentially infringe the intellectual property rights of a third party.
IV. We will determine in our discretion whether there has been a breach of this clause
Where a breach of this policy has occurred we may take such action, as we deem appropriate. This action may include the following:
I. Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our Site;
II. Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our Site;
III. Further legal action against you; and
IV. Disclosure of such information to law enforcement or authorities as we reasonable feel necessary.
In addition to all of our rights set out above, we reserve the right to take down any content that you upload to our Site at any time without notice and without having to give a reason.
8. BLACKLISTING
We reserve the right to blacklist users from this site and/or restrict or block their access or use of any and all elements of our services, on a permanent or temporary basis at our sole discretion. Any such user shall be notified and must not then attempt to use this Site under any other name or through any other user.
9. DISCLAIMER
Whilst we endeavour to ensure that any material available for downloading from this Site is not contaminated in any way, we do not warrant that such material will be free from infection, viruses and/or similar code.
Due to the nature of software and the internet, we do not warrant that your access to, or the running of, this Site will be uninterrupted or error free. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our Site without notice. We shall not be liable if we cannot process your details due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
The information provided on this Site is for general interest only and does not constitute specific advice.
We make no warranties or representations that the property information on this site is correct, accurate or up-to-date.
We make no express or implied representations or warranties that the content and service available from this web site are free from errors or omissions or that the service will be 100% uninterrupted and error free.
This web site is available via the Internet for any user with access, to view 'as is', and has not been compiled or designed to meet each user's individual requirements. We will not be held responsible for any inconvenience, loss or damage that a user may suffer as a result of failure to meet such requirements.
When you use the forms on this Site to submit your specifications, your details (excluding, Your Name, Phone Number and Email address) will be sent by email directly to the estate agent, landlord or developer marketing the property or properties that you are enquiring about. We do not accept any liability for any subsequent communications that you receive directly from that estate agent, landlord or developer.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event shall we nor any of our officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents or suppliers be liable for any loss or direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, special or any other damages arising from your use of the Services.
If you are a consumer, please note that we only provide our Site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our Site for any commercial or business purposes and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption or loss of business opportunity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this clause is intended to limit any statutory rights you may have as a consumer which may not be excluded nor in any way to exclude or limit our liability to you for personal injury or death caused by our negligence.
If you are a business, in no event shall we nor any of our officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents or suppliers be liable to you for:
I. any indirect, consequential, special or punitive loss, damage, costs and expenses;
II. loss of profit;
III. loss of business;
IV. loss of reputation;
V. depletion of goodwill; or
VI. loss of, damage to or corruption of data.
11. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our affiliated companies, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents or suppliers harmless from any and all claims or demands, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Services, the violation of these Terms of Use by you, or the infringement by you of any intellectual property or other right of any other person or entity.
12. CONTACT US
Users are encouraged to clarify any of the above terms by emailing terms [at] easyrent.com.ng. We shall not be liable if we cannot process your details due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.