How we can help you with commercial properties

• Facilitate the purchase or sale of a commercial property
• Risk management assessment and due diligence in relation to commercial properties

If you lease the property to a business

• What your obligations and rights are as a landlord
• What the obligations and rights are for the tenant
• Necessary improvements before you can lease your property
• Comprehensive legal advice, including drafting a lease agreement for commercial properties

Conveyancing works

• Contract Reviewing: our experts will review any prospective contracts before you sign, and offer independent advice as to what the special conditions mean to you as the vendor
•  Advisory services: we can advise you of any information disclosed in the contracts and Form 1
• Preparing documents: arranging for the fully signed documentation to be sent to the Real Estate Agent
• Follow-up with deadlines: checking that all the special conditions are met by the settlement date
• Follow-up with payments: checking that the deposit has been paid and the finance approval has been settled by the finance date
• Follow-up with compliance of special conditions: ensuring that all special conditions are complied with by the due date
• Encumbrance settlements: checking to see if there are issues, obstacles on the property and ensuring that these are dealt with correctly
• Document reviewing and checking: checking that the legal documentation necessary to transfer the property is correct and signed by all parties
• Updating with outstanding charges: obtaining and examining the title and statutory searches to ensure that there are no outstanding charges on the property
• Discharge of mortgage: arranging for the discharge of mortgage with your existing financial institution
• Rates and taxes calculation: calculating all the rates and taxes that are to be adjusted and forwarding an adjustment statement to the Purchaser’s Conveyancer
• Settlement statement: preparing a settlement statement for you prior to settlement so that you are aware of all the costs and expenses that are payable including the agent fees and commission
• Confirmation of amounts sent: confirming all amounts to be provided to your outgoing financial institution
• General timeline checking: liaising with all other parties involved in the transaction regularly to ensure time-frames are met
• Water usage tracking: obtaining a special meter reading for calculation of water use to the date of settlement
• Money transaction arrangement: arranging for bank cheques or payments to be available for settlement
• Settlement meeting on your behalf: Co-coordinating and attending the settlement appointment on your behalf
• Advising about the settlement completion: we will inform you as soon as settlement has been completed
• Sale proceeds deposit: facilitating the sale of proceeds into your nominated account
• Notifying related parties of the completed settlement: we will inform the Real Estate Agent that settlement has been completed; notify Council and Water company of the change of ownership