Settlement Agent Viveash

Offer accepted in Viveash? This is the next step

Part of the Swan Valley, Viveash sits roughly 15 km north-east of the Perth CBD. Once an offer on a Viveash property is accepted, the transaction moves from the real estate agent to a settlement agent, and that is where we come in.

From Myaree it is roughly 25 km to Viveash, so we can either come to you or handle the signing by phone, email and electronic signature.

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 Viveash. 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 kind of settlements we handle here

Property around Viveash often means acreage rather than a suburban lot, and acreage brings its own settlement questions: water, sheds, access and how the land has actually been used.

The consequence is that a Viveash settlement often involves more enquiry work than a suburban transfer, and the questions worth asking are about the land and its use rather than the building.

Settlements we regularly handle around here include:

• 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
• duty and GST treatment where land has been used for a business or production

That work is straightforward when it starts early. The searches take as long as they take, and the difference between a calm settlement and a fraught one is usually just how soon they were ordered.

We settle property across this pocket of Perth, including conveyancing in Caversham, Dayton, Woodbridge, Guildford and Lockridge.

The work behind a settlement that runs on time

A settlement agent takes over once the offer is accepted and carries the transaction through to registration. We search the certificate of title and check what is registered against it, raise enquiries with the local shire or council, Water Corporation and any strata company, prepare and lodge the transfer documents, attend to transfer duty through State Revenue Online, calculate the adjustments so rates, water and levies are shared fairly to the day, and complete settlement electronically.

If settlement is going to be late, the contract usually has something to say about it, including interest. Telling us early gives us room to sort it out; telling us on the day does not.

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 services we provide

Jacaranda Settlements is licensed in all aspects of conveyancing in Western Australia. That covers:

• 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.
• Buying – Everything from the accepted offer through to registration of your name on the title.
• Private sales – Where there is no agent involved, we handle the transaction between the parties.

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.

No office visit required

From our Myaree office it is about roughly 25 km to Viveash, so a home appointment is usually straightforward to arrange, weekends included. That covers signing the documentation and the verification of identity check required of sellers.

If it is easier, the entire settlement can be handled remotely instead, by phone, email and electronic signing, with nothing for you to attend on settlement day. Call Shelley on 0428 336 878 to talk through which works better for you.

We offer cost-effective and stress-free settlement

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

Common questions from clients

The property is on more than one lot. Does that complicate things?

Not necessarily, but it needs to be identified early so the contract and the transfer describe exactly what is being sold. We check the titles at the start rather than assuming the listing is complete.

Can I use a settlement agent if there is no real estate agent involved?

Yes. Private sales are common and we handle them regularly. Without an agent in the middle, having the contract and the paperwork done properly matters more, not less.

Who tells the council and Water Corporation about the change of ownership?

We do, as part of the settlement. You do not need to contact them yourself, although you will want to arrange your own connections for power, gas and internet.

Don’t have time to get to an office?

Our services include Viveash 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.