Buying Tips

  1. Check with your financial institution to ascertain your budget before you begin looking
  2. Select an area that suits your needs and research sales in that area
  3. We strongly recommend that you have a building and pest inspection done once you have made an offer on a property and it has been accepted
  4. The contract for the sale of the property will be sent to your solicitor or conveyancer, they will guide you through the legal process
  5. Once the negotiations have been finalized you will be required to sign the sale contract and pay a deposit – this is usually 10%. The deposit will be held in trust pending until settlement.
  6. Once the contracts are signed by both you and the vendor, and the deposit is paid the property is then ‘exchanged’ – this means you have secured your home! Settlement usually takes place around 42 days after exchange – this is when you can move in!
  7. Prior to settlement you may be requested by your solicitor/conveyancer to have a ‘pre-settlement’ inspection – this is to ensure that the property is in the same condition as when you last inspected it and that all the inclusions are as per the contract you have signed.