FIELD NOTES

Field notes

Plain-English property literacy. One mechanism a week, every claim traced to a named source.

A new note lands every Saturday morning.

Offer, contract and auction

2 of 12 published

Contracts and settlement Finding a home
Cooling-off and building & pest: your two ways out after you sign
Signing a contract to buy a home is not always the point of no return. Cooling-off periods and a building & pest inspection are your safety nets if you use them in time.
20 June 2026 5 min readRead
Contracts and settlement
Conveyancer or solicitor: who handles your settlement, and what it costs
Between an accepted offer and the keys, someone does the legal legwork. Here is what a conveyancer does, when a solicitor is the better call, and what drives the cost.
29 June 2026 5 min readRead