by aslaumbe | Nov 9, 2021 | Articles, Conveyancing Articles
I often receive phone calls from people who say they have found a property they are interested in buying and want me to review and advise them on the Contract. When I ask them if they have made an offer which has been accepted, usually the answer is no. Many...
by aslaumbe | Aug 29, 2021 | Articles, Conveyancing Articles
Most often people buy an existing property. However, when someone decides to purchase a property, such as a home unit, before it has even been constructed then they are selecting it off a plan that is presented to them. In New South Wales a vendor must give...
by aslaumbe | Jul 8, 2021 | Articles, Conveyancing Articles
There is a practice engaged in by some real estate agents of contacting the owner of a property and informing them that the agent has an interested buyer of the property at a price that immediately sparks the owner’s interest. The agent then signs up the owner...
by aslaumbe | May 26, 2021 | Articles, Lease Articles
Often a retail or commercial Lease will contain an option to renew which is a right of the tenant to obtain one or more additional Lease terms provided the tenant gives the landlord a written notice exercising the option within a specified time frame. If the tenant...
by aslaumbe | May 3, 2021 | Articles, Commercial Agreement & Dispute Articles
I am often asked by people who are going overseas (yes, we used to do that!) or at least leaving home for an extended period or going into hospital about signing a document that allows someone to look after their legal affairs in their absence including signing...
by aslaumbe | Feb 15, 2021 | Articles, Litigation Articles, Strata Matters & Dispute Articles
From time to time an owners corporation may not properly look after common property in a strata scheme which would comprise everything other than the insides of individual lots including external and boundary walls, driveways, pipes, electrical wiring and original...
