Your Settlement Agent in Millendon

Getting a property to settlement without the stress

Millendon sits within the Swan Valley, roughly 25 km north-east of the Perth CBD. 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 33 km from Millendon. 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 Millendon. 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.

The local detail behind your settlement

Millendon sits in the semi-rural belt on Perth’s eastern edge, where blocks are bigger, outbuildings are common and properties are sometimes used for more than just living in.

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

• easements, access arrangements and boundary questions on rural-residential blocks
• shire rates and levy adjustments at settlement
• larger parcels, sometimes more than one lot on a single title
• water supply arrangements, including bores, tanks and licences
• sheds, outbuildings and structures added over time

For sellers around Millendon, it pays to have the title checked at the point of listing. Where something needs correcting, doing it while the property is on the market is far less pressured than doing it against a settlement date.

We would rather ask an awkward question in week one than explain an awkward answer in the final week, so the enquiries go out as soon as we have the contract.

We handle settlements in the adjoining suburbs too, including settlement agent Baskerville, Belhus, Herne Hill, Aveley and Upper Swan.

The paperwork, explained

Between the accepted offer and settlement day sits several weeks of unglamorous, deadline-driven work. Searching the title and any restrictions on it, arranging for anything that should not stay on the title to be removed, obtaining rates, water and levy figures, preparing the settlement statement and the transfer, attending to duty, completing settlement and notifying the authorities afterwards, all sit with us rather than with you.

Sellers need to complete a verification of identity check before a transfer can be registered. It is quick, but it has to be done by someone authorised, and leaving it to the last week creates unnecessary pressure.

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

Settlement and conveyancing services

The services we are asked for most, in and beyond the standard transfer:

• Application by survivorship – Transferring a property into the surviving owner’s name.
• 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.
• Vacant land settlements – Land purchases and sales, including contracts that are conditional on the title issuing.
• Title searches – Shelley can search a title and explain what is registered against it before you commit.
• Selling – Private homes, commercial property and deceased estates, with documents signed at a time that suits you.

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.

Phone, email and electronic signing

We are based in Myaree, roughly 33 km from Millendon. For clients here we are happy to come out for a home appointment, including on weekends, or to run the whole settlement remotely, whichever fits your week better.

Working remotely does not change the service. Documents are sent and explained by phone, signing is done electronically, and settlement in Western Australia is completed online, so nobody attends in person. Give Shelley a call on 0428 336 878 to discuss it.

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

I am buying acreage near Millendon. Is settlement different?

The principles are the same, but there is more to check. Water supply arrangements, easements and access, outbuildings, and how the land has been used all need looking at, and where a property has been used commercially the duty and GST position can differ.

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.

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 Millendon 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.