Conveyancing solicitors — Pelican Waters

Conveyancing Pelican Waters — fixed fee, canal and golf estate

Canal homes, golf-course frontage and new estate stock. Sales $990 and purchases $1,499 inclusive of GST, with the contract read before you sign.

Fixed fee: $990 sale · $1,499 purchase, inc. GST
Free contract review before you sign
No Charge Guarantee if your contract falls over

Erin Wilkinson, Solicitor at Coastside Law

Your matter is handled by Erin Wilkinson

Solicitor · lives in Golden Beach

Call Erin: 0488 340 853

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

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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.

What we check on a Pelican Waters contract

Canal frontage, pontoons and revetment walls

Approvals for the pontoon and jetty, who is responsible for maintaining the revetment wall, and any obligation that runs with the title.

Covenants and community title levies

Build timeframes, materials and landscaping covenants, plus body corporate levies, sinking fund position and arrears in the scheme.

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)

Pelican Waters conveyancing questions

What extra checks apply to a canal-front Pelican Waters property?

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.

Should you look at my building contract as well as the land contract?

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.

Do you need a solicitor for conveyancing in Pelican Waters?

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.

How much is conveyancing for a Pelican Waters canal home?

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.

More about conveyancing in Pelican Waters

By Michael Klein · Coastside Law

Coastside Law does conveyancing in Pelican Waters from our office at 40 Theresa Street, Golden Beach QLD 4551 — the next suburb, so we know the canal system, the marina precinct and the newer Pelican Waters releases first-hand. Pelican Waters conveyancing is fixed fee and handled by an admitted solicitor: $990 inclusive of GST on a residential sale and $1,499 inclusive of GST on a purchase, plus searches, transfer duty and registration fees at cost. We act on canal-front and waterfront titles (revetment walls, pontoons and jetty approvals), golf course precinct homes, house and land and off-the-plan lots in the newer stages, townhouse and unit purchases with body corporate reviews, seller disclosure (Form 2) and estate sales. Contract review before signing is free, settlement is electronic through PEXA, and there is no professional fee if a reviewed contract 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.

A canal-front home, a townhouse and a new estate lot in Pelican Waters can sit close together and still need quite different advice. Before you sign, send us the actual contract and disclosure documents, not just the property listing. Tell us about the pontoon, proposed building work or letting plans that matter to your decision. Those details help us identify what needs checking while the terms are still open for discussion.

With canal frontage, it is worth asking a few unglamorous questions before getting carried away with the view. Who is responsible for the revetment wall? What approvals or rights apply to the pontoon or jetty? Are there maintenance obligations in the title documents or scheme records? We can investigate the legal documents and explain the enquiries needed. The physical condition of the wall or structure is a separate question for a suitably qualified inspector.

For a new lot or off-the-plan purchase, the important date may depend on registration rather than a simple number of days after signing. Read the sunset and variation clauses alongside the disclosure documents. If there is also a building contract, the land purchase and the build are two separate agreements: their dates, finance requirements and delay provisions need to work together. Tell us about both at the outset so we can confirm the review you need and its scope.

Not every Pelican Waters property is in a body corporate or subject to the same estate rules. Where covenants or a community title scheme do apply, check what they mean for your intended fencing, landscaping, building work and ongoing costs. We act from our nearby Golden Beach office and offer a free contract review before signing. Already committed? Send the signed documents and any approaching deadlines so we can discuss the next steps on your particular contract.

New releases and off-the-plan lots

Sunset dates, developer variation rights, disclosure obligations and how the land contract sits alongside the building contract for finance.

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 Pelican Waters canal and waterfront homes

Canal-front purchases are the most common file we open in Pelican Waters, and they carry checks an ordinary suburban contract does not: whether the pontoon and jetty are approved and who holds the approval, the condition and maintenance responsibility for the revetment wall, tidal works consents, and whether any of that responsibility runs with the title. We deal with the problem in the contract, before you are the registered owner of an unapproved structure.

Buying in the Pelican Waters marina, golf and new release precincts

New lots around the marina and golf course come with developer covenants, disclosure plans and, on off-the-plan contracts, a sunset date and a right for the developer to vary the plan. We check the sunset date, the variation and extension rights and every notification period, and we tell you what the covenant will require when you build — build timeframes, materials, fencing and landscaping.

Selling a Pelican Waters property — the Form 2 disclosure

Since 1 August 2025 a Queensland seller must give a completed Form 2 seller disclosure statement, with the prescribed certificates attached, before the contract is signed. On a Pelican Waters unit or a lot inside a community title scheme that means body corporate certificates as well. We prepare the disclosure for $990 inclusive of GST as part of the sale fee, so the contract is not exposed to termination at settlement.

Local, and close by

Erin Wilkinson lives at Golden Beach, minutes from Pelican Waters, and Michael Klein has been acting on Queensland property since 2003. Between them the firm has completed thousands of settlements on the Sunshine Coast and in Moreton Bay. You deal with the person doing the work, not a file number in a processing centre.

How long does a Pelican Waters conveyance take?

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.

Can you act for me if I am buying in Pelican Waters from interstate?

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.

Who does conveyancing in Pelican Waters?

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.

How much does conveyancing cost in Pelican Waters?

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 Pelican Waters and Golden Beach, Caloundra, Baringa, Aroona, Little Mountain, Bells Creek 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.

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Erin Wilkinson

Solicitor

Admitted 2025. Based in Golden Beach, Caloundra.

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