Settlement Agents for Keysbrook Buyers and Sellers

The settlement side of buying or selling

Located roughly 55 km south of the Perth CBD, Keysbrook forms part of Perth’s southern suburbs. When a property goes under offer, someone has to search the title, deal with the rates and water, arrange duty and get the transfer registered. That is our job.

We are based in Myaree, roughly 46 km to the north, so we look after clients out here by phone, email and electronic document signing. Call and we will explain the process.

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 Keysbrook. 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.

Keysbrook in practice: the settlement work we do here

Keysbrook is on Perth’s growing edge, where a meaningful share of transactions are vacant land, house-and-land packages and homes only a few years old rather than long-established properties.

Typical local settlements look like this:

• house-and-land contracts and the timing between land settlement and build start
• new-lot titles created from a deposited or survey-strata plan
• first home buyer duty concessions and grant timing, confirmed with RevenueWA
• developer covenants and design guidelines noted against the land
• keeping finance approval valid while titles are pending

It also changes what we check. A new lot means confirming the plan has been registered and the title has issued in the correct name, that the developer’s requirements have been satisfied and that any design covenants noted against the land are understood by the buyer before settlement.

The rest is the standard sequence: searches, council and Water Corporation enquiries, duty through State Revenue Online, settlement figures and settlement itself, all prepared so that when the title does issue, nothing is holding things up.

The same applies in the surrounding suburbs: Jarrahdale settlements, Hopeland, Serpentine, Mundijong and Whitby.

Who does what once your offer is accepted

A settlement agent takes over once the offer is accepted and carries the transaction through to registration. We check the title and anything registered on it, deal with the council, Water Corporation and any strata company, complete the verification of identity requirements, prepare and lodge the transfer, arrange transfer duty through State Revenue Online, produce the settlement statement, settle, and notify the authorities of the change of ownership.

Where a strata company is involved, request the information the day the contract is signed. It comes from a third party, it takes as long as it takes, and it is the most common cause of a late settlement.

Because settlements are completed electronically in WA, where you live in relation to our office makes no difference to how your settlement is handled.

Conveyancing services, start to finish

Licensed for all aspects of conveyancing in WA, the work we take on includes:

• Home settlements – Transfers of established houses, duplexes, townhouses and villa strata, for buyers and for sellers.
• Buying – Everything from the accepted offer through to registration of your name on the title.
• Transfer duty through State Revenue Online – We arrange stamping, so duty does not need to be paid before settlement.
• Strata settlements – Apartments, villas and survey-strata lots, including strata information and levy adjustments.
• Selling – Private homes, commercial property and deceased estates, with documents signed at a time that suits you.
• Title searches – Shelley can search a title and explain what is registered against it before you commit.

If what you need is not on that list, ask anyway. Most property questions have a straightforward answer, and it costs nothing to find out.

The distance does not change the service

We are in Myaree, roughly roughly 46 km from Keysbrook, and we settle property across Western Australia rather than only in our own corner of it. For clients out this way that means everything is done by phone, email and electronic document signing, with verification of identity arranged in a way that does not require an office visit.

Settlement is completed electronically, so nobody attends in person and the distance makes no difference to the outcome. If you would like to talk it through before committing, call Shelley on 0428 336 878 and we will explain the process for your situation.

We offer cost-effective and stress-free settlement

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

Quick answers before you call

Am I eligible for first home buyer concessions?

That depends on the property, the price and your circumstances, and the rules are set by RevenueWA rather than by us. Tell us what you are buying and we will point you to the current position rather than quoting figures that change.

When do I need to appoint a settlement agent?

As soon as your offer is accepted, and ideally before. The earlier we have the contract, the sooner we can order searches and raise enquiries, which is where the time goes.

Can you act for me if I am selling and buying at the same time?

Yes, and it is common. Where a sale and a purchase are linked, the two settlements need to be coordinated carefully, which is easier when one agent is running both.

Don’t have time to get to an office?

Our services include Keysbrook 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.