Hi, I have a question.
If purchaseing a property in another state from where you live, do you use your own solicitor that you know and trust or is it better to use a solicitor in the same state as property ?
Thank you.
Hi TWO,
I always use a Solicitor/ Conveyancer that works in the State and region where I’m purchasing, contracts are different in every state and a local will usually pick up on things. A local will know the types of non standard searches to do, Soil etc, depending on the area. It may even be a good idea to ask for a longer settlement, if doco’s have to go back and forth. Although I would generally apply this to QLD purchases, where you already are.
Mal
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Most solicitors a re only registered to practice in one state so it is unlikley your solictor could help, but even so as Mal says, there are lots of reasons to use a local solicitor.
By the way, don’t use the one recommended by the selling agent.
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I am in the position that you are talking about currently and it is outside our usual comfort zone and have decided to use a local solicitor that works in the area but it goes to my solicitor here in sydney before me.
Michael 1st/ marcel( barrister 2nd if need be michaels call) they are for me my first line of defence so all transaction legal go thru them so from a cost point of view it ads maybe $900.00 all over but from a security point of view I know that the guys next to me are all on the same team if you fragment you have a chance of loss and I don’t like losing, currently we haven’t lost which is a good batting average.
remember that you must trust your team.
you might be the goal scorer(me)but the team behind you are the group that keeps the team going and you must keep them as a team if you change and bring another company or person into that team ie you are going to another state then you must tell them why you are changing( this is my opinion because I tell my group we are working for the same goal).
If I decided to use a external without michael he would not question my reason but if a problem occured he would have no problem with telling me that had known that he would have told me so.
remember that there is no i in team and mine is a team.
and my best advice is work on getting a team together and your question will be answered.
in a team
you need a front runner and then you have drawers and pencil pushers and the goal keepers are the suits or legals if you ask any team who is the most important player they will tell you the goal keeper.and the keeper is the suits so would you change your goal keeper at half time with the guy on the side line with a beer in his hand to go in goal I think not.
I think I’ve answered your question.here to help
Thankyou everybody for your concerns and good advice.
Grossrealisation you hit the nail right on the head. Using my own solicitor as well is great advice. I’m on good talking terms with him and his staff. Most of them know me by sight and reconize my voice on the phone. I dought if he would charge $900 to check over things as he checks may contracts before I sign them for free.
Of corse he knows if I go ahead he has my bussiness and my recommendations.
Thanks again..
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