Fixed-fee conveyancing
From miners' cottages in Soldiers Hill to homes out through Alfredton and Delacombe, Ballarat property comes with its own local checks, and we know them. You get your own Victorian conveyancer, a fixed fee agreed up front, and your contract reviewed within four business hours, with none of the hourly bills or nasty surprises.
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The Zettle service
One dedicated conveyancer handles your whole matter, from the first contract review through to settlement day, so nothing slips through the cracks.
Fixed pricing
Your full professional fee up front, with no hourly billing and no settlement-day surprises.
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One fixed professional fee, agreed before you start, with no hourly billing. Government fees, transfer duty and searches are separate from our fee and passed on at cost.
$1,650incl. GST
One professional fee, contract to settlement.
Included in your fixed fee
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$2,000incl. GST
One professional fee, listing to settlement.
Included in your fixed fee
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Everything you need from contract to settlement. One fixed professional fee, with no hourly billing.
Government fees, transfer duty and property searches are additional and paid at cost.
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Local · Ballarat
Whichever side you’re on, these are the Ballarat-specific checks worth running. What applies depends on the individual property, so we tell you what to look at and when something needs a closer look.
Risk
Ballarat's fringe suburbs and the shires around them carry bushfire management overlays. Where one applies, building and extending come with construction requirements tied to a bushfire attack level, which adds real cost. The overlay is disclosed in the section 32. We go through it before you sign so you know what it will require on that block.
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This is a goldfields city, and the ground under parts of it was worked hard. Some sites sit over historic shafts and workings, which can bear on ground stability and on what can be built, and it is the sort of thing that surfaces in a geotechnical report or a planning condition rather than in the listing. We read the section 32 and the planning information for anything pointing to former mining land, and tell you when a site warrants a closer look before you commit.
Zoning
Ballarat has one of the most intact nineteenth-century streetscapes in the country, and that is protected. Heritage overlays cover large parts of the central area and the older suburbs around it, and where one applies you generally need a planning permit for external changes, which can extend to windows, verandahs, fences and paint colours as well as extensions and demolition. People often find this out after they have bought and drawn up plans. We check the overlay in the section 32 and tell you what it is likely to mean for what you have in mind.
Adjustments
City of Ballarat bills your rates and Central Highlands Water bills your water and sewerage. Both are apportioned at settlement, with the seller covering the days they owned it and you covering the rest. We confirm the right authorities, get the adjustment right, and obtain the land information certificate so any outstanding rates on the property surface before settlement rather than after.
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No. Zettle is a fully online conveyancing service covering all of Victoria, so your conveyancer does not need to be in Ballarat. Everything, from the section 32 review to signing and settlement through PEXA, is handled online wherever you are.
Three clear business days, running from the date you sign the contract rather than the date the seller signs. If you withdraw during it, the seller keeps $100 or 0.2% of the purchase price, whichever is greater. It does not apply if you buy at a public auction, or within three clear business days before or after one, and a few other sales are excluded as well.
It means a planning permit is generally needed for external changes, which can cover extensions and demolition and sometimes smaller things like windows, verandahs and fences. It does not stop you renovating, but it shapes what is possible and how long approval takes, so it is worth understanding before you buy rather than after.
In Victoria, settlement is commonly 30, 60 or 90 days from the contract date, with the exact period set in the contract. Your conveyancer manages the timeline through to settlement.
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