First Avenue Legal Pty Ltd

06/05/2026

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

30/03/2026

We have invested in a new product, designed to assist our conveyancing clients to undertake due diligence and ensure that they are making the right choice when purchasing a property.

Buying a property is a significant investment, and having a good team of professionals to support you in this process is paramount.

In this video, we explore a property in Mill Park, to determine what preliminary checks can be undertaken prior to purchase. This residential property was completely demolished and rebuilt between December 2021 and mid 2022.

This purchaser must be given copies of the demolition permit for the existing dwelling, plus planning permit for the rebuild. There would also need to be a building permit, occupancy certificate and builders warranty insurance.

At First Avenue Legal, we are your partners in your property purchasing journey.

30/03/2026

At First Avenue Legal, we are really passionate about conveyancing and ensuring our clients are making the right choices when buying property. It is one of the largest purchases that you will make in your lifetime, and it is worthwhile engaging our services to ensure that we are looking out for your interests, by undertaking due diligence and checking developments on the land for undisclosed building work.

We are your partner in your property purchase and we have your back!

21/11/2025

Very excited to be attending the health and wellbeing expo at Bundoora Retirement Village today!

03/06/2025

Super lucky to have received a Maggie Beer hamper from some very happy clients, Melinda and Shane. Thank you so much, it was such a pleasure to settle your properties and achieve a great result❤️

08/05/2025

Brilliant seminar this morning at the Nillumbik Women in business Series, and the opportunity to meet one of the most inspiring women in business, the former owner of Kikki K stationery, Kristina Karlsson.

One of the take home messages from the presentation is that in our lifetime, we are estimated to spend up to 17 years on our devices. However you could be focussing on creating your own dream life rather than reading about the dream lives of others on social media. Time to focus on kicking those goals and planning for the future

24/04/2025

We are proud to announce that we have been awarded first place in the 2025 Quality Business awards for the best Real Estate Lawyer in Banyule!

Looking for a competent lawyer to assist you in your property search for your dream home purchase or investment property, or in the sale of your property ?

We would be delighted to assist you with all of your property law needs - including conveyancing (both residential and commercial), lost title applications, property, transfer of property between related parties, lodgement/removal of caveats and subdivision applications😍

21/04/2025

A blast from the past - a photo from my Masters of Commercial Law graduation ceremony at University of Melbourne!

Happy Easter everyone!

04/04/2025

Celebrating my 10th year in operating my business and First Avenue Legal having a Facebook presence!!

So many milestones - starting with zero clients and a burning desire to providing the best service possible.

Now I have a loyal client base and a lovely office at University Hill, and I still have that burning desire and passion to deliver the best service to my clients.

Thank you for your continuing support and for making my dreams come true in operating my own legal practice.

I could never have made it without your support. 🙏🤗🎉

05/03/2025

I attended the beautiful Farm Vigano venue today to see Lucinda Hartley speak about entrepreneurial mindsets and to celebrate women in business.

What an amazing presentation and an amazing opportunity to network!

06/11/2024

Important Update - Probate 😳

Increased Probate Lodgement fees - Supreme Court of Victoria

Effective from 18 November 2024, the State Government has increased lodgement fees for probate by up to 650%

This means that the following new fees apply:

(a) Estates valued between $250,000 - $500,000 - now cost $514.40 (up from $68.60)

(b) Estates valued between $500,000 - $1M - now cost $1,028.80 (up from $514.40)

(c) Estates valued between $1M - $2M - now cost $2,400.50 (up from $685.90)

(d) Estates valued between $2M - $3M - now cost $4,801 (up from $1,502.40

Please note that we have reached out to all of our probate clients who are ready to lodge, to ensure that they complete any outstanding tasks to ensure that we lodge their matters prior to 18 November 2024 so that they are able to take advantage of the lower probate lodgement fees prior to 18 November 2024.

In terms of future probate matters - unfortunately there isn't much that can be done to avoid these increased costs, but you may wish to contemplate gifting assets prior to death (assuming that the person gifting is of testamentary capacity AND there are no consequences for Centrelink benefits under the gifting rules). This will effectively reduce the size of the Estate, and therefore the costs of lodging probate.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/04/victoria-probate-fee-increase-allan-government

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