Contract preparation

Protect your interests with a professionally drafted contract.

We recommend you:

engage a lawyer to draft the contract to protect your position; or
seek legal advice on the agent’s draft contract before you sign it.

There’s no cooling-off period for real estate contracts in Western Australia. Once the contract is signed by both parties, it’s legally binding.

our services

How we can help you

Fast-turnaround, fixed fee contracts.

Real estate contracts

$1100

We will prepare your draft real estate contract promptly after we receive your complete instructions.

Our fixed fee excludes Landgate searches – charged at cost.

Additional charges and longer turnarounds may apply for long or complex contracts.

Contract variations

$440

If you need to formalise a variation of an existing contract, please contact us.

Our fixed fee excludes any government fees – charged at cost.

Additional fees and longer turnarounds may apply for long or complex contracts or variations.

Why choose us

We provide great service at competitive prices.

01.

Friendly and efficient service

We’ll anticipate your needs and exceed your expectations. Read what our clients say.

02.

Excellent value for money

We charge a fixed fee plus disbursements at cost.

03.

Industry game changers

Our flat rate pricing model has brought real competition to the industry. Chances are that wherever you go, thanks to us you’ll now be paying less.

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……

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,……

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……

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……

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……

Testimonials

What our clients say

Laura provided fantastic service from start to finish. We never needed to worry about a thing. Highly recommended.

Shane

September 6, 2024

Excellent service, prompt and helpful above expectations, can highly recommend.

Paul Horton

August 30, 2024

Thank you, Chris Hansord and team, for the smooth settlement and purchase of property. I greatly appreciate your professionalism and prompt assistance throughout the process. This is in particular given the different time zone due to the interstate purchase. I would highly recommend Chris and the team to customers looking to purchase in WA.

August 26, 2024

In June this year Laura Gant assisted us with settling on our new apartment and she did an excellent job. She was very quick to deal with each task and kept us well informed each time she completed those task. When we just sold our investment property office in August, it was a no brainer as to who we’d use to do that settlement too. Once again Laura excelled. We would highly recommend Laura as she is professional, and the flat rate settlement fee was very fair.

Michael and Kelly Clarke

August 22, 2024

Dear Laura, thank you very much for this. Chris and you have made this process very straight forward and we appreciate your time, patience and advice.

Flat rate settlements clients

August 22, 2024

Top darts! Thanks.

Mr K - Flat Rate Settlements client

August 16, 2024

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