Property Law and Transactions

Best Hooper has a wealth of experience in representing land owners, purchasers, mortgagees and other parties in land transactions together with strategic advice relating to all areas of property law.

The Best Hooper Transactions Team assists by:

• Having well developed and trusted systems with extensive experience in property transactions;
• Having extensive experience dealing with buyers who are not based in Australia;
• Leveraging technology to provide a quick turnaround service;
• Acting solely on behalf of the developer and protecting our clients’ interests throughout the process;
• Attendance and management at settlement of bulk contracts;
• Providing a fixed price service for domestic and commercial property transactions.

Our Transactions Team work alongside Best Hooper’s Property and Land Development Legal Advisors, ensuring our clients receive the most comprehensive strategy and advice for each project.

We can advise you upfront of all the relevant search fees, taxes and other costs that will be payable by you. If requested, we will provide you with an all-inclusive, itemised quote (by project) so that there are no nasty surprises, and we will tailor our pricing to your specific conveyancing needs.

We use Property Exchange Australia (PEXA), a digital property network that facilitates secure online lodgement and financial settlement. This new technology allows us to give our clients accurate and up-to-date advice for reduced legal fees.

Our Property Law Advisory Team has a wealth of experience in a broad range of property and land development enquiries including:

• Claims for a title by possession
• adverse possession
• Caveats
• Establishment of Easements by long user
• Boundary and fencing disputes
• Disputes with an owners’ corporation or between members of an owners corporation
• Restrictive covenants
• Protection works
• Boundary and fencing disputes