Your Armadale Settlement Agent

Choosing a settlement agent in Armadale

We look after property settlements right across Perth’s south-eastern suburbs, and Armadale, roughly 20 km south-east of our Myaree office, is one we know well from the paperwork side. The contract sets the deadlines. Our job is to meet them.

Settlement agents in Western Australia have to be licensed, and they work under a code of conduct set by the state. That is us. It also means we are upfront about our limits: we are not lawyers, and we will say when a question should go to one.

Armadale is a fair way from Myaree, but home appointments can often be arranged. Ring to check availability, or we can run it by phone.

Reading the title on a Armadale property

Armadale is a settled, established suburb: older brick-and-tile homes, plenty of blocks split into duplex or triplex sites, and villa and townhouse complexes. Lots of those are strata or survey-strata, which changes what needs doing.

  • Long-held homes sometimes need a survivorship application before they can be sold
  • If there is a tenant, the contract needs to deal with that
  • Duplex and triplex sites can carry easements for shared services
  • Strata information requested as soon as the contract is signed
  • Title searched and any issues raised early, not the week before settlement

Looking at property just outside Armadale? Try Mount Nasura, Mount Richon, Seville Grove, Brookdale and Kelmscott.

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What happens between the Armadale contract and the keys

Settlement is not quite the end of a Armadale sale. Afterwards the change of ownership needs to reach the council and the Water Corporation, along with the State Revenue side, so future accounts go to the right person.

We look after those notifications as part of the job and confirm with you once settlement is through, so you can collect or hand over the keys.

Settlements we handle for Armadale property

Most of our Armadale work is straightforward home sales and purchases, but not all of it:

  • Strata settlements, including strata information and levy adjustments
  • Private sales, where there is no real estate agent involved
  • Survivorship applications when a joint owner has passed away
  • Transfers under court orders following a separation
  • Title searches
  • Lodgement of documents with Landgate
  • Green title and strata title subdivision settlements

For the conveyancing side of a local sale, see Armadale conveyancing. Buying? Start for purchasers. Selling? Start for sellers.

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Armadale settlement agent questions

Can you give me legal advice about my contract?

We are settlement agents, not lawyers. If your Armadale contract raises something that needs legal advice, we will tell you and recommend you speak to a lawyer.

Who chooses the settlement agent?

You do. Buyers and sellers are each entitled to appoint a settlement agent or lawyer of their choice, and to change at any time. You do not have to use the one suggested by the real estate agent.

Can one settlement agent act for both the buyer and seller?

Only if both parties are given a written disclosure and consent. Many Armadale buyers and sellers prefer to have their own settlement agent.

Is Armadale too far for a home visit?

Not necessarily. Visits out to Armadale can often be arranged, so ring us to check dates. Phone and email work just as well if a visit does not suit.