Property & Leasing

Property and leasing advice depends on the transaction documents, disclosure material, finance position, key dates and any special conditions or representations.

The first consultation is used to identify the immediate issue, any deadline, the available evidence and the most practical next step.

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What to prepare

Documents and information to bring

For a purchase or sale: the full contract, vendor or disclosure statement, title documents and all annexures.
For Victorian residential property: the contract of sale and Section 32 statement; for NSW property: the complete contract and prescribed attachments.
For strata or owners corporation property: available certificates, minutes, levies, budgets, insurance and building information.
Finance approval status, deposit arrangements, proposed settlement date and any conditions required before signing.
For a lease: the proposed or signed lease, disclosure statement, incentive deed, guarantee, fit-out documents and all amendments.
Rent, outgoings, security, option dates, rent-review provisions, repair issues and relevant correspondence or notices.

Questions for the first conference

Issues the solicitor will usually need to clarify.

Is the contract or lease unsigned, signed, exchanged or already binding?
Are there finance, due-diligence, option, disclosure or settlement deadlines?
What representations were made by the agent, landlord, vendor or other party?

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