vacant possession

noun

1. ownership of an unoccupied house or property, any previous owner or tenant having departed

Example Sentences

The airspace is offered "with vacant possession" and the auctioneer's website says "a new 150-year lease with a peppercorn ground rent will be granted upon completion".

From BBC

Those early novels, beginning with Every Day Is Mother’s Day in 1985, and looping through Vacant Possession, Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, in which she drew on time spent living in Saudi Arabia, and An Experiment in Love, explored among other things the troublesome double-binds in which women frequently find themselves.

From The Guardian

Investors have been told by the administrators Duff and Phelps that Land Registry documents relating to their purchases are effectively worthless and that the hotels owned by NPD are being marketed on a "vacant possession" basis.

From BBC

"We are removing council property so that All Souls can take vacant possession and decided what they want to do with the building," it said in a statement.

From The Guardian

Stern still expects the deal to go through, but perhaps without waiting for the vacant possession of the land if the appeals process continues to drag on.

From Newsweek