ACQUIRING
How to choose the right
Conveyancer
Ensure you deal with the right legal property specialist
BY MARK WITZMANN
I
t is the prerogative of the seller to choose
the appointed conveyancer for a property
transaction. When you sell a property you
must consider carefully if you want to entrust
this important process of transferring your most
valuable asset to an unknown conveyancer.
What we as conveyancers often encounter
is the negotiation of the seller’s important
prerogative, away from that of the seller to the
appointment of the purchaser’s conveyancer.
This is often done on a whim to justify a cost
saving to the purchaser.
One often hears that the purchaser’s
conveyancer can do the transfer at a discounted
rate. Sellers must not accept this offer if they
do not know the conveyancer or if they want
their best interests protected. Often we find
that the words, “This transfer shall be done
by the seller’s conveyancers…” altered to,
“This transfer shall be done by the purchaser’s
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conveyancers….”. Sellers must not hand
their property transaction to an unknown
conveyancer, because this conveyancer now
exclusively represents the purchaser.
Sellers must not
hand their property
transaction to an
unknown conveyancer
Sellers who are recommended to use a
conveyancer must phone the conveyancer
upfront to establish the relationship and to
feel at ease. They must address the conveyancer
on any potential concerns they have with the
prospective sale, any conditions of sale that
they feel are cumbersome, and especially if they
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