• explain the issues involved in the sale or purchase of your property
• explain the difference between buying or selling by Public Auction or Private Treaty
• tell you what costs are involved including stamp duty
• advise you about your Contract for Sale
• advise you about and negotiate special terms and conditions for the sale or purchase of your property
• attend to your lenders’ requirements
• organise searches and enquiries to ensure you get what you think you are buying
• ask the seller the right questions about the property being sold
• organise settlement

• Torrens Title
• old system conveyancing
• company title
• rural land
• commercial and industrial leasing
• residential leasing
• leasing disputes
• easements, covenants and disputes over easements
• property development and associated aspects such as:-
  • options
  • acquisitions
• Land & Environment Court Appeals and Applications
• liquor licensing and conveyancing
• sale and purchase of residential and business properties (both established and off the plan)
• Strata Title disputes

Acting for Buyer/Purchaser: We carry out the following for buyer –

• Review draft contract
• Order pest and building reports
• Contract signed by Purchaser and deposit cheque provided by Purchaser
• S.66W certificate signed by Purchaser’s Solicitor
• Examine and Exchange the contract for sale
• Paying the deposit
• Send post-exchange letter to Purchaser
• Write to Purchaser’s Mortgagee advising exchange and requesting mortgage documentation
• Order statutory inquiries
• finding out if any government authority has a vested interest in the land or if any planned development could effect the property (eg. Local council, Water, Roads and Traffic authority)
• Send requisitions on title
• Prepare transfer and arrange stamping
• Review replies to requisitions on title
• Send stamped transfer to Vendor’s Solicitor
• Prepare draft settlement statement calculating adjustments for council and water rates for the property settlement
• Book settlement with Vendor and Mortgagee
• Receive cheque direction from Vendor’s Solicitor
• Send cheque direction to Mortgagee and advise client of balance of cheques to be provided
• Prepare notice of sale
• Advise Purchaser to carry out final inspection
• Completing final search prior to settlement
• Attend settlement
• Advise Purchaser that settlement has occurred
• Send post-settlement letter to Purchaser

Acting for the Seller/Vendor: We carry out the following for seller- 

• Receive instructions from vendor
• Order prescribed documents – Title search, Deposited plan, S. 149 certificate, Sewer service diagram
• Complete draft contract
• Send draft contract to Agent
• Receive sales advice
• Send completed contract to the Purchaser’s Solicitor
• Contract signed by Vendor
• Exchange Contracts
• Send post exchange letter to Vendor
• Write to Vendor’s Mortgagee requesting discharge of mortgage and payout figure
• Prepare draft replies to requisitions on title and submit to Vendor for approval and once approved, send to Purchaser’s Solicitor
• Receive stamped transfer from Purchaser’s Solicitor and arrange for Vendor to sign and then stamp with Vendor Duty
• Book settlement with Purchaser and Mortgagee
• Review draft settlement statement
• Obtain payout figure from Mortgagee
• Obtain client’s instructions regarding balance of settlement proceeds
• Send cheque direction to Purchaser’s Solicitor
• Attend settlement
• Advise vendor that settlement has occurred
• Send post-settlement letter to vendor