It looks that virtually overnight every Tom, Dick and Harriet has now become very knowledgeable about acquiring, selling and speculating on bricks and mortar.
But watching Hot Property, The Block and Grand Designs does not instantly bestow upon you an inbuilt sense of authority on everything auction, renovation or design related. Think about it: just because you make dinner each second night of the week does not suggest that you should open up a restaurant.
With so many beginners basically out there, it seems the only things not safe from the people bidding on them, buying them and generally getting broke in the process are the houses themselves.
Because once the auctioneer has put into practical use the most important thing he recalled from Year 10 arithmetic, and his Major Work project mallet comes down in sheer contrast to the incredibly inflated last price, it is too late.
You break it – you keep it. Your wallet, that is.
If you haven’t already sought information from a pro, now might be a good time.
I mean actually, you should have done this way before even turning up the local RSL club and registering for your fancy giant paddle. Don’t misunderstand me, this is no Christie’s but it is also no college raffle. This is the remainder of your life. This is serious. Mortgage. Bills. This is gray hair.
So what must you be doing if you happen to be reading this and you also happen to be an estate greenhorn on the cusp of community.
Get protection, naturally.
And by protection, I mean advice – from a financial advisor. Real information – this is Real Estate after all , isn’t it?
What you should get is a conveyancer. A conveyancer, weirdly enough, is a specialist in conveyancing. And conveyancing – for the unenlightened – is the legal process of transferring an apartment from one owner to another.
So unless you’re either a conveyancer yourself or have some variety of legal coaching, settling the contract and settling in to your new domestic dream will shortly turn into a bad dream. Of the Elm Street variety.
You certainly won’t be settling in to a good night’s rest in a jiffy nor without unwarranted bills, pain and mental anguish.
A good conveyancing business will be offering you the professional advice you want on everything to do with selling and buying a property, be it a private dwelling, commercial shop front or maybe an entire factory.
Everything from the deposit, to first house purchasers ‘ grants, and transfer of title will be sorted with no fuss whatsoever.
And they’ll even give you the keys.
For everything you need to know about buying and selling a property see dLook’s range of conveyancers, financial planners and legal support services.
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