Getting Started with a purchase:
When you first consider purchasing the property we can provide important guidance BEFORE you start seriously looking at the market.
Walkom lawyers can:
Advise you of the process generally involved with a purchase.
Explain things such as stamp duty, stamp duty exemptions, First Home Owners grants, availability of finance.
Discuss taxation implications.
When you find a property:
Walkom Lawyers will
Review and explain the contract for sale. This will include pointing out matters which might influence your decision to buy such as easements, right-of-carriageway, zoning issues and many more.
Recommend the investigations we believe should be carried out on the property, such as pest, building, strata or survey reports.
Negotiate any necessary amendments to the contract.
Ensure your finance is correctly approved before your contract is binding.
Attend to exchange contracts.
Arrange to pay stamp duty or gain an exemption for you.
Order and review government property searches.
Raise further questions about the property with the Vendor’s representatives.
Prepare settlement figures.
The coordinate settlement with the Vendor’s representative, your lender and you.
Attend settlement.
Report to you after settlement.
