Pre Settlement Inspection Checklist [Home Buying Steps to Settlement]

Your home loan has been approved, loan contracts signed so now we take you through all the steps from now until settlement including the pre-settlement inspection checklist.

00:00 What happens after Home Loan Approval [When Buying a Home]
00:35 What Is a Property Settlement?
01:15 How to Transfer House Deposit
02:05 Set Up Internet Banking
02:30 Moving House Checklist
03:00 Pre-Settlement Inspection Checklist
04:12 Frequently Asked Questions When Buying A Home
04:46 When do I pay my stamp duty?
05:17 When do you get the keys to a new house?
05:32 When is my first repayment due?

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Next steps and settling your first home

Our team here at Hunter Galloway is here to help you buy a home in Brisbane. Nathan & Joshua Vecchio are Senior Mortgage brokers who specialise in making your home journey easy.

Unlike other mortgage brokers who are just one person operators, we have an entire team of experts to help make your home loan journey as simple as possible.

If you want to get started, please get in touch and we can book a time that suits you – either a phone call information session or a face to face meeting (which doesn’t cost anything for you).

You are allowed to do a final inspection of your new home in the week leading up to settlement day. This is to make sure that any special conditions are met and the property is in the same state as when you exchanged contracts.

If a few months have passed since you first exchanged contracts on your home, anything could have happened – particularly if there was someone living in it during that time. A hole in the wall. A new stain on the carpet. A problem with the plumbing.

As the buyer, you have the right to inspect the property before final settlement to make sure that it’s in the same state and condition as it was when you first walked through it. If it’s not, there may be things you can ask the vendor to fix before settlement.

Ideally, you would have already conducted a thorough inspection of the property before you entered into the contract. Your goal at this early stage was to check things like the hot water service, plumbing, electrical, appliances, air conditioning, locks and latches, and even the curtains and blinds. If anything isn’t working, you can have listed it as a special condition on your contract and request that it is fixed before you move in.

The pre-settlement inspection is your final chance to take a look at the property. It’s a good time to check that any special conditions have been met, that rubbish has been removed, and that the property has been maintained.

Try to arrange your pre-settlement inspection about five days before settlement. This way, if anything needs to be fixed – or a new deal needs to be negotiated – there may still be time to do so. If you can arrange it, do this inspection once whoever was living there has moved out.

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[MariePhillipsPlease]

I have to say....Josh Vecchio has come a long way and has become my absolute favourite on this channel. Quietly confident and knowledgeable. Keep up the amazing content Josh.

[CoastalChaosAdventures]

Thank you so much for uploading these videos guys! I've just purchased my first house and without all your youtube videos to go to for re-assurance I think I'd be a complete nervous wreck right about now haha absolute legends!! Keep it up guys :-)

[videolosss]

You guys are great. If I lived in Brisbane rather than Sydney I’d definitely use your services. Thanks for all the videos and infos.

[kg]

Perfect timing... cooling off period ends tomorrow COB then loan contract signed off next week by broker.

Question - when do I do pre settlement inspection?

[SKing-sibc]

You guys are awesome, super informative!!

I’ve got a question though, do real estate agents keep some properties off market? What is the purpose of this?

[jiminy]

if you notice an issue with the pre-settlement inspection can you have a second inspection to make sure it has been fixed properly? e.g. a leak has been fixed

[joeemurphhyy]

hey guys im a tattoo artist from Brisbane is there any videos on getting a mortgage as a sole trader

[amrittiwana]

Hey Guys, how many days bank say NAB takes for settlement after unconditional Loan approval

[jeffreyb]

2 out of 3 is good. The attention seeking 3rd is not. Videos better without him.

[djinujin]

Good thing to note is that first loan repayment might be lower if you settled later on in the month as you won't be charged for one whole months interest. Second month will kick in one whole month because usually interest is charge d everyday of the month and calculated at the end of the month to be paid the in following month

[louisefeist]

I'd be interested to know your thoughts on taking super out to contribute to a house deposit, assuming your income is still good enough to get a loan.