Conveyancing Pelican Waters — fixed fee, canal and golf estate

We check the pontoon and jetty approvals, the condition and ownership of the revetment wall, any maintenance obligation registered against the title, and the council and state overlays that apply to canal land. If the structures were built without approval, we deal with it in the contract rather than leaving it to you after settlement.

The land and the build are separate contracts with separate risks, and finance usually has to cover both. We review the land contract as part of the fixed fee and flag the building contract terms that most often cause trouble — progress payments, variations and completion dates.

In Queensland a transfer of land is legal work, and there are no licensed non-lawyer conveyancers as there are in New South Wales and Victoria. Pelican Waters files in particular tend to raise canal, covenant or community title questions that are legal questions rather than administrative ones, so having a solicitor on the file from the start avoids a hand-off later.

Our fixed professional fee is the same for a canal home as for any other residential property here — $990 inclusive of GST on a sale and $1,499 inclusive of GST on a purchase. Canal properties usually attract a slightly longer search list (approvals for the pontoon, jetty and revetment wall), and those searches are third-party costs we quote in writing before you engage us.

A standard contract runs 30 to 45 days from signing: cooling-off in the first five business days, building and pest and finance usually at 14 to 21 days, then settlement through PEXA. New releases in the marina and golf precinct run to plan registration instead, which can be months, so the sunset date matters more than the settlement date.

Yes. Settlements are electronic, identity verification is done remotely, and documents are signed digitally where the law allows it. Most of our interstate buyers never attend an office. Our Golden Beach office is a few minutes away if you would rather meet in person once you are up here.

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 Pelican Waters 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.