Your Settlement Agent in Kalamunda

From offer to settlement day

Kalamunda lies roughly 20 km east of the Perth CBD, within the Perth Hills. The settlement side of a sale is unglamorous, deadline-driven work, and it is what Jacaranda Settlements does every day.

Our office is in Myaree, roughly 24 km from Kalamunda. 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 Kalamunda. 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.

Kalamunda property and the paperwork that comes with it

Kalamunda is hills country, and hills titles reward a careful read: access arrangements, easements, boundaries that follow contours rather than straight lines, and structures that may or may not have approvals.

In this part of Perth we are most often dealing with:

• 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
• checking that sheds, workshops and other structures line up with the approvals held

That means the title search on a Kalamunda 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.

We handle settlements in the adjoining suburbs too, including Piesse Brook, Walliston, Bickley, Gooseberry Hill and Lesmurdie.

What happens between offer and settlement day

The job of a settlement agent is to transfer ownership of the property and to make sure nothing is missed on the way. That means searching the title and any restrictions on it, arranging for anything that should not remain on the title to be removed, obtaining rates, water and strata figures, preparing the settlement statement and transfer documents, arranging duty, completing settlement and notifying the authorities of the change of ownership.

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.

Settlement and conveyancing services

We are licensed for every part of conveyancing in WA. The services clients ask for most:

• Buying – Everything from the accepted offer through to registration of your name on the title.
• Application by survivorship – Transferring a property into the surviving owner’s name.
• 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.

Shelley handles these personally rather than passing them down a chain, which is why clients tend to deal with the same voice from start to finish.

We can do all of this remotely

Kalamunda is roughly 24 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:

Frequently asked questions

What should I check on the title of a hills property?

More than you would on a standard suburban block. Access arrangements, easements, rights of carriageway and any notifications registered against the land all matter on larger hills parcels. We search the title and explain what is on it in plain terms before you are committed.

Do I have to attend settlement?

No. Settlements in Western Australia are completed electronically, so neither buyers nor sellers attend in person. We complete it online and confirm it with you as soon as it is done.

What happens if the other side is not ready on settlement day?

It happens, and the contract usually deals with it, including interest for the delay. The important thing is that you tell us as soon as you know, because a problem raised early can normally be worked around.

Don’t have time to get to an office?

Our services include Kalamunda 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.