Residential Conveyancing: Frequently Asked Questions
When buying or selling your property and going through the conveyancing process, it's not uncommon for both the buyer and the seller to have a lot of questions.
These can relate to from how the entire process works, to specific questions about the documents you receive from us. Below are just a few of the questions we often get asked at Enterprise Legal and their answers.
Should I Get My Draft Contract Reviewed?
Yes, it is important for both Buyers and Sellers to get the draft contract reviewed. Small administrative errors such as misspelt names or incorrect property details have the potential to cause delays of Settlement or even financial loss when getting the contract amended. It is also important to be aware of all of your rights and obligations under the contract before signing and to ensure everything that has been agreed between the parties is documented correctly prior to signing.
Why Is There So Much Paperwork?
Conveyancing in Queensland is guided by a considerable number of State and Federal Legislations as well as specific guidelines which need to be followed. Due to this it is critical that we provide you with as much information as possible outlining your rights and obligations under the contract and equally obtaining as much detail of yourselves and the property to ensure we can meet all of the requirements. It is, after all, a substantial investment you are making! Our First Letter Pack contains a questionnaire that we require you to complete which will provide us with all the information you know about the property, so we then have that knowledge and we can tailor our advice to you based on your specific circumstances and the property.
Why Do I Need To Do The Essential Searches? (Buyer)
The essential searches that we undertake are completed for multiple reasons. Searches like Rates and Water Meter Readings are done to ensure that at Settlement, the correct adjustments can be made to account for the Sellers portion of the levies for the current period and that any unpaid rates with Council have been paid. Searches like QCAT and Court Searches ensure that there are no proceedings against the Sellers and/or there is nothing affecting the seller’s ability to sell the property. It is important to do these searches now to avoid potential consequences later or even after Settlement.
How Do I Get My Keys Following Settlement?
Once Settlement has taken place, we will give you a call to confirm the exciting news. We then confirm with the Agent that they are authorised to release the deposit to the seller and to release the keys to the buyer. This is when you arrange with the Agent directly to collect the keys.
If it is a private sale, keys can be exchanged at settlement with the Solicitors, or between the Buyer and Seller directly.
At Enterprise Legal we aim to make the process of buying or selling your property as streamlined and stress free for you as we can. Most importantly, this is an exciting time for you and we want you to feel that way!
If you are in the process of purchasing a residential property, EL offers a competitive fixed-fee rate of $1,350 inc. GST + disbursements, and if you are selling your residential property, our fixed fee is $880 inc. GST + disbursements.
Get started today; contact EL’s Property Conveyancing team for a hassle-free property transaction: