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Practice Areas

Conveyancing - Residential and Commercial

 

  • Purchase and sale of residential vacant land, house and land packages, houses, apartments, units, townhouses, off-the-plan properties, retirement villages

  • Business or commercial premises such as shops, offices, factories, industrial estates

  • Preparation of section 32 Vendor's Statements, and urgent section 32 Vendor's Statements

  • Early occupation prior to settlement

  • Cooling off advice

  • Variations to your contract of sale, if required

  • Sale or purchase of business

  • Advice when things go wrong

  • Mornington Peninsula settlement agent

 

 

Property Transfers

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  • Changing the manner of holding the property from ‘joint proprietors’ to ‘tenants in common’ ownership or vice versa

  • Transfers between family members due to relationship breakdowns or for other reasons

  • Completion of necessary conveyancing documentation

  • Notification to relevant authorities of the change in ownership

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Before and after buying

 

Before

  • Contract of sale review and advice prior to purchase

  • If necessary, negotiation regarding the terms of the Contract of Sale

After

  • Liaison with your lender (if you are obtaining finance to complete your purchase)

  • If applicable, consideration and advice in relation to the seller/vendor’s request for an early release of deposit

  • Preparation of all conveyancing documentation

  • Apportionment of rates between you and the seller/vendor (called a Statement of Adjustments)

  • Conduct of conveyance through to settlement

  • Notification to relevant authorities of the change in ownership

 

Leasing

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  • Retail leasing for tenants or landlords

  • Commercial leasing for tenants or landlords

  • Disclosure Statements

Other

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  • Power of Attorney

  • Lost certificate of title applications

  • Adverse possession claims

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Before and after selling

 

Before

  • Preparation of a Section 32 Vendors Statement – you cannot sell property in Victoria without one

  • Preparation of a Contract of Sale, to protect your interests as a seller/vendor

  • Pre-sale advice to you as seller/vendor on issues specific to the property

  • Negotiation with the purchaser concerning the terms of the deal and documentation in the Contract of Sale

After

  • Liaison with your lender (if you have one)

  • If required, completion of documentation necessary to request an early release of deposit monies (called a section 27 statement) and liaison with your lender

  • Preparation of all conveyancing documentation

  • Consideration of the apportionment of rates between you and the purchaser (called a Statement of Adjustments)

  • Conduct of conveyance through to settlement

  • Notification to relevant authorities of the change in ownership

 

 

Mortgages and loan documentation

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  • Review and advice concerning mortgage and loan documents

  • Solicitor Certificates

  • Guarantor Certificates

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Subdivisions

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  • Advice concerning potential and actual subdivision

  • Drafting and interpretation of restrictive covenants

  • Owners Corporations

  • Land Registry registrations

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