Tamala Park Settlement Agent

Conveyancing and settlement for property owners

Tamala Park sits within Perth’s northern suburbs, roughly 30 km north-west of the Perth CBD. An accepted offer in Tamala Park is the start of the settlement process, not the end of it, and the weeks that follow are where the detail matters.

Tamala Park is roughly 38 km from our Myaree office, so we handle these settlements by phone, email and electronic signing. Give us a call and we will talk you through how it works.

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 Tamala Park. 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

In Tamala Park the settlement calendar is often driven by the developer and the builder rather than by the parties, which is worth understanding before you sign.

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 work that comes across our desk most often here:

• 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

We handle settlements in the adjoining suburbs too, including Neerabup, Clarkson, Carramar, Tapping and Sinagra.

Where settlements come unstuck, and how we prevent it

Most of what a settlement agent does happens quietly in the background, which is exactly how it should feel. 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.

Settlement in WA is now conducted electronically, which means no one drives across town with bank cheques. We complete it online and let you know the moment it is through.

What we can help you with

The full range of settlement and conveyancing services is available to Tamala Park clients:

• Title searches – Shelley can search a title and explain what is registered against it before you commit.
• Private sales – Where there is no agent involved, we handle the transaction between the parties.
• Lodgement at Landgate – Preparation and lodgement of documents for registration.
• Vacant land settlements – Land purchases and sales, including contracts that are conditional on the title issuing.
• Home settlements – Transfers of established houses, duplexes, townhouses and villa strata, for buyers and for sellers.

Not sure which of these applies to your situation? Call and describe the property, and we will tell you what is involved.

Handled remotely, start to finish

We are in Myaree, roughly roughly 38 km from Tamala Park, 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:

Questions we are asked most

I am buying land in Tamala Park and the title has not issued yet. What happens?

Settlement is triggered by the title issuing rather than by a fixed date, so the timing is driven by when the plan is registered. We monitor it, keep your lender in the loop and give you as much notice as we can once a date firms up.

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.

How long does settlement take?

The settlement date is set in the contract rather than by us, and in Western Australia it is commonly somewhere between 30 and 60 days from an accepted offer. We work backwards from that date, and we will tell you early if anything threatens it.

Don’t have time to get to an office?

Our services include Tamala Park 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.