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Browse Forums Real Estate 1 Feb 14, 2008 8:12 pm Re: Online Conveyencing 2Feb 20, 2008 9:01 pm Hi Gelly1
I'm in Melbourne & back in 2006 used http://www.lawyersconveyancing.com.au/ and had no problems at all, very professional & easy to use their service....but they have increased their rate since I used them!! Cheers Ruth Ruth -Bought house in Melbourne inner burbs, knocked it down & now...we are owner builders! Completed OB project and moved in to our new home with our new baby in May 2009! Re: Online Conveyencing 3Feb 21, 2008 12:38 pm We have used them twice, and they were great! They have put the price up though, was $660 I think when we used them.
We had to pull out of a contract due to a poor soil test and the real estate agent was very un-cooperative in returning our deposit etc, resulting in the solictor beoming involved in sending numerous letters, faxes and phone calls, none of which they charged us any extra for. Excellent service! Built Porter Davis "Dromana" 2007. Re: Online Conveyencing 4Oct 20, 2008 5:44 pm Oh no, online conveyancing. Don't you know conveyancing is a serious legal matter? How can you trust that to someone online whom you never met or seen in their office?
Here in Sydney using a qualified and experienced Solicitor is the same price or less than a conveyancing clerk. What's more because solicitors are LEGAL PRACTIONERS, they take full responsibility for the interpretation of contracts. A friend of mine was using a home based conveyancer in Seven Hills to save $50, then when his bank asked him to get legal advice and have a certificate signed off, his conveyancer told him she couldn't do that because she was not qualified to give legal advice. He ended up paying a solicitor separately for a consulation and advice. Solicitor said it would have been included in his fixed conveyancing fee if he came to him for conveyancing. Buying Your Home 5Oct 28, 2008 6:08 pm whatdo Oh no, online conveyancing. Don't you know conveyancing is a serious legal matter? How can you trust that to someone online whom you never met or seen in their office? Here in Sydney using a qualified and experienced Solicitor is the same price or less than a conveyancing clerk. What's more because solicitors are LEGAL PRACTIONERS, they take full responsibility for the interpretation of contracts. I agree somewhat with these comments. Yes, the conveyancing fee of solicitors are mostly about the same as conveyancers. Just like there are discount conveyancers there are discount solicitors. And there are full priced solicitors who pass the work on to their conveyancing clerks. What you need to ask the solicitor is; who carries out the work? You as the lawyer or your clerk? Re: Buying Your Home 6Oct 29, 2008 9:07 am thlo whatdo I agree somewhat with these comments. Yes, the conveyancing fee of solicitors are mostly about the same as conveyancers. Just like there are discount conveyancers there are discount solicitors. And there are full priced solicitors who pass the work on to their conveyancing clerks. What you need to ask the solicitor is; who carries out the work? You as the lawyer or your clerk? Then there is the situation where the licenced conveyancer works in the solicitor office and you deal directly with the conveyancer, they then seek the legal advice from the solicitor. Not the other way around as you suggest. Luckily for me, I don;t have to worry about these issues as my fiancee is about to become a solicitor and gets our conveyancing done at the cost of the searches Stevep79 & Principessa Finished building Wisdom Homes Impression 33mkII in The Ponds, Sydney http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com Buying Your Home 7Oct 29, 2008 10:46 am stevep79 Then there is the situation where the licenced conveyancer works in the solicitor office and you deal directly with the conveyancer, they then seek the legal advice from the solicitor. I have seen licenced conveyancers operate from the offices of real estate agents, solicitors, brokers' offices, and from their garage. The word licenced says it all, you are receiving the service from an independent conveyancing business (regardless of where they operate from) if you are dealing with he holder of the conveyancing licence. Great if you don't pay professional fees for conveyancing, save about $900 in solicitors fees. Re: Online Conveyencing 8Apr 14, 2009 9:31 pm I used ozpropertylaw.com for an off the plan development and it was a disaster. They were provided with the land vendor's contract that said the vendor had 12 months to get title and they were also provided with the builder's contract which as it turns out said they had the right to revise the price if title wasn't obtained within 3 months. ozpropertylaw.com never pointed this out, and you guessed it, 3 months slipped by. The builder jacked up the price by $9,250 but I negotiated this down to $3,000. ozpropertylaw.com when presented with my complaint treated me with disdain and contempt. I always thought they were in Victoria but it turns out that the address they quote is just serviced offices and they hide behind a 1300 number so you don't know where they are. Why would I have an ACT conveyancer deal with a Victorian transaction? Anyway I have now had to take the matter to the Law Society --- and can you believe it ozpropertylaw.com even threatened to sue me when I refused to pay the balance of their fees. *** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK *** Re: Online Conveyencing 9Feb 10, 2011 2:08 pm AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!! Beware that some of these other contibutors could be the company in disguise. If you read the reviews everywhere on the net you will see a consistent negative message .... NEVER AGAIN. We cannot express how strongly we recommend you avoid this company. Examples: 1. This solicitor does not conduct the duty of care and fiduciary duties that are required from all lawyers. Written advice that they send is not reviewed by a solicitor. We received emails from clerks and legal secretaries that clearly were incorrect advice and were not reviewed. 2. They made basic math errors in the settlement calculations 3. They did not read the contract. We received advice for NSW property law, but our contract was a Victorian contract – which have very different clauses. 4. We received proforma emails which, if we followed, would have resulted in overpayment to the vendor. 5. We followed the first proforma email thinking it was well considered advice. Writing of a cheque and sending it to the conveyancer. It then took us 1 month to recover from that and cancel the cheque. Then they verbally gave us the same advice two days before settlement. 6. Despite our instructions, they continued to send us proforma emails against our instructions. For example, we instructed them that we could not attend settlement and that they must attend and represent us with our bank. Yet they continued to send us proforma emails right to the day before settlement asking ask to write cheques (with incorrect amounts) and attend settlement. 7. 5 different people handled our case, each gave us different advice over the phone, but never put anything in writing. 8. 1 week before settlement they said they were ready, but we have no documentation. 9. 1 day before settlement that advised us settlement would not proceed because we were short of fund by 25%. Their math was wrong. 10. We spent approximately 4.5 days of our time managing these characters. 11. Don’t think your are talking to Rhhonda Nicholis (the principle) when you send an email to her address. It is a group address used by the whole firm. Only written correspondence via snail mail, mark private, will get to her. We are capable of conveyancing, but chose to outsource. If it wasn’t for our intervention and our diligence and understanding of contract law, we would have missed settlement and suffered penalties. For people who do not have such experience, it is highly likely you will miss settlement by using this company and suffer significant penalties. Re: Online Conveyencing 10Feb 10, 2011 3:52 pm you might be put off online conveyancers after the comments on this thread, but I think conveyancers (with recommendations) are just as good as a solicitor. Obviously they cost less, but you often deal with the person responsible, whereas solys will palm off conveyancing work to their secretary or clerk. It's personal choice. If you think the matter may become complicated (or your position is precarious) then I'd happily go with a conveyancer. I must admit, I'd prefer a reference. Put a thread up on this forum asking for recommendations, you will get a few for your area (eg. "Conveyancer recommendations needed, Sydney Sth" etc etc) to be honest, I wouldn't even hire a soly these days without a good recommendation. good luck! A thankful person is a happy person. [/color]My hobby design blog: http://aviewondesign.blogspot.com/ Re: Online Conveyencing 11Feb 11, 2011 11:48 am Nothing wrong with online conveyancers /service- plenty of people buy interstate and just RING the conveyancers ---same as doing it online; but hopefuly they calls you to intro atleast Regards Michael Michael Chan | Australia wide Mortgage Broker Michael@ShapeHomeLoans.com.au | 1300 74 5626 | Fax: 02 8212 8909 http://www.ShapeHomeLoans.com.au Re: Online Conveyencing 12Jun 19, 2011 11:42 pm yea i heard of them they are based in canberra and do everything online. There prices are very competitive, i called them up for a quote. I ended up using another firm based in Sydney that had offices so i can see them. I would not like to think my lawyer or conveyancer was running a business from a garage. Its not very professional. Isnt there a conflict if there operating from a real estate offices or brokers firm???? I prefer someone independent and separate and decided to go with this firm www.legalpractice.com.au The rate was similar to oz property and ended up being pretty and good and delivered results. |