Property & Development
Why choose McKays Solicitors?
Whatever your property needs, it is important to use the services of a lawyer with the skills, commercial acumen, and knowledge to help you. McKays’ property team has extensive, broad-based skills in all areas of property law.
Property Law Matters
Our property law experts bring the expertise and experience needed to guide you through every aspect of property and development law. From large-scale commercial or industrial projects to residential property developments, we ensure the legal process is smooth and efficient. Our property lawyers offer the following services:
Provide expert property legal representation on behalf of developers in relation to large-scale land development and residential and industrial sites.
We manage all aspects of residential, industrial, off-the-plan, and commercial property sales for homeowners and business owners. We are across all real estate laws and regulations and can help you easily navigate the sale process.
We prepare and register community management statements for residential and commercial corporate bodies for smooth operations and compliance. Our expertise extends to:
- Drafting Building Management Statements.
- Creating Caretaking, Letting, and Body Corporate Management Agreements.
Our team provides property law advice to developers and councils on development and other applications, as well as advice on infrastructure charges and agreements and planning appeals.
We assist landlords and tenants with all aspects of commercial, retail, and residential tenancy leases. From negotiations to finalising documentation, we ensure agreements are clear, compliant, and in your best interests.
We provide expert assistance in resolving disputes for our property law clients, including cases involving resumption work. Our approach ensures clear guidance and effective outcomes for complex property issues.
We manage commercial property transactions of all sizes, including negotiating, acquiring, and selling shopping centres, commercial buildings, hotels, motels, and industrial properties. Our team of commercial property lawyers ensure every detail is handled with precision and expertise.
Commercial Conveyancing
Our team can help you throughout the commercial conveyancing process, from drafting the contract to negotiating terms and settling the matter.
Purchasing Commercial or Industrial Property
Our team of property law solicitors ensure you fully understand your rights and obligations, including contracts, government requirements, leases, and costs. With McKays Solicitors, you can buy a property with confidence.
Selling Property
Our team offers expert guidance when selling property to ensure a smooth process. From understanding your disclosure obligations to safeguarding your investment, we prioritise your best interests.
How McKays Solicitors Helps You Buy a Property
We will:
- Ensure you are fully informed of your contractual rights and obligations, including any right to terminate the contract.
- Inform you of your rights and obligations under government requirements, leases, or service contracts.
- Offer full transparency so you know your costs, including stamp duty, legal fees, and other associated expenses.
- Offer expert support for thorough due diligence investigations on the property.
How McKays Solicitors Helps You Sell a Property
We will:
- Advise you of your disclosure obligations with respect to the property and any leases or service contracts.
- Ensure the contract is structured to minimise any GST and other tax liabilities (based upon the specific advice of your accountant or financial planner).
- Let you know your position concerning continuing rights and liabilities to obtain all appropriate indemnities from the purchaser.
- Offer to review your remaining asset structures to protect your wealth and the proceeds of sale for future use.
Your Property, Our Legal Expertise
Contact us today to discuss how we can assist you. Our dedicated team of property law experts is ready to guide you through the complexities of property law, ensuring your interests are protected and your transactions run smoothly.
Property Development and Town Planning
Our planning and development lawyers strive to work collaboratively and in conjunction with your other specialist consultants (such as your town planner, surveyor, engineer, and accountant) to provide you with prompt technical and common-sense advice from a ‘legal perspective’ for your matter (either as a developer or a submitter).
How McKays Solicitors Assist with Property Development and Town Planning:
- Navigate complex titling and tenure issues.
- Advise on Council Development Approval conditions.
- Register survey plans, prepare off-the-plan sales contracts, and handle individual conveyancing files.
- Prepare and negotiate land use documents like easements and covenants.
- Manage town planning appeals and applications to the Planning and Environment Court, whether as a developer or submitter.
- Address environmental law matters.
- Assist with purchasing and selling residential, commercial, and industrial development sites.
- Lodge development applications for residential and commercial projects.
- Make submissions on development applications lodged by third parties.
- Understand infrastructure charges and negotiating agreements.
- Establish community title schemes and resolve body corporate law issues.
Leasing
Our property team is well-equipped to assist both landlords and tenants in all aspects of commercial leasing. We provide expert advice on lease agreements, rights and obligations and help navigate any body corporate disputes to ensure a smooth leasing process.
How McKays Solicitors Helps with Commercial Leasing
- Advise you on rights and obligations, including compliance with the Retail Shop Leases Act.
- Prepare and negotiate lease terms and conditions.
- Guide permitted and lawful use of premises.
- Address tenant defaults and issue notices to remedy them.
- Advise on lease termination and re-entering premises.
- Assist with annual rent reviews.
- Manage the exercise of option terms.
What makes us experienced property lawyers?
We pride ourselves on delivering timely, practical advice and assistance to all clients. Our dedicated team is well-equipped to handle various property matters, including commercial or industrial property, subdivisions, rural transactions, community title schemes, and town planning matters. McKays’ extensive legal services can help you no matter what.
Our team excels at clear and effective communication with relevant bodies, including local councils, government departments, developers, and other stakeholders. We ensure you're kept fully informed and supported throughout the process and guide you through the regulatory landscape easily. We deliver practical, straightforward advice while protecting your interests at every step.
Where do we service?
McKays Solicitors is based in Mackay, Queensland, but we represent clients across the state.
Why choose McKays Solicitors
Approachable & Transparent
Our property law team takes the time to understand your situation and provide clear advice to guide you through the process. We understand property law can be overwhelming, so we ensure you're kept informed every step of the way.
Proven Results
With a track record of successful outcomes, we deliver results that meet our property law clients' expectations. Our proven experience in this field ensures we handle your matter with the utmost care and efficiency.
Experienced and Qualified Team
Our team of experienced property solicitors brings a wealth of knowledge to every case. We are skilled in navigating complex property matters and providing practical, clear advice.
Comprehensive Property Law Services
We offer a full range of property law services, covering everything from residential and commercial sales to community titles and planning matters. Whatever your property needs, we are here to help.
Our Property & Development Team
Mark focuses on commercial law including property development and town planning, leasing and conveyancing of commercial property, structuring and conveyancing of businesses and rural property transactions. Mark can also provide assistance in relation to building and construction disputes.
She is Mackay’s only Queensland Law Society Business Law Accredited Specialist and one of only 23 in Queensland. When Suzanne completed the course in 2014, she achieved the highest marks in the State and was honoured with a special award by the Chief Justice.
Tenacious and trustworthy, he is a highly respected commercial and property lawyer with an immense passion for, and wealth of knowledge of, the property market in Mackay, the Whitsundays, Coalfields and surrounds.
Naomi is passionate about Mackay and giving back to the community. Naomi currently sits on the board of the Resources Centre of Excellence, an organisation which provides world-class facilities for all things relating to resource development, with an underground mine simulated training and testing facility, emerging technology capabilities, quality training and conference facilities.
Erin Gibson is an Associate working in the McKays Conveyancing, Commercial & Business and Agricultural & Rural teams.Having grown up on a Sugar Cane farm in Mackay, Erin graduated from Griffith University in November 2017 with a Bachelor of Law / Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Erin then went on to complete a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice with the Queensland University of Technology before joining the team at McKays Solicitors.
Hannah Smith is a Senior Solicitor working in the McKays Estate Planning, Commercial & Business and Property & Development teams. Originally from Mackay, Hannah completed a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative and Professional Writing) at Queensland University of Technology before going on to completing a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
As a born and bred Mackay local, Ben joined the McKays team in 2018.He went on to complete a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts at the University of Southern Queensland in 2024 in his spare time, and subsequently joined the McKays Graduate Program upon completion of his degree
