Residential Property Law

At Pier Law, we provide comprehensive residential conveyancing services through the collective experience and expertise of our lawyers, legal executives, and support staff.

The growing value of property, and the increasing complexity of property law in New Zealand means there is no such thing as an easy property transaction. Buying or selling a house involves the investment of a lot of your hard earned money, and to minimise the risks involved, you need a good property lawyer with considerable experience in contract law.

At Pier Law, we work hard to ensure your residential and property transactions are as smooth, and as risk-free as possible.  We strongly recommend that before you enter into any property contract that you speak to us first.  This could result in a substantial cost saving.

Some of the residential property law services we provide include:

• Advising you on your contract
• Title and Land Information Memorandum (LIM) approval
• Assistance with finance
• Document preparation
• Insurance advice
• Handling all monetary transactions
• Registration of documents
• Free standard wills (with a residential convancing transaction) - (special conditions apply)

Benefits of Our Team

Larger law firms will often divide different aspects of your requirements across many lawyers or teams making it difficult to keep track of the big picture. Our property law team is on the one hand small enough to gain an in-depth understanding of your needs, while also being large enough to provide and apply the specialist legal skills required across all the areas you may need.

We place great importance on spending time getting to know our clients to ensure we can give the right legal advice for your current situation and future plans. We believe a transparent and trusting relationship is the key to success.

Fee Guide

We are only too happy to assist and provide you with our best estimate of both our fees and also any disbursements you will need to pay to complete your particular transaction. Please contact either Bill Herbison, Caroline Frost, Richelle Williams-Hawes, Barbara Eliott or Stephanie Herbison at either our New Brighton or Kaiapoi branches to discuss your requirements.

Useful Information and Guides

Download and read copies of our useful guides for residential law issues:

• Standard Procedure for Purchase of a Residential Dwelling
• Standard Procedure for Sale of a Residential Dwelling
• Standard Procedure for Mortgage Financing or Refinancing
• Information on Land Information Memorandum (LIM) reports and alternatives

Enlist Our Services

If you are interested in more information or advice on residential law, please contact one of our friendly staff at the Kaiapoi or New Brighton offices to arrange an appointment.