"All that lot or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon," are the formal opening words of the description of the property. "All" indicates that the contract is intended to cover every particle of the land described in detail following. "With the buildings and improvements thereon," while not legally necessary, should always be included to contradict any presumption of an intent to except from the sale, any of the structures on the land.

Next follows the specific description of the realty. The description is the most important as well as the most difficult part of the contract. While it is not necessary to describe the realty in as much detail in the contract as in the deed, nevertheless legal rights arc being created by the contract and it is of importance that a proper description be used.

Descriptions are of four kinds:

1. By street numbers of house.

2. By lot number on a map.

3. By metes and bounds.

4. By monuments.