Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Nov 12, 2009 4:49 pm Hi, Need some advice here.. I have just bought land from a real estate agent. My question is can the real estate agent appoint the conveyancer and settlement agent without asking us? Any help or advice is much appreciated. Thanks alot in advance! Re: Advice Needed! Conveyancing experience 2Nov 12, 2009 4:53 pm I'd guess that if you didn't offer a name for them, then I expect they had their own one to deal with. The only thing is you didn't get a discount, which you can ask for. No dount the realo got it instead. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Advice Needed! Conveyancing experience 3Nov 12, 2009 4:58 pm Thanks a lot for your reply.. Artisan.. Am a newbie with buying property.. sorry for the loads of questions.. does this mean that we can actually tell the real estate agent we do not want to use their conveyancer? Oh.. if the conveyancer is acting on beahlf of the agent, I would not be able to ascertain that the conveyancer would be acting on behalf of my interest right? Thank you! Re: Advice Needed! Conveyancing experience 4Nov 12, 2009 5:04 pm I don't think I will be commenting on that... past this... Aren't all professionals 'our' advocates You can easily ask. Our broker put us onto the one we use... they ae very good and have no troubles operating interstate Also they are local to us here. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Advice Needed! Conveyancing experience 5Nov 12, 2009 7:49 pm A conveyancer is NOT a lawyer and can not advise you on legal issues. All a conveyancer is allowed to do is do the paperwork 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Advice Needed! Conveyancing experience 6Nov 12, 2009 8:00 pm Did some one mention lawyers? Just in case any thought I did... an advocate is a person acting on your behalf. Not just law. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Advice Needed! Conveyancing experience 7Nov 13, 2009 12:39 am jaimelyy My question is can the real estate agent appoint the conveyancer and settlement agent without asking us? No they can't! However I often see this ambitious behaviour. One agent even convinced my customer that they had no choice as the vendor (which was the mortgagee) dictated which solicitor they should use. If you are in Victoria you have a statutory right to your own building inspector regardless of builder's consent. No negotiations are required. However the builder will… 1 2925 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6899 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7003 |