Title search fee
Buying a property? See our fee structure below.
Our base fee
$1,795.00
GST
$269.25
Office services (5% of base fee)
$89.75
GST on office services
$13.46
Land Information Office Charges
(varies on each transaction) $277.21
$10.88 per title
Plan search fee
$10.88 per plan
Instrument search fee
$10.88 per instrument
PPSR search fee
$3.45 per search
Transfer registration fee
$122.00
Mortgage registration fee
$122.00
Guaranteed search fee
$10.88 per title
Post registration search fee
$8.00 per title
Additional charges
If required
AML verification
$17.25 per person
Agreement for Sale and Purchase
$95.45 (subject to change)
Non-local and international courier fees
at cost
TOTAL
$2,444.67*
Our base fee covers all matters ordinarily included in a purchase and is limited to:
- Receiving a signed contract;
- Reporting on the title and the signed contract;
- Confirming conditions on your behalf;
- Receiving bank instructions from one trading bank in New Zealand (ANZ, ASB, Westpac, BNZ, Kiwibank, the Co-Operative Bank) and meeting with you to sign before settlement;
- Attending to settlement and registration of change of ownership and mortgage.
Our base fee covers the purchase of a fee simple or cross lease property only.
For the purchase of a Unit Title property, please see the additional fee below.
For a company share purchase (purchasing company shares and the grant of occupation rights) please click here for our standard fees.
For turn-key purchases (purchasing a property off the plans) please click here for our standard fees.
Please note Conveyancing Express does not act on Kāinga Ora First Home Partner purchases.
We appreciate that you wish to have an indication of the legal costs at the outset before we undertake any work on your behalf. Often attendances will arise which we do not anticipate at the outset.
Listed below are additional attendances which are not covered in our base fee and are charged on a time basis (plus office services of 5% and GST):
- First or subsequent contracts not confirming;
- Drafting, preparing and negotiating variations to the contract;
- Reviewing the contract before signing and pre-contract advice;
- Additional reporting (additional terms/not on the standard Auckland District Law Society form);
- Reviewing a building contract;
- Backup offers;
- Council enquiries;
- Attendances regarding defects in title, advice, and requisitioning title;
- Negotiations including building issues and price reductions;
- Extension/s of conditions;
- GST/tax issues;
- Settlement date changes;
- Refinance or mortgage of another property;
- Additional security including security from a company;
- Reverse Equity Mortgage;
- Manual registration;
- Company or Trust as Purchaser;
- Issues with pre-settlement inspections, disputes with the Vendor & price reductions/retentions;
- Delays in settlement;
- Payments to third parties (excluding payments to vendor’s solicitors);
- Receiving funds from third parties (excluding any loan advance from the bank);
- Receiving bank instructions from a non-trading bank.
Listed below are additional attendances which are not covered in our base fee and are on a minimum set fee basis (plus office services of 5% and GST):
KiwiSaver Withdrawal for settlement
(per withdrawal) $250
KiwiSaver Withdrawal for deposit
(per withdrawal) $350
Kāinga Ora First Home Grant
(per application) $100
Reviewing LIM report
$400
Dealing with Unit Title property
$300
Paying deposit
$200
Preparing Nomination Agreement
$200
IRD Number Application
$200
Preparing Directors/Shareholders Resolution
$150
Preparing Trustee resolution
$100
Bank Guarantee
$250
Change/Correction of name
$300
Preparing Deed of Acknowledgement of Debt
$300
Preparing both Deed of Acknowledgement of Debt and Deed of Forgiveness of Debt
$500
Declaration of Identity
$200
Residential Land Withholding Tax
$800
International payments of $1000 or more which require AML prescribed transaction reporting
$300
Property Sharing Deed
$880
Refinance of additional property with the same bank
$450
Our additional attendances are charged at an hourly rate of between $300 to $480 plus office services of 5% and GST where a fee has not been specified.
Independent Legal Advice
There may be some circumstances where due to the nature of the transaction you are required to obtain independent legal advice from a solicitor at a different law firm. We may not be able to ascertain this at the outset of your file and will use our best endeavours to advise you of this requirement (for example if a conflict arises) as soon as this becomes apparent. There will be an additional cost for independent legal advice. For an indication of this cost, you will need to contact the solicitor providing you with the independent legal advice.
*Terms and Conditions apply. Fees apply to residential properties only. Prices are subject to change.
