Purchasing Services

• Pre-purchase Advice: We will provide a detailed report on the agreement, title documents, and reports included in the ​property information pack.
  
• Agreement Drafting: We will draft the sale and purchase agreement in the case where a real estate agent is not involved ​and provide tailored clauses for including in the agreement to ensure you are adequately protected.
  
• First Home Application Assistance: We offer assistance in relation to Kiwisaver Withdrawals and First Home Grant ​Applications..
  
• Condition Coordination: We will work with you, your mortgage broker and real estate agent to ensure conditions in the ​purchase agreement are met when due.
  
• Document Preparation for Settlement: We will prepare all legal documentation required to settle, including advising you ​on loan documentation.
  
• In-Person or Virtual Meetings: We will meet with you in person or via an audio-visual link to sign any necessary ​documents.
  
• Settlement attendances: We will manage all aspects of the settlement, including receiving loan funds, Kiwisaver, and your ​contributions into our trust account. We also attend to the settlement with the vendor's solicitor to ensure a smooth and ​stress-free transaction.
  
• Electronic Registration: We will attend to electronic registration with Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to register ​your ownership on the Record of Title..
  
• Reporting: You’ll receive all transactional statements and documents evidencing how funds have been received and ​disbursed in our trust account.
  

Our Standard Fees:

Purchase (no mortgage) from $1,500.00

Purchase (with mortgage) from $1,750.00

*Our fee estimates are exclusive of office services, GST and disbursements. If your circumstance is not standard (e.g. involves a family trust or ​company) or is more complex (e.g. new build, complicated title), additional fees may apply and will be discussed and agreed prior to ​undertaking work. Please reach out to discuss your specific requirements where we can also provide non-specific advice over the phone or via ​email at no charge prior to entering into an agreement.

Selling Services

• Agreement Review: We will review the Agency Agreement prior to you going to market and the agreement for sale and purchase ​prior to accepting an offer, and provide advice in relation to your legal obligations contained in each.
  
• Follow-Up on Conditions: We follow up on conditions contained in the agreement for sale and purchase and facilitate any ​required negotiations to ensure deadlines are met.
  
• Mortgagee Correspondence: We obtain authority from your Bank to discharge the mortgage registered on your title.
  
• Council Correspondence: We obtain information from the Council regarding your land and water rates and orders a final water ​meter reading.
  
• Document Preparation: We prepare all legal documentation necessary to complete the transaction.
  
• In-Person or Virtual Meetings: We will meet with you in person or via an audio-visual link to sign necessary documents.
  
• Settlement Attendances: We manage all aspects of settlement, including receiving settlement money from the purchaser’s ​solicitor into our trust account, repaying your mortgage if applicable, any rates that are owing, payment of the final water ​invoice, and depositing any balance to you.
  
• Electronic Registration: We will attend to electronic registration with Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).
  
• Change of Ownership Notification: We will notify the Council of the change of ownership.
  
• Reporting: You’ll receive all transactional statements and documents evidencing how funds have been received and disbursed in ​our trust account.
  

Our Standard Fees:

Sale (no mortgage) from $1,000.00

Sale (with mortgage) from $1,250.00

*Our fee estimates are exclusive of office services, GST and disbursements. If your circumstance is not standard (e.g. involve a ​family trust or company) or are more complex (e.g. new build, complicated title), additional fees may apply and will be ​discussed and agreed prior to undertaking work. Please reach out to discuss your specific requirements where we can also ​provide non-specific advice over the phone or via email at no charge prior to entering into an agreement.

Financing Services

• Loan Instruction Management: We will acquire loan instructions for lending from your new bank.
  
• Loan Disclosure: We will provide detailed, understandable advice on loan documentation and your ​obligations to the bank.
  
• Mortgage Discharge Coordination: We will obtain authority from your existing bank to discharge the ​mortgage registered on your title.
  
• Legal Documentation Preparation: We will prepare all legal documentation necessary to complete the ​transaction.
  
• In-person or Virtual Meetings: We will meet with you in person or via an audio-visual link to sign any ​necessary documents.
  
• Refinance Attendances: We will manage all aspects of the refinance transaction, including receiving ​loan money into our trust account, repaying your existing mortgage, and depositing any balance to you.
  
• Electronic Registration: Our team will attend to electronic registration with Land Information New ​Zealand (LINZ).
  
• Reporting: We will report to you with all transaction statements showing how funds have been received ​and disbursed through our trust account, including providing and updated copy of the title recording ​the newly registered mortgage.
  

Our Standard Fees:

Discharge of mortgage $250.00

Registration of mortgage $550.00

Refinance from one bank to another $825.00

*Our fee estimates are exclusive of office services, GST and disbursements. If your circumstance is not standard, additional fees may be ​apply and will be discussed and agreed prior to undertaking work. Please reach out to discuss your specific requirements where we can also ​provide non-specific advice over the phone or via email at no charge prior to entering into an agreement.

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