Our conveyancers are licensed professionals who will prepare the legal documents required to transfer ownership when you buy or sell residential or commercial property. They can liaise with your real estate agent, lender or mortgage broker before conducting the settlement process on your behalf.
A Scammell & Co. conveyancer can give you an obligation-free quote for:
"My conveyancer worked over and above expectations to get our settlement matters locked in for us."
Once you have signed a contract and the cooling off period has expired, the real estate agent will ask you who your conveyancer is so they can send all the necessary documents to them for the conveyancing process to begin. You will also need to inform your lender/mortgage broker as they will be liaising with your conveyancer in the lead-up to, and at, settlement.
In South Australia when land is sold the agent or vendor must serve on the purchaser a disclosure statement called a Form 1. This is a detailed document disclosing all information about the land so the purchaser is aware of what they are buying. Included in the Form 1 are searches which detail information relating to the land, including information in respect to:-
No, a conveyancer attends settlement on the client’s behalf. Settlements generally take place electronically, and sometimes will take place in person at the Land Services Office in Adelaide.
If the selling agent has asked you to waive your cooling of rights, you should contact one of our solicitors from our Commercial law team and seek advice promptly. If you wish to proceed after receiving that advice in waiving your cooling-off rights, then we can provide you with the necessary certificate to present to the agent.
