Sunshine Coast Fixed Fee Conveyancing

Most residential contracts in Queensland settle 30 to 60 days after signing, and the contract itself sets the date. Cooling-off runs for the first five business days, finance and building and pest dates usually fall in the first two to three weeks, and searches run alongside. If your contract has a shorter timeframe we will tell you at the outset whether it is achievable.

For most residential property contracts the buyer has a cooling-off period of five business days, ending at 5pm on the fifth business day after the buyer receives a copy of the signed contract. If you terminate within it, the seller may keep 0.25% of the purchase price. Cooling-off does not apply to property bought at auction, or to a contract formed on the day of an unsuccessful auction. We confirm your exact cooling-off date the moment we see the contract.

Queensland is different from some other states: only a solicitor can carry out conveyancing here. There is no separate licensed conveyancer profession in Queensland, so the work is always done by or under the supervision of a solicitor. The practical question is whether you want a firm that can also advise on the legal issues sitting behind the transaction, such as a deceased estate, a trust structure, a tax question or a dispute with the other side.

Contract review, special conditions, reasonable amendments and negotiation, tracking your cooling-off, finance and building and pest dates, the standard searches, liaison with your agent, broker and the other side, PEXA lodgement, settlement attendance and trust account handling of the funds. Reasonable settlement extensions are included too. The full list is set out above and repeated in your written quote.

Yes, and we would prefer to. Most of the risk in a property transaction is fixed at signature: the special conditions, the disclosure you were given, the finance and inspection dates and the cooling-off position. Send the contract through and we will tell you what is in it in plain English.

For a sale, our professional fee is generally paid at settlement, out of the settlement funds. For a purchase, we require $500 payment up front for searches and outlays, because we have to order them, and the balance of $1,846.30 is payable at settlement. Transfer duty must be paid at or before settlement, depending on the Contract. We set out the timing in your quote so nothing arrives unexpectedly.

Transfer duty, still widely called stamp duty, is a Queensland government tax on property transfers. It is calculated on the purchase price or the property’s value, and there are concessions for people buying a home to live in and further concessions for first home buyers. Eligibility depends on price, property type and how long you intend to live there. We calculate your figure and check your concession eligibility as part of preparing your quote.

The standard set covers title, the registered plan, rates and water, and land tax. These are all included in our quoted figure. Depending on the property we may recommend others, for example a body corporate records search for a unit, a contaminated land search, or flood and planning searches. We tell you what each one costs and why it is worth doing before we order it.

That is exactly what those conditions are there for. If finance is refused or the inspection turns up something you are not prepared to accept, you generally have the right to terminate under the relevant clause, provided the notice is given properly and on time. Getting the timing and the wording right matters, so tell us as soon as you know and we will act on it before the date expires.

Yes, all of them. Off-the-plan contracts, sunset clauses, transfers out of a deceased estate, purchases in a company or trust, and SMSF purchases including the bare trust for a limited recourse borrowing arrangement are all handled in-house. These sit outside the standard fixed fee, so we quote them individually before starting.

Queensland introduced a mandatory seller disclosure regime for residential property. A seller must give the buyer a disclosure statement and prescribed certificates before the buyer signs the contract, and failing to do so can give the buyer a right to terminate. If you are selling, we prepare the disclosure for you. If you are buying, we check that what you were given was complete before you signed.

Often, yes, particularly on an investment purchase or disposal, a commercial property, a new residential premises, or anything involving a trust, company or SMSF. GST, capital gains tax, income tax and land tax can all be in play. Our accountants can work on the same file as your conveyancer, so it is one conversation rather than two.

Send us the written quote and we will compare the complete cost of both, including searches, outlays and the charges that commonly get added later. You will get that comparison in writing whichever way it lands. Where the other quote genuinely covers the same work for less, we will review our fee.