What we will do for you in purchasing your property
- Liaise with you regarding purchase negotiations
- Receive and review sales advice from agent
- Confirm Sales Advice with you
- Receive draft contract for sale
- Check contract for compliance with Vendor disclosure warranties
- Review and advise on zoning certificate and any restrictions or limitations
- Review and advise on drainage and sewage connections to property
- Analyse title search and deposited plan
- Check for and investigate easements on title
- Analyse and advise on the effect of any caveats on title
- Advise on any land tax implications
- Advise on improvements to land and inclusions/exclusions to the Contract
- Analyse and advise on any special conditions
- Advise you on contract obligations for purchasing the property
- Advise you on searches to be completed on property prior to exchange
- Consider with you any investigation of any planned development that could effect the property (e.g. local council, Sydney Water, RTA, etc)
- Advise on strata inspection report (if applicable)
- Advise on building and pest report (if applicable)
- Liaise with Vendors solicitor and negotiate changes to contract
- Liaise with broker/mortgagee to ensure financial arrangements confirmed prior to exchange
- Conduct local searches and preliminary enquires (if necessary)
- Sign section 66W certificate (if applicable) and discuss effect of cooling off periods
- Advise you of risk and insurance requirements
- Attend to exchanging of contracts (if not at auction)
- Order government and local authority searches
- Receive and analyse results of property searches
- Advise you of results of government searches (if issues arise)
- Furnish particulars of title to mortgagee
- Arrange for survey (if instructed)
- Prepare enquiries (requisitions) on property for Vendors solicitor
- Review replies to requisitions to Vendors solicitor and if necessary furnish further requisitions, such as a fence dispute or illegal building work.
- Prepare documents to transfer ownership of property
- Prepare s 118 notices
- Arrange for payment of stamp duty
- Organise for documents to be stamped at the Office of State Revenue
- Calculate adjustments for council rates and water rates for the property settlement
- Oversee changes of title with the Land and Property Information NSW
- Complete any final checks and enquires prior to settlement
- Receive mortgage documents and forward for signing (if not done by Bank or Broker)
- Ensure any mortgage/s listed on title are discharged on settlement
- Make arrangements with Vendor and mortgagee to attend settlement
- Calculate settlement adjustment figures
- Send settlement figures to Vendors solicitor for approval
- Prepare cheque directions for you and the mortgagee
- Obtain bank cheques and other requirements for settlement
- Prepare Notice of Sale and Order on the Agent to release deposit
- Conduct final search on property
- Liaise with you/the Agent to complete final inspection of property
- Arrange for attendance at Settlement for Transfer of property
- Advise council on change of ownership
- Advise government authorities of sale
- Advise strata managers of change to ownership of property
- Report to you on conveyance enclosing copies of all relevant documents, including the Contract for tax record keeping purposes
