BUYING AT AUCTION OR DEADLINE SALE Selling property by auction or deadline sale has become almost the norm in post-Covid-19 Canterbury. What we are hearing from agents is that there are too few listings and too many qualified buyers contesting those listings that...
In the wake of the horrific events on Friday the 15th of March 2019, we have all had occasion to reflect on what is happening in our little country. I thought (hell I think we all thought) that we were immune from this sort of horrendous hate crime way down here in...
There is a common misconception that conveyancing is ‘easy’ and that you should be able to get your house purchase done ‘on the cheap’ by anyone claiming to be competent in this field. In this post, we will try to bust a few of those myths and...
Everyone has a story about a conveyancing lawyer who has quoted them one price and then charged them another. Most lawyers record their time in six minute units and live in a world where they have a large budget to meet each month. So every time you pick up the phone...
THE VENDOR DIDN’T CLEAN THE HOUSE So you bought a house and the vendor didn’t leave it clean and tidy. It’s a story we hear all too often. A vendor doesn’t bother to clean the house properly and sometimes, not at all. Surely there’s a legal obligation to leave a home...
