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The Call of the Option – Buying Time

So you’ve found a nice little development site but haven’t quite got all your ducks in a row to enable you to go ahead and pay the deposit. Maybe you are not quite sure what you are allowed to Read more

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Conveyancing Adjustments – Why Am I Paying More?

Conveyancing sometimes appears to be as concise as studying tea leaves. As far as you are concerned, you have paid the deposit and the settlement date is just around the corner. Your lawyer sends you an ambiguous document Read more

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It’s Not Fun – But It’s Worth It…Pre-auction Review

So you’ve been to a few auctions, missed out, and there’s another one coming up. Remember that first property you missed out on…now forget it. Sure you had a building and pest inspection done, had a lawyer look at Read more

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Sunsets – Not always Beautiful!

So you’ve fought off the competition, saved the pennies, put down the hard earned deposit and now its just time to sit back and wait for that baby to be built! Sure, its going to take a while, buildings Read more

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Is it time? – The move to a retirement village

Retirement village living is becoming a more attractive proposition as the years go by (who would have thought). Amenities to take advantage of, people to engage with and many other benefits that may not be available in a traditional Read more

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Landlocked when you’re not a landlubber

Would you believe it is possible to buy a property without access? How do you get there? How do you get away? It has happened and it will happen again! One of the things us legal types look out Read more

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Conveyancing – with or without a tenant?

I wouldn’t purport to provide an opinion on whether or not you should sell your residential property with or without a sitting tenant (I will leave that to the real estate agent you have appointed to sell your house). Read more

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Pets in Strata – Can they Co-exist?

Here at ClickLaw Australia, we act on many conveyancing purchases in NSW where our clients are purchasing a property in a Strata Scheme. My last blog addressed the issue of whether tenants in residential tenancies in NSW Read more

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Not without my Pterodactyl – Pets and Landlords

My son asked me the other day whether he could bring a Pterodactyl home to keep as a pet. Rather than bumble my way through what would have been at best a tenuous explanation of the extinction of the Read more

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A Co-Owners Agreement, the First Step to Co-Exist

Last week, we posted a blog about buying a property with another person. In this blog we look at the benefits of putting in place a co-owners agreement to outline the legal obligations, interests and rights you have Read more

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Joint Ownership – A Fair Share is Not Always Equal

Property prices in some locations are at historic heights. We are continually reading reports in the paper about the “hot property market” and clearance rates at auctions are at an unprecedented high. Conveyancing volumes certainly appear to Read more

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Have your say! Strata Unit Entitlements

Living in a unit or apartment means you often get access to many things you would not have if you lived in a house. Think of the lifts you ride to get to your apartment, maybe the gym you Read more

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Be Aware of Buyer Beware

The conveyancing is complete and you’ve purchased your dream house.

Everything’s settled and you’ve been handed the keys. Heck, you’ve bribed your friends with pizza and beer or, more sensibly, hired professional movers, and now you’re all moved in. Read more

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Retail Lease – is it or isn’t it?

Leasing a property for a shop or business is not as simple as signing a lease contract and paying the rent. Certain factors of your lease may trigger the application of specific laws and rules that you may not Read more

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Gazumping: More Than a Funny Word

While it may sound like something out of a Harry Potter book, you may be surprised to learn “gazumping” is actually a commonly used term in property conveyancing.

What is Gazumping?

Gazumping happens when a purchaser reaches Read more

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The sale has fallen through – do I have to pay commission?

Prior to listing your property for sale with an agent ensure the fine print is reviewed. Conveyancing is an exciting time, but don’t get caught out by a purchaser that doesn’t complete a contract.

Real Estate agents are heavily Read more

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If a tree falls in the woods…

I went for a run (well more a slow stumble) on Wednesday last week and you may recall that it was a particularly windy day. Whilst my suburb is not the most heavily wooded area, my run was diverted Read more

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Stop! Hammer Time: obtain a pre-auction contract review

In what appears to be a pretty heated property market in Sydney and indeed throughout NSW, the lawyers here at ClickLaw often hear stories of people who plan on attending an auction on a Saturday without having first had Read more

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Did you see the size of that chicken?

You can probably guess from the heading that I loved the classic Emilio Estivez movie “Young Guns” which had a great scene relating to the size of “that chicken”. Anyway, about a year or so ago, I picked up Read more

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Off the Beaten Plan – Strata Development

Strata living is now becoming the norm. Love it or hate it, population density is set to increase in any given urban area. From our experience and anecdotal evidence, many “baby boomers” are looking to downsize and strata Read more
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I feel the need, the need for speed

Anecdotally at least, the property market in certain regions of NSW has shot ahead. From a personal perspective, we here at ClickLaw have seen an increasing number of instructions to buy and sell come through and whilst I’ll leave Read more

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