Conveyancing solicitors — Caloundra
Caloundra conveyancing
5.0from 9 Google reviewsBuying or selling in Caloundra? Erin Wilkinson handles your conveyancing from our Golden Beach office. Sales $990 and purchases $1,499 incl GST, plus searches and government charges. Send your contract for a free review before signing.
- Fixed fee: $990 sale · $1,499 purchase, inc. GST
- Free contract review before you sign
- No Charge Guarantee if your contract falls over
Mon–Fri 8:30am–5pm · after-hours by arrangement
What local clients say
Verbatim from our Google Business Profile.
“Erin was fantastic to work with on a property purchase! Couldn’t recommend highly enough!”
Joshua Harriss · Google review
“Mike Klein has done our property settlements for the past 25 years. Excellent service and he is very knowledgeable. Great price point as well. Highly recommend using Mike”
Jeanne Carpenter · Google review
“Erin at Coastside Law was fantastic to work with when purchasing my first home. Her knowledge and guidance made the whole process so much easier, and she was always helpful and professional. I’m so grateful for her support and would highly recommend Erin to anyone buying a home!”
Kimberley Hall · Google review
What's included in your fixed fee
- Solicitor review of your contract, with advice before and after you sign
- Managing finance, building and pest and other condition dates
- Ordering and reviewing property searches
- Liaising with the agent, your lender and the other side
- Transfer documents and stamp duty paperwork (buyers)
- Electronic settlement through PEXA and settlement-day updates
No hidden extras. Searches, registration and government fees are passed on at cost and itemised in writing before you commit.
No Charge Guarantee
If your contract is terminated under cooling off, finance or building and pest, you pay no professional fee.
- Free contract review before you sign — sale or purchase
- Terminated in the cooling-off period? No professional fee
- Finance not approved? No professional fee
- Building and pest report unsatisfactory? No professional fee
- You pay only for searches and disbursements already ordered, at cost
How it works — 4 simple steps
- 1
Send us the contract
Before or straight after you sign. We check it and confirm your fixed fee in writing.
- 2
Searches and conditions
We order searches and keep finance and building and pest dates on track.
- 3
Finance and paperwork
We work with your lender or the buyer's, and prepare transfer documents.
- 4
Settlement day
We settle electronically through PEXA and call you when it's done.
Conveyancing in Caloundra: the short answer
Fixed-fee conveyancing in Caloundra with Coastside Law: $990 to sell and $1,499 to buy, both including GST. Our office is at 40 Theresa Street, Golden Beach, five minutes from the Caloundra town centre, and a solicitor runs your file. We review your contract free before you sign.
What conveyancing costs in Caloundra
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Our professional fee — sale | $990 | Fixed, incl. GST |
| Our professional fee — purchase | $1,499 | Fixed, incl. GST |
| Searches and government fees (buyers) | about $450–$800 | At cost — varies with the property type and council |
| Transfer duty (buyers) | Depends on price | Paid to the Queensland Revenue Office; first home concessions may apply |
Unit purchases need a body corporate search, and canal lots may need more enquiries. Both are listed in your quote at cost before we start. Estimate transfer duty with our Queensland stamp duty calculator, or see the full fee schedule.
Before signing: the contract and Form 2
The seller disclosure statement is a starting point, not a substitute for checking your contract and the property. Send us both documents and tell us whether you are buying a home, an investment or a unit, and what you plan to do with it. If you have already signed, include the contract date and any finance or building and pest deadlines.
How we help in Caloundra
Kings Beach and Bulcock Beach units
We go through the body corporate records properly, including the sinking fund, upcoming levies, insurance and short-stay by-laws, before cooling-off ends.
Older homes at Moffat, Shelly and Dicky Beach
These homes may have extensions, pools or decks that were never approved. Coastal wear can also turn a minor building report item into a major cost. We help you work out what to raise before the building and pest deadline.
Pelican Waters and Golden Beach canal homes
We look at revetment walls, pontoons and the approvals for any works over the water, and explain who pays when they need repair.
Downsizers and estate sales
Many Caloundra sales involve downsizing, a retirement village move or a deceased estate. We can handle the probate, power of attorney or capacity questions as well as the sale.
Buying a unit in Caloundra
Caloundra's beachfront buildings range from 1970s walk-ups to new high-rise towers. With older buildings, the age of the structure and the health of the sinking fund matter more than the asking price. A building that needs balcony or concrete repairs can bring a special levy shortly after you settle.
We order the body corporate search, read the minutes of recent meetings, and tell you in plain English what is planned and who pays for it.
Selling in Caloundra
Since 1 August 2025, most Queensland sellers must give buyers a disclosure statement (Form 2) before the contract is signed. If it is wrong or incomplete, the buyer may be able to end the contract. We prepare it from current searches so your sale holds together.
Caloundra's suburbs and estates
We act across Caloundra and the surrounding suburbs: Kings Beach, Moffat Beach, Shelly Beach, Dicky Beach, Currimundi, Little Mountain, Meridan Plains, Battery Hill, Pelican Waters, Golden Beach, and the new estates at Baringa and Aura. Each area raises different issues, and we deal with them every week.
Conveyancer or solicitor in Caloundra?
In Queensland, conveyancing can be done by a solicitor or under a solicitor's supervision. The difference shows up when something goes wrong: a finance or building and pest dispute, a caveat on the title, a deceased seller, or a special condition that needs renegotiating.
A solicitor can give you legal advice on those problems and act for you in a dispute. Your file stays with the same person instead of being referred out halfway through the contract.
At Coastside Law, your file is run by a solicitor and the fee is still fixed. You get legal advice at a set conveyancing price.
Where is your Caloundra office?
At 40 Theresa Street, Golden Beach, Caloundra, on the Pumicestone Passage foreshore about five minutes from the Caloundra town centre. Parking is easy, but most clients never need to come in.
Do you charge extra for a unit?
No. The professional fee is the same. The body corporate search is a disbursement charged at cost and listed in your quote.
Before you sign, read how the Queensland cooling-off period works and what conveyancing costs in Queensland. For contract checks, see our buyer's solicitor checklist, seller disclosure advice and family property transfer guidance.
Your local conveyancing solicitor in Caloundra
Erin Wilkinson acts for Caloundra buyers and sellers from our office at 40 Theresa Street, Golden Beach QLD 4551. Buying a Kings Beach unit, selling a Golden Beach home or coordinating a sale and purchase? Tell us the property address, whether you have signed and any contract deadlines so we can discuss the checks and quote relevant to your transaction.
Call 0488 340 853, use the quote form or contact our Golden Beach office. Our professional conveyancing fees and additional charges are set out separately in your quote.
Looking for a Caloundra wills lawyer?
A property purchase, a change in ownership or downsizing can be a useful time to review your will and enduring power of attorney. These are separate legal services, not included in your conveyancing fee. For appointments and estate-planning advice, see our Caloundra wills lawyers.
What we check on a Caloundra contract
Body corporate searches on units
Levies, arrears, sinking fund position, insurance, special levies and by-laws on letting and pets — reviewed and explained, not just forwarded to you.
Coastal overlays and older homes
Erosion-prone and storm tide overlays, plus council approval searches for the extensions and decks that are common on Moffat and Dicky Beach homes.
Real local solicitors
- Practising solicitors, members of the Queensland Law Society
- Erin: years as a South East Queensland conveyancer before admission
- Michael: practising since 2003, former managing partner of GKS Law
Sunshine Coast: 40 Theresa Street, Golden Beach QLD 4551
Moreton Bay: 15 Fortune Street, Scarborough QLD 4020 (by appointment)
Caloundra conveyancing questions
What should I check before buying a unit in Caloundra?
The body corporate records, above all: the sinking fund balance against the building's age, any special levy already resolved on or foreshadowed, defect and remediation history, insurance, and the by-laws if you intend to let the unit short term. We obtain and read the records as part of the fixed fee.
How much does conveyancing cost in Caloundra?
Our fixed professional fee is $990 inclusive of GST on a sale and $1,499 inclusive of GST on a purchase, whether the property is a Bulcock Street unit, a Moffat Beach cottage or a Currimundi house. Searches and government fees are third-party costs quoted in writing before you engage us.
How long does a Caloundra conveyance take?
A standard REIQ contract runs 30 to 45 days: five business days of cooling-off, building and pest and finance usually at 14 to 21 days, then electronic settlement through PEXA. Unit purchases can need a little longer if the body corporate records are slow to come back, which is why we order them the day the contract is signed.
Can you act for me if I am buying in Caloundra from interstate?
Yes. Settlement is electronic, identity verification is done remotely and documents are signed digitally where the law allows. Many of our Caloundra buyers are from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and never attend an office — though our Golden Beach office is five minutes away if you would rather meet.
More about conveyancing in Caloundra
By Michael Klein · Coastside Law
Coastside Law is a Caloundra-based law practice — our office is at 40 Theresa Street, Golden Beach QLD 4551, a few minutes from Bulcock Street — doing conveyancing in Caloundra for buyers and sellers. Caloundra conveyancing is solicitor-led and fixed fee: $990 inclusive of GST for a residential sale and $1,499 inclusive of GST for a purchase, with searches, transfer duty and registration fees at cost and quoted in writing first. We act on unit and townhouse purchases along Bulcock Street, Kings Beach and the Esplanade (including full body corporate record reviews), older homes at Moffat and Dicky Beach, canal and waterfront titles, auction contracts, seller disclosure (Form 2) and deceased estate sales. Contract review before you sign is free, settlement runs electronically through PEXA, and we charge no professional fee if a contract we review terminates before it becomes binding. Call 0488 340 853.
A solicitor, not a processing centre
Your file is run by an admitted Queensland solicitor who can give you legal advice on the contract, not a paralegal in a call centre who can only move paperwork.
Local, not national
We work from the peninsula and the Sunshine Coast. We know the councils, the overlays, the body corporates and the local agents — because we deal with them every week.
Fixed fees, quoted in writing
No 'from' pricing that grows at settlement. You get the professional fee in writing before we start, with searches and government fees itemised.
Free contract review before you sign
Send the contract through and we will read it and tell you what needs changing — at no cost and with no obligation to instruct us.
Buying in Caloundra? Start with what you want to do with the property, not just what it looks like at the inspection. A Kings Beach apartment you plan to live in raises different questions from a unit you hope to holiday-let. An older house at Moffat or Dicky Beach brings a different set of checks again. Tell us your plans when you send the contract; it helps us focus the advice on what matters to you.
For a unit, the purchase price is only part of the story. Body corporate levies, insurance and proposed building work can change the cost of owning it. Meeting minutes may reveal repairs or a levy being discussed that you would not pick up from the listing. Letting arrangements need a separate look too: body corporate documents, council requirements and any management agreement can all be relevant. Do not assume a unit advertised as an investment can be used exactly as you intend.
With an established home, ask about the work that has been added over the years. A deck, enclosed garage or extension can look perfectly ordinary without telling you anything about its approval history. Legal searches and a building inspection do different jobs. We help you identify the enquiries to make and the contract conditions to consider; a conveyancing review is not a structural inspection.
Selling one home and buying another? Send us both proposed contracts before you commit to matching settlement dates. The dates may line up on paper, but finance, mortgage discharge and a delay on either side still need thought. Erin Wilkinson handles Caloundra conveyancing from our Golden Beach office. If you have already signed, send the contract and its deadlines straight away rather than waiting for your bank to finish its work.
Seller disclosure prepared properly
We prepare the Form 2 and gather the prescribed certificates for Caloundra sellers before the property goes under contract.
Contract review before you sign
We read the contract, the disclosure statement and any special conditions before you commit. Once signed, your options narrow to the cooling-off period and whatever conditions are already in the document.
Critical dates managed
Cooling-off, building and pest, finance and settlement dates are diarised and chased. Most disputes we are asked to fix started as a missed or badly worded extension.
Settlement through PEXA
Electronic settlement with funds and title transferring online, adjustments for rates, water and body corporate levies calculated and checked.
Conveyancing for Caloundra units and high-rise apartments
Unit contracts along Bulcock Street, Kings Beach and the Esplanade turn on the body corporate records rather than the building itself. We read the sinking fund forecast against the age of the tower, look for special levies already resolved on or foreshadowed for remediation, check the insurance and the arrears position, and read the by-laws where you intend to let the unit short term. Those answers need to be in front of you before the finance date, not after settlement.
Older beach homes at Moffat, Dicky Beach and Shelly Beach
Post-war homes in the older Caloundra pockets almost always carry additions — decks, carports, sleepouts and pool fencing — and not all of them were approved. We run council building and approval searches, check the erosion-prone and storm tide overlays that apply along the foreshore, and deal with any unapproved work in the contract while you still have leverage.
Selling in Caloundra — the Form 2 seller disclosure
Since 1 August 2025 a Queensland seller must give a completed Form 2 disclosure statement with the prescribed certificates before the contract is signed. On a Caloundra unit that includes body corporate certificates. We prepare the disclosure as part of the $990 inclusive of GST sale fee, so a technical defect in the paperwork does not hand your buyer a termination right on the eve of settlement.
Who does conveyancing in Caloundra?
Coastside Law does. We are a solicitor-run Queensland practice with offices at 40 Theresa Street, Golden Beach and on the Redcliffe Peninsula, acting for buyers and sellers in Caloundra on fixed fees ($990 for a sale, $1,499 for a purchase, both inclusive of GST). Call 0488 340 853 or send us the contract before you sign it.
How much does conveyancing cost in Caloundra?
Our fixed professional fee is $990 inclusive of GST for a residential sale and $1,499 inclusive of GST for a residential purchase. Searches, registration fees and transfer duty are additional third-party or government charges, and we set them out in writing before you engage us.
Solicitor or conveyancer — does it matter in Queensland?
Queensland does not licence non-lawyer conveyancers the way New South Wales and Victoria do; a property transfer here is legal work done by a law practice. The difference shows up when a file turns awkward — a caveat, a deceased estate on the title, a family transfer with a duty question, a contract that needs terminating. We deal with all of it in-house rather than referring you on.
What about the seller disclosure statement?
Since 1 August 2025 a seller must give the buyer a completed Form 2 seller disclosure statement, with the prescribed certificates attached, before the contract is signed. Get it wrong and the buyer may be able to terminate right up to settlement. We prepare the Form 2 for sellers and check it carefully for buyers.
Do I have to come into an office?
No. Queensland residential settlements run electronically through PEXA, so there is no cheque handover. You complete a verification of identity and sign a client authorisation, and the file runs from there. Our peninsula office at 15 Fortune Street, Scarborough QLD 4020 is available by appointment if you would rather meet in person.
We act on property across Caloundra and Golden Beach, Kings Beach, Moffat Beach, Dicky Beach, Currimundi, Little Mountain from 40 Theresa Street, Golden Beach QLD 4551. Erin Wilkinson will usually run your file.
Who will act for you
Michael Klein
Legal Practice Director
Admitted 2003. Based in Redcliffe, Moreton Bay.
Read Michael's profileRelated pages and guides
- Conveyancing costs: professional fees and third-party charges
- Buyer contract review and practical checks
- Sunshine Coast conveyancing
- Full fee schedule
- Seller disclosure and the Form 2
- Queensland stamp duty calculator
- How PEXA settlement works
- How much does conveyancing cost in Queensland?
- The Queensland cooling-off period
- The building and pest report came back bad — now what?
- How do I sell my property privately?
Other areas we act in
- Conveyancing Coolum
- Conveyancing Nambour
- Conveyancing Sunshine Coast hinterland
- Conveyancing North Lakes
- Conveyancing Scarborough
- Conveyancing Redcliffe
- Conveyancing Caboolture
- Conveyancing Margate
- Conveyancing Golden Beach
- Conveyancing Pelican Waters
- Conveyancing Baringa
- Conveyancing Little Mountain
- Conveyancing Aura
- Conveyancing Currimundi
- Conveyancing Hervey Bay