Sell with Complete Confidence

No. Upon signing a Residential Sales Agency Agreement, you have agreed to allow the Sales Agent 90 days to market your property for sale and present all offers to you from potential purchasers. During this period, you are locked into this agreement.

Once a signboard is displayed, an ethical agent will not contact you. Some agents may still contact you via direct mail, letterbox drops and potentially phone calls. Our best advice is to ignore these attempts and refer them to our Sales Agents. If they do have a genuine buyer, our Sales Agents are best to manage this to ensure you get the best possible outcome.

Yes. Your Sales Agent will advise you of all offers received for your property during the selling process.

It’s a legislative requirement that your Sales Agent present all offers – irrespective of price. Offers are a sign of interest and generally only a starting point in negotiations. From our experience, the best offers generally happen within the first few weeks of marketing your property for sale. When a property is first marketed for sale on the open market, interest is generated from qualified buyers who have been researching the property market and are discovering the property for the first time.

Offers from purchasers are based on their own impressions of the market and how the property in their view compares to other properties. Our Sales Agents will never under quote the listing price. Should the listing price be too far above the perceived value, buyers won’t make offers.

Our Sales Agents work closely with buyers to obtain an understanding of any conditions included within their offer. This understanding assists for our vendors to have knowledge around a buyers purchasing situation to ensure they make an informed decision on accepting an offer on their property.

Yes, the conveyancer will legally process the transferring of ownership (including rights, title and interest) from one legal entity into another. A conveyancer is required for both selling and purchasing of property.

Yes. This can be a discussion between both the Vendor and Purchaser to ensure that the settlement date works for both parties.

The deposit amount which is listed within the Contract of Sale is paid into your Sales Agent’s Trust Account. This money is used to put towards the Sales Agents professional fee, any advertising costs associated with the sale of the property and the search fees. Any additional money is then paid into the Vendor’s conveyancers trust account prior to settlement to form part of the settlement payout.

Once an offer has been accepted and all the conditions subject to this offer are fulfilled i.e – purchasers finance is approved and deposit from purchaser has been paid to the Sales Agents trust account; the property is now unconditional. Both parties are then working towards the settlement date.

Your Conveyancer will arrange for the pay-out of any mortgages against the property prior to settlement – working with your bank on a pay-out figure based on your settlement date.

Your Conveyancer will also calculate the money owing for rates and taxes relating to the property – council rates, water, ESL, land tax prior to settlement.

Monies owing for Conveyancer fees will be deducted with a final pay-out figure being calculated for when settlement takes place, the balance would then be paid into your nominated bank account once settlement has taken place.

This can be discussed between the Vendor and Purchasers during the purchasing stage, to ensure this works for both parties. This would form part of the Contract of Sale to ensure it is a condition which is agreed upon between both parties.

If you are selling an investment property you may be liable for Capital Gains Tax on any sale profits. We recommend you speak with your accountant or Australian Taxation Office to understand your tax liabilities when selling a property that has or is currently rented out.

Torrens Title: A single Certificate of Title for an allotment of land. This is the most common type of title in South Australia. The Torrens Title Certificate shows details on the current property owners.

Strata Title: Relates to townhouses and units. A strata plan divides the land so property is owned by individuals, with common areas jointly owned with shared use. Property boundaries are part of the building and not defined by surveyed land measurements. A corporation is formed when a plan is lodged with the Land Titles Office, its purpose includes managing the common property and enforcing of the articles or rules for the strata corporation. Unit entitlements determine the amount each owner contributes towards insurance and other fees – entitlements are annexed in the strata plan. The corporation must formally meet at least yearly to consider insurance and other fees. Each owner has one vote.

Community Strata: Is defined by boundary of the building. The Community Strata Corporation is responsible for all maintenance and insurance. Property owners are responsible for the inside of the property; maintenance and insurance. This is similar to Strata Titles; since June 2009 you were no longer able to lodge against the Strata Titles Act of 1908, any new developments were to be lodged under the Community Strata Plan of 1996.

Community Scheme: When land is divided into at least two allotments and an area of common property, this is considered a community plan. Common property is the shared land of the properties, such as driveways. A community title is created for each lot and the common property.