From contract signing to settlement day, our property purchase solicitors at Velocity Conveyancing provide complete residential conveyancing services for property buyers across the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, and Victoria. Our comprehensive searches, expert contract analysis, and professional settlement coordination ensure your investment is fully protected.
Property contracts are legally binding documents that can contain hidden traps, unfair conditions, or costly obligations. Once you sign, you're committed, often for hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is why getting a solicitor for buying a house is absolutely essential. Getting this step wrong can cost you your deposit, your dream home, or saddle you with unexpected expenses.
Our property purchase solicitors dissect every clause, identify potential risks, and explain complex legal language in terms that make sense. Our process involves reviewing purchase terms, special conditions, inclusions and exclusions, settlement dates, and penalty clauses. We'll highlight anything unusual and advise whether terms favour you or the vendor. No surprises, no regrets.
In most states, you have a brief window (typically 3-5 business days) to withdraw from a property purchase with minimal financial penalty. This isn't automatic. You need to understand your rights, the exact timeframes, and the proper withdrawal process.
We'll explain your options, help you conduct final checks during this period, and guide you through the withdrawal process if needed.
Our comprehensive investigation goes far beyond basic title searches. We examine council records for unpaid rates, planning restrictions, building permits, and potential future developments that could affect your property.
We check for easements that might limit your land use, heritage listings that restrict renovations, and any encumbrances that could impact ownership. This process typically takes 5-10 business days and can reveal issues that could cost tens of thousands later if missed.
Off-the-plan purchases involve unique risks not present in established property sales. Developers can delay completion, make variations to plans, or in worst cases, fail to complete projects. Without proper legal protection from expert property purchase solicitors, buyers can lose deposits or be forced to accept substandard outcomes.
New developments operate under different legal frameworks with sunset clauses, variation rights, and developer obligations that don't apply to existing homes. We review sunset clauses to ensure you're protected if construction is delayed beyond reasonable timeframes.
We examine the developer's rights to make changes and ensure you have recourse if the finished product doesn't match what you purchased. Our process includes reviewing the disclosure statement, plans and specifications, and deposit protection arrangements.
Throughout the building process, we provide legal support as issues arise. This includes reviewing progress claims, handling contract variations, and ensuring compliance with building standards. If problems emerge during construction, we're positioned to protect your interests and ensure proper resolution.
Auction purchases are unconditional and immediate. There's no cooling-off period, and you're legally bound the moment the hammer falls. Without proper preparation, you could buy a property with hidden issues or unfavourable conditions that can't be changed after the sale.
Before you attend any auction, we conduct thorough contract reviews to ensure you understand exactly what you're bidding on. This critical step involves examining all contract terms, special conditions, and vendor obligations typically 1-2 weeks before auction day.
Our house purchase solicitors identify any problematic clauses, unusual conditions, or potential red flags that could affect your ownership or future use of the property. This analysis helps you set realistic bidding limits and understand your obligations if you're the successful bidder.
When auction day is approaching and time is short, we provide rapid contract analysis typically within 24-48 hours. Our expedited process focuses on identifying deal-breakers, understanding special conditions, and ensuring you know exactly what you're bidding on. We'll flag any issues that might affect your bidding strategy or post-auction obligations.
s.17 and s.66W certificates are often required for auction purchases and can take several days to obtain. We prepare these efficiently while providing strategic guidance on auction conditions, bidding approaches, and post-auction settlement requirements. Understanding these certificates prevents delays and ensures you're legally compliant.
Many properties sell before auction day through private negotiation. We'll help you understand pre-auction offer conditions, negotiate favourable terms, and ensure any early purchase agreements protect your interests while maintaining the urgency needed in competitive markets.
Property transactions involve multiple parties, tight deadlines, and complex coordination. Miscommunication or missed deadlines can derail settlements, cost thousands in penalties, or even void your purchase. Professional coordination ensures everything aligns perfectly for settlement day.
We become your central point of contact, managing communications with lenders, real estate agents, and all parties involved. This includes coordinating finance approval deadlines, ensuring mortgage documents are prepared correctly, arranging final inspections, and managing deposit transfers. Our systematic approach prevents the miscommunications that commonly cause settlement delays.
Your settlement day represents months of planning coming together in a single transaction. Our solicitors attend personally (either physically or electronically via PEXA) to ensure everything goes smoothly. We prepare settlement statements, calculate adjustments for rates and taxes, verify final document accuracy, and coordinate fund transfers. This process typically takes 1-2 hours and legally transfers ownership to you.
We don't disappear after settlement. Our ongoing support includes notifying relevant authorities of ownership change, providing final documentation packages, arranging title transfer completion, and addressing any post-settlement queries. This ensures all final details are properly completed and you're fully protected in your new ownership.
Comprehensive contract analysis, property searches, legal advice, and file setup. This covers all the critical upfront work to protect your interests and guide you through the early stages of your transaction.
Settlement preparation, settlement attendance, final documentation, and post-settlement support. This completes your legal ownership transfer and ensures everything is properly finalized.
Both stages paid together at settlement - no upfront costs required.
(off-the-plan, auction advice, delayed settlements): Stage 1 paid at consultation, Stage 2 at settlement.
Our two-stage approach ensures you only pay for work as it's completed, with clear transparency about what you're receiving at each phase. For most transactions, you enjoy the convenience of settlement-only payment. For complex situations requiring immediate expert attention, Stage 1 payment secures priority service when you need it most.
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