What's included in a Pre-Purchase Pest Inspection Report?
When you decide to make an offered property, you will often hear people say "congratulations - have you arranged your pest build legals yet?". This is basically them asking if you have had the building and pest inspectors in, as without their thumbs up, you will not be able to proceed with the purchase! &
What is Lenders Mortgage Insurance?
As Australia’s insatiable appetite for property continues to push house prices to record levels, more and more buyers (especially first home buyers) are finding that their precious and substantial deposit is simply not enough. With house prices increasing faster than many can save, it can seem like an impossible t
The quick guide to Surveyor's Reports and Building Certificates
At PestBuildLegals, we always advocate for putting together the best team to ensure that you buy the perfect home. This includes a good local building and pest inspector, as well as a property conveyancer. However, before you buy a property
10 Steps To Take When Buying Investment Property: Part 2 Find And Buy Your Property
Armed with a clear plan and the dream investment team you are already set to make more informed and financially viable decisions. Unfortunately, this does not negate the need for you to do your homework. There are multiple factors that combined can make or break an investment property. As a potential investor, you will want to be as informed as
5 Cost effective ways to add value to your home before selling.
Ask most estate agents ‘when is a good time to sell’ and you will likely receive the same answer as the one when you ask ‘when is a good time to buy'. The response is always now. But whilst it can be a mental minefield to attempt to navigate the Australian property market, house prices a
10 Steps to take when buying Investment Property: Part 1 Building your team
So you find yourself in a position to consider buying a property as an investment, Congratulations! Considered and researched property investment is an excellent way to both create and grow wealth. But how do you know what actually is the right property to invest in in the first place? Step 1: Have a goal and make a plan
The Best (free) tools and tips to help you find the perfect home
Whether you are buying your first property or adding to your property portfolio, we have collated the best on and offline resources that can help target and speed up your search efforts.
Is Now the Time to Buy Your Dream Apartment?
While we all know that house prices are going through the roof at the moment, you might want to take a second look at that prime-location apartment overlooking Surfers Paradise. That’s right, while Australia is bouncing back from COVID-19, many countries around the world are struggling to recover, so tourist hot-spots across Australia (
Huge Prices or Tiny Houses?
House prices! Just when you think that surely they can’t go up anymore, they go up! The Australian housing market remains red hot, and increasingly properties are going for well over asking price, as many first time home buyers get blown out of the water by those with bigger budgets. Australian house prices are rising at the fastest ra
What To Know Before You Purchase a Fixer-Upper
Often reserved for buyers with building experience or the very bold, a ‘fixer-upper’ property can often prove to be an opportunity for not only a bargain - but a chance to create something that’s totally bespoke!If you’ve spotted a home that needs a little (or a lot) of TLC, we’ve got the low-down on what you need to know
What is a Property Conveyancer and what do they do?
You’ve spent endless hours online, attended countless inspections, and finally, you have found the perfect home for you. You email the real estate agent your offer and that same day you hear that it’s been accepted! Attached to this great news is your ‘contract of sale’.
Five MORE factors to consider when buying the perfect building block for your home
Locations of adjacent properties In most cases, you will be buying a block of land that is adjacent to other lots, which may or may not have existing dwellings on them. If you buy a block that is next to a pre-existing home, this will determine where you build your home and what type of building you can build.Conversely, if the
Five factors to consider when buying the perfect block to build your home
It really is the classic Australian dream - to buy the quarter-acre block on which to build the perfect home. You kinda have a picture in your mind about what you’d love to build, so now all you need to do is find the perfect block right? You’ve searched online and found some great options, and some that seem too good to be true. Ten a
Auctions vs. Private Treaty Sales. What's the difference?
Shortly after beginning your property buying journey, you will have quickly noticed that houses for sale are priced and sold differently. For example, some homes advertised for sale may say “Price on Application”, “Offers over X amount” or simply say “Auction”. The reason for these differences depends on the w
The Final Checklist: What to arrange before the final move
When buying a property, there are so many things to consider that at some point you will likely find yourself relying on a good old fashioned checklist to ensure that you don’t drop the ball. A solid checklist doesn’t just prevent forgotten tasks, but will also make sure things progress as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
4 Big things to consider when buying a beach house
Wouldn’t it be nice…The crisp sea air accompanied by the soft sound of waves greeting you every morning as you stumble out of bed. Not even thinking about shoes, you take the short and lazy stroll to the beach. It really is the classic lifegoal, to get that dream house by the beach and enjoy all that it has to offer. What could be m
The Insider Guide to Buying the Great Australian Queenslander
With ongoing lockdowns and border uncertainty, there is a well-publicised increase in the number of Aussies looking to relocate to the great Sunshine State. And who can blame them? Glorious weather, easy-going people and vast tracks of space, Queensland is increasingly the place to be! And what could be more ‘Queensland’ than the Icon
The do's and don'ts of finding the right Building Inspector
Buying a home or property is an exciting but often complicated process! At PestBuildLegals, we strongly believe that the key to a successful purchase is to engage the best team of professionals from the start. From a property conveyancer, a mortgage broker to a pest inspector, it is always worth doing your research. After all,
Three inexpensive ways to build your Property Conveyancing Business in 2021
The Australian property market has continued its blistering finish to 2020 with continued growth, record sales (and prices!) into February 2021. Indeed, clearance levels are beating all reasonable forecasts, and it is clear to those in the industry that the market remains red-hot to date.
Combining Facebook and Video To Generate New Business
Now more than ever, it is essential that businesses that want to survive and thrive ensure that they have a consistent flow of new clients. This is especially true in real estate. Homebuyers overwhelmingly turn to the interne
What is a buyer’s agent and do I need one?
Ask almost anyone who has bought a property before (especially a first home ), and they will tell you that it can be a difficult and challenging process. However, not that many people can claim to have purchased a property during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic! Not only is demand falling in some areas (such as inner cities), but demand
5 Essential things to look out for when viewing a property
At PestBuildLegals, we are huge advocates for ensuring that you get the best team together to ensure the best outcome when buying your home. Therefore, any quote that you receive through us is always from a provider that we have personally verified. But even before you get quotes for a pest or building ins
Living in Dignity: A look at the future of Disability Housing
You will often hear people saying that buying a house is one of the most stressful things that you will ever do in your life. This is because there is so much to do and a lot of uncertainty around the whole process. Will I find somewhere I can afford? Is now a good or a bad time to get on the property ladder? The list goes on and on. N
4 Big Reasons why Brisbane’s Property Prices will Finish 2020 on a High
In a year like no other, house prices, property demand and supply have fluctuated, making accurate property price trends more difficult to assess than usual. However, the significant forecasted drops in house prices across Brisbane since the onset of Covid 19 have not materialised. In fact, according to
The 7 ‘Hidden’ Costs of Buying a Home: Part 2
Yes, there is a part two! In the last article, we broke down some of the biggest costs that are associated with buying you home. Why? Because for many of us (especially us first home buyers), buying a home is scary enough without being blindsided with unexpected bills and expenses. Indeed, at PestBuildLegals, we always recommend that y
The 7 ‘Hidden’ Costs of Buying a Home: Part 1
When you buy your first home (or even your second or third!), it can be easy to lose sight of the many ‘additional’ ( and mostly unavoidable ) costs that are not always obvious when you are first starting out. So, apart from the mighty feat of accumulating your d
Do I need a Pre Purchase inspection when buying a new build?
You’ve found your future home, you’ve made an offer, and it's been accepted! At this point, your contracts are drawn up and the responsibility falls upon you, the buyer, to ensure that there are no hidden defects, pending repairs or structural issues with your new property. Your contract will be conditional on pre-purchas
5 Financial Pitfalls to Avoid When Buying Your First Home
There’s no end of things to bear in mind when buying your first home. In fact, it can be easy to be overwhelmed. In our experience with home buyers over, we’ve noticed that there are many lessons that are often only learnt once the property purchase has been completed. Indeed, like many things in life, we often look back and wish we
The ‘who’s who’ of the Real Estate World
There’s no end of things to bear in mind when buying your first home. In fact, it can be easy to be overwhelmed. In our experience with home buyers over, we’ve noticed that there are many lessons that are often only learnt once the property purchase has been completed. Indeed, like many things in life, we often look back and wish we
How to save more than 50K when buying your first home
Buying your first home is no doubt one of the biggest investments most people make in their lives. Ensuring that your finances are in order is one of the first and biggest challenges to overcome. It is therefore helpful to know that there may be some unique avenues of support available exclusively to first time home buyers. If that’s you,
PestBuildLegals What Verification means
PestBuildLegals provides home buyers with easy quotes for pre-purchase building and pest inspections, as well as real estate legal conveyancing. As we approach the official launch of PestBuildLegals on October 1st, we have been busy verifying local service providers so that they can join our platform and help us service these home buyers.
Facebook Ads Vs PestBuildLegals leads
Before we specialised in digital marketing, the team at PestBuildLegals had a long history within the Real Estate, Building and Insurance industries (you can read more about our backgrounds here! ). Over the years, we have worked with businesses of all siz
Taking the lead in an uncertain housing market
Many businesses are feeling the effects of uncertainty created and fuelled by the ongoing pandemic. In one way or another, all sectors have been affected and this is no less true in the housing market (and greater real estate sector). Predictions are changing as quickly as lock down restrictions, and so to say the least it's more difficult
Cost of a lead Vs The Value of Life Time Customer
You do not want to leave anything to chance with your business, and this doubly true when considering the cost of acquiring new business. If you put an ad in the newspaper, you would want to know how many calls it generated, how many calls became real customers and how much each customer was worth (in terms of revenue for the business).
5 Tips to converting enquiries to lifelong customers
Anyone who runs their own business will know that it often feels like this is a never-ending list of things to do! On top of providing a great service, there is the valuable time required to ensure that your marketing is actually working i.e. that you are getting a consistent flow of high-quality enquiries th
Build your business even in the quiet moments
There is no such thing as a “bad time" to drum up new business, yet with so much going on locally and nationally, you would be forgiven for wanting to simply batten down the hatches and weather the storm! However, time and time again history shows us that businesses that continue to grow and diversify during ti
What are "Pest, Building and Legals", and why do I need these when purchasing a home?
They say that buying a home is one of the most stressful things that you will ever do (after getting married!). From the long search for the dream home, to arranging finance and then making an offer , it's no wonder that fifty-one percent of first home buyers surveyed found the process “stressful”, while 42% described
7 Essential Steps To Buying A Home
After a long search, you have finally found a home that you love, and so now it’s time to take the essential next steps to secure that property. We know that buying a home can be a confusing and even stressful process, especially when doing it for the first time. However, it does not have to be that way. The most important part of buying
The Team Behind PestBuildLegals
The team behind PestBuildLegals have extensive experience working across the Real Estate Industry. Not only that, but they have all bought their own homes and know how daunting the process can be! PestBuildLegals was founded on the idea that buying a home doesn
