Services

How it works

‘We’ve got this’ – it doesn’t matter whether you’re moving home, or just moving your mortgage from one lender to another. You can relax in the knowledge that our qualified legal staff will guide and support you through the legalities of what you are about to do. We understand that once you’ve emotionally committed to buying or selling a property, chances are you don’t want to be overwhelmed by paperwork or hidden costs.

LegalPath is convenient, modern and easy. You select the option that applies to you, whether you’re refinancing, buying or selling, or both. You answer a specified number of questions that relate to your circumstances and we’ll provide you with a fixed quote. Should you wish to accept the quote, we will need you to pay a deposit and complete your Client Due Diligence for AML purposes – and you’re done.

Once accepted, the conveyancing team at Hallliwells Lawyers Limited will be in touch with you and liaise with you all important aspects of your transaction, and what you need to do in terms of decisions, money, documentation etc. At any point we consider any work needs to be re-quoted we will discuss this with you.

Refinancing, buying or selling can be an emotionally stressful time. We’ve been there, we know what it’s like. You will be receiving communications from everyone involved in your transaction such as banks, mortgage brokers, real estate agents, insurers, movers and it can get overwhelming. We too can receive communications from everyone involved in each transaction that we do so some days all the extra communication can become just as over whelming for us too and that’s why we know what it’s like.

So rest assured, whilst we will keep you in the loop we will also work behind the scenes moving your transaction along as it needs to be moved along in accordance with your accepted quote. The convenience of LegalPath means you have provided us with your initial instructions for your transaction via your accepted quote. LegalPath is for “standard” sale, purchase or refinance so we can work behind the scenes on your transaction and that’s how we like to keep your legal costs lower. We don’t make decisions for you – we communicate these to you for your additional instructions so if you don’t hear from us – please don’t panic! We’ve got this.

If your transaction is urgent, at your request, we can assess if we can attend to your urgency request based on time, complexity and workload within our office but this will incur an urgency fee. Likewise, if we feel our communication with you (or anyone associated to your transaction) starts escalating over and above standard communication on a normal transaction we will need to consider additional costs for this.

Services provided to you include:

- Completed Client Due Diligence for AML on all parties to the transaction before commencing work. We refer you to our AML/CFT page for further details
- Attending to the details of your property (Sale; Purchase; Refinance) selected via your LegalPath quote. We ask that you provide us with details of the property as soon as practically possible, including property address, legal description and a copy of the Sale and Purchase Agreement. Your accepted quote includes disbursements allowing us to do one initial title search per transaction. Any additional interests on the title that need to be searched will be on-charged to you (see our fees page).
- We can assist with the review of any Sale and Purchase Agreement and we highly recommend you instruct us to attend to this prior to signing.
- We will assist with you to reaching an unconditional Agreement whether it’s a sale or purchase
- Once the property transaction is confirmed as unconditional, we will attend to all necessary documentation to enable settlement and arrange one set time to meet
and discuss and sign the same via zoom or Microsoft teams.
- Prior to settlement date we will provide you with statements for your transaction
- On settlement day we will attend to your settlement

Sometimes transactions can take a “sideways” turn for any reason that could be out of anyone’s control. These times can be frustrating, time consuming and costly to all involved and we promise to discuss any additional costs with you should your transaction take a “sideways” turn.

Fees

The basis on which fees will be charged is outlined in your quote. Once you accept a quote you will be asked to pay $300.00 (incl GST). The balance of your fee will become due on Settlement and payable to Halliwells Lawyers Limited from your settlement fund or to be paid into Halliwells Lawyers Limited Trust Account prior to settlement day. Settlement will not proceed until the full balance of your costs have been accounted for.

A LegalPath quote is based on the information provided. If there is additional work that exceeds the scope of that quote, your matter is urgent or communication on your transaction escalates, we will discuss this with you and seek your authority prior to incurring additional costs. We refer you to our fees page.

Please note that as soon as you engage Halliwells Lawyers Limited, costs are incurred. Your deposit covers those costs associated with setting you up as a client and AML .

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What to expect