Property Settlements in Hacketts Gully

A licensed settlement agent for Hacketts Gully property

Hacketts Gully sits roughly 25 km east of the Perth CBD, in the Perth Hills. Every settlement runs to a date in the contract, and everything between signing and that date has to be organised by someone.

Our office is in Myaree, roughly 28 km from Hacketts Gully. We can usually come to you, and everything can also be handled by phone and email if that is easier.

Buying or selling a house is a lengthy and complex process and obtaining professional advice will help ensure your smooth and successful property settlement in Hacketts Gully. The main job of a settlement agent is to transfer the ownership of the property and depending on whether you are buying or selling has various different components.

Property in Hacketts Gully: what it means for your settlement

Hills property is different to the coastal plain, and the differences show up on the title. Blocks in and around Hacketts Gully are typically larger and treed, often with sheds, workshops, water tanks or other structures added over the years.

That means the title search on a Hacketts Gully property earns its keep. Easements, rights of carriageway, bushfire-related notifications and encumbrances are all more common on hills titles than on a standard suburban block, and every one of them needs to be identified and explained before settlement rather than discovered afterwards.

Practically, that means we order the title search early, read what is registered against the land rather than skimming it, put the questions to the shire in writing, and tell you in plain terms what each item means for you. Where something needs attention, you will hear about it while there is still time to do something about it.

Locally, that translates into work like:

• shire rates and emergency services levy adjustments at settlement
• properties on onsite wastewater rather than a scheme sewer connection
• transfers where the land is bush-adjacent and the title carries bushfire-related notifications
• title searches on larger and irregular parcels, including access and rights of carriageway
• easements, encumbrances and notifications registered against hills titles

We handle settlements in the adjoining suburbs too, including Reservoir settlements, Paulls Valley, Bickley, Walliston and Kalamunda.

What you can expect from us

Conveyancing is the work of transferring ownership properly, and most of it is invisible to the parties. We search the certificate of title and check what is registered against it, raise enquiries with the local shire or council, Water Corporation and any strata company, prepare and lodge the transfer documents, attend to transfer duty through State Revenue Online, calculate the adjustments so rates, water and levies are shared fairly to the day, and complete settlement electronically.

The dates that catch people out are usually not the settlement date. Finance and building inspection conditions have their own deadlines earlier in the contract, and missing one of those causes far more trouble than anything that happens in the final week.

The one thing we ask is that you come back to us quickly when we need something. Everything else, including settlement itself, is handled at our end.

How we can help with your property

Not every transaction is a straightforward house sale, so we cover the rest of it too:

• Court order transfers – Transfers arising from a separation or family court order.
• Transfer duty through State Revenue Online – We arrange stamping, so duty does not need to be paid before settlement.
• Lodgement at Landgate – Preparation and lodgement of documents for registration.
• Home settlements – Transfers of established houses, duplexes, townhouses and villa strata, for buyers and for sellers.
• Title searches – Shelley can search a title and explain what is registered against it before you commit.

Every one of these is quoted before we start, so you know the cost before you commit to anything.

How we look after clients further out

Hacketts Gully is roughly 28 km from our Myaree office, which is comfortably within reach for a home appointment. We can come to you, including on weekends, to sign documentation and complete the verification of identity check that sellers need.

Just as often, clients here prefer to do the whole thing by phone and email, and that works perfectly well. Documents can be sent, explained over the phone and signed electronically, and settlement itself is completed online, so there is nothing to attend. Whichever suits you better, call Shelley on 0428 336 878 and we will set it up.

We offer cost-effective and stress-free settlement

We are licensed in all aspects of conveyancing in Western Australia. Other services that we offer:

Settlement questions, answered

The property has sheds and outbuildings. Does that affect settlement?

It can. Structures added over the years do not always have approvals recorded for them, and it is far better to establish that during the contract period than after settlement. We raise the enquiries as part of the process.

Who tells the council and Water Corporation about the change of ownership?

We do, as part of the settlement. You do not need to contact them yourself, although you will want to arrange your own connections for power, gas and internet.

Do I pay transfer duty before settlement?

Not with us. We arrange stamping through State Revenue Online, so duty is dealt with as part of the settlement rather than needing to be paid beforehand.

Don’t have time to get to an office?

Our services include Hacketts Gully home appointments, including weekends to sign confusing documentation and to conduct a verification of identity check for sellers to avoid going to Australia post. However, we are also able to work remotely to do all this over the phone or in person.