Buying at ORO Newstead? What to check before you sign
Buying off the plan at ORO Newstead on Longland Street? What to check in the contract and disclosure pack before you sign.
George Sourris is Co-Founder and Legal Practice Director at Empire Legal, a Queensland property law firm specialising in conveyancing. He provides practical legal guidance for buyers, sellers and developers across Queensland and regularly shares insights through Empire Legal’s blog, podcast and video content.
Buying off the plan at ORO Newstead on Longland Street? What to check in the contract and disclosure pack before you sign.
Quick answer: Yes, you can. The Queensland land register is public and anyone can search it without giving a reason. A current title search costs $25.71 and names the registered owner. You can search by street address, by lot on plan, or by the owner’s name. What you will not get is an address or […]
Losing someone is hard enough without paperwork piling on top. So if you’ve just realised your home, investment property or holiday place still has a loved one’s name on the title, take a breath – this is a normal, very fixable thing, and you’re not the first person to deal with it. Here’s the plain-English […]
Quick answer: A Queensland title search costs $25.71, returns in seconds, and tells you who owns the land and every interest registered over it. It does not tell you where your boundary is, whether someone holds a lease of three years or less, whether an easement was left off the register, or whether the land […]
Statutory warranties are not covered by the Form 2 or the Form 33 – the seller has to answer them personally, and a wrong or blank answer can hand the buyer a right to terminate under the BCCMA.
TL;DR: A joint divorce application is made by both of you together – it’s simpler, faster and there’s no one to “serve”. A sole application is made by one person, and the other party has to be formally served first. Most divorces are decided on the papers, so you usually won’t set foot in a […]
Thinking about buying or selling with vendor finance in Queensland? Here is how it works, the upside, the risks, and what to check before you sign.
Quick answer: A put and call option is a contract that lets a buyer force a sale (the call) and lets a seller force a purchase (the put), usually months or years before the property actually changes hands. In Queensland they are used for staged developments, related-party deals and transactions where the buyer needs time […]
TLDR: If a house you are buying had owner-builder work done on it, there is no Queensland Home Warranty Scheme cover on that work. None. If defects show up after settlement, there is no insurer to call. The seller has to tell you in writing if they are selling within six years of finishing, and […]
TLDR: Queensland has one Act covering fences and trees between neighbours – the Neighbourhood Disputes (Dividing Fences and Trees) Act 2011. Fences are usually a 50/50 job and start with a Notice to Contribute. Overhanging branches have a strict three-part test before you can send a notice. And if there is a QCAT tree order […]
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