Library
The field guide
Eleven notes, four sections. Each note is a checklist and a reading path for an ACT first-home purchase. None of them is an offer of credit, a legal opinion, or an inspection.
First Look
Walk-throughs, the Crown lease, and the certificate that changes cooling-off.
- 02 First inspection questions in the ACT
- 04 Understanding a Crown lease and ground rent
- 11 Reading a section 17 certificate
In Focus
The contract bundle, what to ask a conveyancer, and auction against private treaty.
- 03 Reading an ACT contract for sale
- 05 Questions for a Canberra conveyancer
- 06 Auction and private treaty in Canberra
Fine Print
The same questions for ten public lender pages, plus unit-title paperwork.
- 01 Compare home-loan lenders in Canberra
- 09 How lenders describe offset and redraw
- 10 Unit titling and owners corporation questions
Clear View
The completion week, then the first month of living on a leasehold block.