If you’ve ever driven past a shopfront that’s sat empty for months, or noticed a “For Lease” sign that never seems to come down, you’ve probably wondered why the owner doesn’t just drop the rent and get someone in. It…
If you’ve just bought a property in New South Wales, there’s a good chance you’re assuming the price on your contract is simply what you’ll pay transfer duty on. Most of the time, you’d be right. But not always —…
You’ve got a number in your head for the house. Your ex has a different one, and it happens to be the number that suits them. Maybe they’ve waved a real estate agent’s appraisal at you. Maybe they’ve just decided…
If you’ve just discovered an easement on your title — or you’re buying a property that has one — the first question is almost always the same: is this going to cost me money? It’s a fair question. Easements sound…
An easement can quietly reshape what a property owner can actually do with their land, restricting building, landscaping or future development in ways that are not always obvious until a specific situation brings the issue into sharp focus. Understanding the…
Investors and business owners weighing up a commercial property purchase often focus heavily on the asking price, without fully understanding the range of factors a qualified valuer considers when arriving at a reliable market figure for the property. Commercial property…
Every property transfer in New South Wales carries a duty obligation, and for a straightforward sale between unrelated parties, the contract price usually settles the question of what duty is payable. The moment a transfer falls outside that simple scenario,…
Once a property dispute reaches court, a tribunal, or even a serious mediation, the value of the property in question rarely stays uncontested. Parties on opposite sides of a matter frequently arrive with very different opinions about what a property…
Most property owners do not think about easements until someone tells them their land has one, or until they try to develop, sell, or borrow against a property and the question of what it is actually worth suddenly gets complicated….
Most commercial property owners in Australia think about their building insurance once a year, at renewal time. They check the premium, compare it vaguely to last year, and confirm the same sum insured again. What they rarely check is whether…
