Building Inspection Before Auction

Building Inspection Before Auction
Picture this: a crisp Melbourne Saturday, coffee in hand, kids kicking a football on the nature strip, and the auctioneer warming up his patter. Your heart's set on the weatherboard in front of you. Bids are about to fly. In two minutes you could own it outright, unconditional. If you have not re... Read More

Caveatable Interest

Caveatable Interest
Caveats regularly crop up in conversations about Victorian real estate, yet many Melburnians still find the term mystifying. A caveatable interest is simply the kind of stake in land that lets you lodge a caveat on the title and effectively press pause on most dealings with that land until your c... Read More

Contemporaneous Settlement

contemporaneous settlement
Melbourne's property market is famously fast moving. Many homeowners find themselves needing to sell their current house and pick up the keys to a new one on the very same afternoon. When both transactions settle together, lawyers and conveyancers call it a contemporaneous or&n... Read More

Included Chattels

Included Chattels
You've just won the auction on a sun splashed weatherboard in Preston. The under bidder is still shaking their head while you stand in the front garden feeling half dizzy, half ecstatic. The agent presses a contract into your hand and beams: "Congratulations can we grab your signature?"Tha... Read More

Deed Of Rescission

Deed of Rescission
Picture this. You've just signed on the dotted line for a charming house in Melbourne's leafy suburbs, like Brighton. The excitement builds as you imagine family barbecues in the backyard. But then, something shifts. Maybe the seller can't deliver on a promise, or you spot a hidden issue with the... Read More