by Cameron Shaw | Apr 18, 2016
Any* contract entered into on or after 1 July 2017 for the sale of land for a market value of $750,000 or more requires a vendor to obtain and provide a “Clearance Certificate” to the purchaser otherwise the purchaser must withhold 12.5% of the purchase...
by Cameron Shaw | Mar 23, 2016
In response to media pressure, in late 2015 the NSW government changed the law to restrict developers from using ‘sunset’ clauses in off-the-plan contracts to benefit themselves. A sunset clause is where a developer is entitled to rescind the contract for...
by Cameron Shaw | Aug 18, 2015
In the case of freehold, definitely, in the case of strata, it depends.
by Cameron Shaw | Aug 15, 2015
Commencing April 29, 2016, laws will come into effect which make it a requirement for a Vendor (or a Lessor) to supply a Certificate of Compliance when conveying or leasing a property with a swimming pool. There is an exemption if the pool is on strata title or...
by Cameron Shaw | Aug 15, 2015
If you’ve done works without council approval then there’s a whole bunch of issues which can emerge, but, you wouldn’t be the first, and if you were thinking of selling, plenty of houses are sold all the time with “unauthorised...