Conveyancing in Queensland: Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and regional Queensland

What we do for Queensland buyers and sellers

For buyers: a review of the contract and the seller disclosure statement within 48 hours before you sign, advice on the finance and building-and-pest conditions and the five-business-day cooling-off period, a reminder to insure from the next business day because the risk passes to you then, the searches the disclosure statement does not cover, body corporate records for units, liaison with your lender, the transfer duty assessment and any home or first home concession, the settlement statement, and settlement on PEXA. For sellers: the disclosure statement and certificates the Property Law Act 2023 requires before a buyer signs, the contract, the pool safety and smoke alarm compliance, the discharge of your mortgage, and settlement. The Queensland buying guide sets out every step; the Queensland fees page sets out every cost.

Brisbane

Brisbane buys with conditions: finance and building-and-pest clauses are standard, and the dates in them are strict, so we diarise every one. Flood history matters in much of the city, and the council's flood information and the 2011 and 2022 flood lines are part of our checks. Apartments in the inner suburbs bring body corporate records, sinking funds and any defect history.

The Gold Coast

High-rise living on the coast means body corporate levies, building management statements and, in older towers, remediation levies. Canal estates bring revetment wall responsibilities and waterway rules. Coolangatta is in Queensland and Tweed Heads is not, and the state decides which law, duty and cooling-off rules apply; we act in both.

The Sunshine Coast and Noosa

From Caloundra through Maroochydore to Noosa and the hinterland, the checks run from coastal hazard overlays and body corporate records on the beachfront to on-site sewage, access and rural zoning in the hills. Holiday-let properties come with letting agreements and body corporate rules that need reading before you commit.

Ipswich, Logan and the growth corridors

House-and-land contracts, developer covenants and sunset clauses are the pattern in the new estates west and south of Brisbane, and the first home concession for a new home removes transfer duty entirely for eligible buyers. We lodge the concession with the transfer so it is assessed correctly.

Regional Queensland

We act across the state: Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Toowoomba. Cyclone and storm tide overlays in the north, mining-town tenancies in central Queensland and rural water and access questions in the west are the local issues we check first.

A lawyer-led firm at a conveyancer's price

In Queensland conveyancing must be carried out by a solicitor or under a solicitor's supervision, and Settle Easy is an incorporated legal practice. Your matter is handled by a property lawyer at a fixed fee, managed online with a named person as your point of contact.