Got home from after getting my car serviced (goodbye $544 !), and saw a rolled up yellow A4 envelope in the letterbox, or at least where the papers go - remind me to divert everything off to the PO Box !
Opened it up, discovered the conveyancer has done a bit of work in the background (considering it's been quiet on all other fronts) and told us:
* The cost to utilise them (quite reasonable)
* Has provided the transfer of land form for the titles office, and specifies our house number (YAY !)
* Pre-filled out the FHOG paperwork ready to be signed and sent back
Good to see they're worth their salt, and now we just have to get the scribble in the right places, send it back and wait - again :)
By the way, the broker rang the other day to speak to Jason and wanted to know where we're at, and when will there be a date on the land settlement. We said, we're still waiting for that, and lo and behold, the conveyancer has spoken to Marriott Waters' solicitor, and they've said that due to inclement weather (go, Melbourne) and some upgrades they had to do in the civil works has slowed things down, so more likely an August/September settlement.
Doesn't phase us, we've got a roof over the head, I've got my new job (with better hours and more time to check on the build after I finish of a day !) - just hope the bank/Rawdon pattern works OK and nobody pulls out on us.
Still waiting for the 1st draft of the plans so we can get closer to the holy grail (contract) !
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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4 Responses to “Paperwork back from conveyancer !”
Sounds like you guys are working the same time frame as us at the moment - will be great to follow your journey too! Our land is titled August also. We're just waiting on being able to sign the building contracts, then I guess it's a waiting game until August. Oh, our broker said he'd do the FHOG paperwork, but now that you've mentioned your conveyancer, I might contact our and see if that's something she can do... she's a heck of a lot more reliable than our broker!!
Well yeah our guy from MC isn't crash hot (hey, he was telling us that the FHOG only came if we laid a slab down before June 30 - sure, if we were owner builders !), and he's insistent we get the settlement date for the land on the contract, which isn't currently there - only because there's been delays !
Plus, the conveyancer (Nepean Conveyancing, Mentone) overheard a conversation her staff had with the broker and reckon he's a bit green :)
Hmmm... FHOG only if the slab is down? Why on earth would he say that? At the moment we've been delayed 3 weeks... but hopefully all is signed off on May 14, 6 weeks before the cut off. Kind of enjoying the calm before the storm at the moment... come August when land settles I expect our lives to be turned upsidedown!
Like I said, he's a bit of a young gun, and they conveyancer said as much to me today, and she's happy to be our "conduit" for conversations if he asks questions in the "too hard basket" :)
Good to see you're in line - we're hoping to aim around then, if not late May, just waiting on the drawings, probably just the one draft update and we're done - hopefully it'll be that easy.
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