Hope Island is one of the Gold Coast’s most exclusive suburbs. Home to an enclave of exclusive housing estates, such as Sanctuary Cove and Hope Island Resort, with several world class golf courses meandering in between.
The property website Domain are currently running a series of articles on selling a property, covering aspects from presentation and market advise, to sales tactics and the conveyancing process itself.
Brisbane came alive this weekend for the annual Teneriffe Festival. The streets were lined with a festival of food, markets and entertainment.
So you’ve spent countless weekends scouring the suburbs of Brisbane, or the Gold Coast for that perfect property and you think you’ve finally found ‘the one’ and are ready to put in an offer and sign a contract of sale. It’s right about now that you need to tap the brakes every so slightly. There’s no point rushing in and signing your name, as the entire conveyancing process will be dictated by this contract, so you want to make sure you’ve got it right before signing.
So you’ve had your property on the market for a while and have now signed a contract of sale and sold your property. First of all congratulations on the sale! While getting that offer may be exciting at first, we’re sure that a bit of stress is beginning to creep into your mind as you start to consider the long list of things you now have to take care.
We're sure you've been told once or twice before about how important it is to have a will in place, even when you're not planning to 'kick the bucket' anytime soon. Our conveyancing solicitors make sure that at the end of each sale or purchase the client is reminded that they need to put a will in place. Unfortunately there are a great deal of people out there who still don't have a will in place.
So your favourite band has finally decided to visit the Gold Coast, or it’s grand final time in Brisbane and even though you had the date tickets went on sale marked and highlighted in your calendar and you spent three hours hitting refresh on your browser in an effort to secure tickets, you unfortunately still missed out.
Small business owners need to be aware of recent changes to commercial law in Australia, with the House of Representatives recently passing amendments to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) that apply directly to small business.
A Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (“SMSF”) is a legal tax structure in Australia, with the sole purpose of providing for your retirement and they are used in place of paying your superannuation into a public fund. Administered by the Australian Tax Office (“ATO”), a SMSF can have between one and four members, with each member being a trustee of the fund.
The digital world we now live in has only made life harder for those in the creative industries when it comes to protecting their work. Whether you’re a musician, a photographer, or a graphic designer, it’s more than likely you’ve come across this problem and seen your work ripped off or stolen and used by someone else for their own financial gain.
The new financial year always brings with it a raft of changes for business owners and this year is no exception. Your most important asset as an employer is meeting your legal obligations to your employees, especially when it comes to paying them correctly and from 1 July there was an update to the minimum wage that you need to ensure you have passed on to your employees.
The suburb of Robina is proving to be one of the most popular on the Gold Coast for its diverse offering, excess of recreational facilities, education options, medical facilities and retail offerings. The home is popular with families and professionals due to its central placement on the Gold Coast and links to the beachside suburbs to the East and direct highway access to the West.
