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The settlement agent you've been looking for.

Buying or selling your house is one of the most important transactions in life. You need a settlement agent you can trust. We’re leaders in delivering settlement services in WA.  

With your settlement in safe hands you can focus on other things… such as packing boxes and drinking a toast to your successful sale or purchase.

Our service guarantee

Choose us for price, love us for service.

When you work with us, you’re supported by our experienced team throughout the entire process. From contract through to completion, we make it easy for you.

When it comes to conveyancing, we don’t take shortcuts. We have developed seamless processes to provide the high-quality service we’re known for.

our purpose

We exist to help people simplify and solve legal problems.

Flat Rate Settlements is a service of lawyers Curae Law.

We’ll help you solve everyday problems and challenges in your personal and business life with clear thinking, expertise and kindness.  We’ll make life easier for you with our simple processes, fixed prices and clear communication.

As lawyers we can offer you so much more than a settlement agent. Perhaps it’s time to review your Will or consider our other fixed price services at the same time.

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Meet our team

We’re a law firm with more than 30 years’ experience in property law. As lawyers we can offer you so much more than a settlement agent. If there’s a problem with your settlement, it’s good to know that we, your settlement lawyers, can advise you of your rights and tackle the difficulty on the spot.

Michael Hodgkins
Legal Practitioner Director
Michael is an experienced succession and property lawyer and has served the Western Australian community as a legal practitioner for over 27 years at Curae Law.  Michael has represented clients, both in and out of court, in matters spanning……
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Lucy Dickens
Legal Practitioner Director
Lucy leads our non-contentious Wills and estates team to provide easy to understand succession and estate administration advice. As well as practising law, she brings together people, technology and processes to design and deliver our innovative legal services. Lucy,……
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Chris Hansord
Paralegal
Chris is an integral member of Flat Rate Settlements, working alongside Laura with a focus on real estate settlements in Western Australia. His responsibilities include managing legal property transfers, collaborating with clients and banks, and overseeing the signing and……
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Cinzia Montesi
Paralegal
Cinzia is our dedicated Conveyancing Assistant currently in her second year of pursuing a Bachelor of Law and Commerce. As part of the Flat Rate Settlements (FRS) team, Cinzia works closely with Laura and Chris, to ensure that the day-to-day operations……
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Laura Gaunt
Settlements team leader
Laura has rapidly ascended to become a highly regarded property conveyancer in Western Australia, thanks to her unwavering commitment to real estate settlements and her inherent administrative and analytical prowess. As the team leader at Flat Rate Settlements, she……
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Testimonials

What our clients say

Great Settlement agency, I have been using you guys for years now. Laura is a great communicator and very reliable, I wouldn’t use anyone else.
Cam
March 5, 2025
Laura, thank you for your meticulous attention to detail and for guiding us through the legal and financial aspects of the settlement. Your expertise made everything so seamless.
Mr and Mrs N
February 27, 2025
Thank you very much Chris, I’m glad it all went through. Thanks for your help and Laura’s too.
Mrs K
February 21, 2025
Flat rate settlements have just helped us with the purchase of a property. They did an excellent job with the settlement. Laura Gaunt was easy to work with – friendly, professional, happy to explain things when I had questions, kept me up to date with everything and provided a quality service as the settlement agent. I thoroughly recommend Flat Rate Settlements to all who are considering using them.
Mr G
February 11, 2025
Just viewed my bank account…… It’s done! Was quite the experience and only possible with your professional guidance and assistance. You’ve informed and educated me along the way not to mention your patience and tolerance when I failed to cope with some unforeseen and unexpected events. My apologies for this. I look forward to receiving your final Statement and correspondence.
Ms B
January 15, 2025
Hi there Chris, thank you to you and your team for attending to the settlement of Gertrude St, we appreciate your attention to the matter, and getting it sorted with ANZ.    
Ms M
January 15, 2025

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