After you write your offer...

After your offer is accepted, you'll follow a step-by-step process to complete your purchase or sale.

Step-by-step process for buyers:

You probably won't pay your deposit amount until you remove some or all of your subject clauses. Once you do pay your deposit, it will be held in trust, at your realtor's office, until completion date.

Now what? Listed below are the steps you'll take to complete your real estate transaction, together with fees associated with this transaction.

The first few steps will be in follow-up to the subject clauses you have in your contract, and they're pretty standard. You'll want to do everything that's required to remove your subject clauses in a timely manner. These are the most usual subject clauses that you'll have to work on removing:

Arrange suitable financing (if applicable), {find out what your mortgage broker or bank requires from you. Minutes of meetings? An appraisal?}

Approve and review the Property Disclosure Statement, (upon listing his home, the seller had to disclose pertinent information about the property, and this is all listed on a Property Disclosure Statement. You, as purchaser, will have to review this sheet and sign the bottom acknowledging that you've received it)

Approve and review a title search on the property (done on most property upon listing it for sale and your lawyer or notary will review this information with you upon completion),

Call your insurance representative and ensure you can obtain insurance on the property. Here's my representative: Columbia Insurance here in New West at 604-527-1377. Call and give them your potential address and see what the cost of insurance would be on the property (most of us pay monthly), and ensure there's no 'red flags' (problems on record with the building) on file for this property.

and the following will apply if this is a strata property purchase:

Approve and review all strata documentation (which includes a copy of the Form B (Information Certificate from the property management company), registered strata plan {if available}, current bylaws and financial statements, minutes of any meetings {often for the last two years at least}, and any other pertinent information.

Arrange to have the home inspected. You'll need to locate a home inspector. Use the following website to assist you in locating a home inspector: https://hiabc.ca/

Some I've used in the past and that come highly recommended are:

Name of Company	Inspector's Name	Phone Number	Email
Burley Inspections	Tyler Burley	Phone: 604-837-8300	info@burleyinspections.com www.burleyinspections.com
Northwood Home Inspections	Ryan Kadow	Phone: 604-831-3644 Fax: 604-949-0063	ryan@aboveinspections.ca www.ineedahomeinspector.ca www.aboveinspections.ca
Haystack Home Inspections Inc.	Chris Thompson	Phone: 604-734-4700	chris@haystackhomeinspections.com haystackhomeinspections.com
Douville & Co. Home Inspections Ltd.	Gary Douville	Phone: 604-626-4887 Cell: 604-309-6782 Fax: 604-857-1637 Other: 1-888-804-2444	g.douville@douvilleco.com www.douvilleco.com
Acme Home Inspections Inc. #55749 Licensed, BC Home Inspector	Paul Sew	Phone: 778-233-8246	paul@acmehomeinspections.ca info@acmehomeinspections.ca www.acmehomeinspections.ca

Arrange for a notary public or lawyer to handle your conveyancing needs:

You can search the notary public website at http://www.notaries.bc.ca/. Or use a few notary public/lawyers noted below:

Notary Public Name	Address	Website	Phone
Uptown Notaries-New Westminster	416 - 604 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC V3M 1A5	newwest@uptownnotaries.ca	P: 604-521-8550 F: 604-521-8540
Uptown Notaries-Burnaby/Coquitlam	104-2849 North Road, Burnaby, BC, V3J 1R6 (near Lougheed Mall)	info@uptownnotaries.ca www.uptownnotaries.ca	604-420-6671
NW Notaries + Lawyers	448 Sixth Street, New Westminster, BC, V3L 3B3	info@nwnotariesandlawyers.com www.nwnotariesandlawyers.com	604-526-7884
Lawyer Name	Address	Website	Phone
Edwin Chan Law Corporation	#2600-4720 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2	esc@edchan.ca www.edchan.ca	P: 778-374-1736 F: 778-331-3898
Stephen Graf and Company	604 Columbia Street, Suite 480 New Westminster, BC V3M 1A5	mail@stephengraf.com www.stephengraf.com	604-314-5700
Cassady & Company	330-522 Seventh Street (Uptown New West office)	cass@cassadylaw.com www.cassadylaw.com	604-523-7090
Spagnuolo & Company	variety of offices, check website	realestate@spagslaw.ca www.bcrealestatelawyers.com	604-527-4242
Cobbett & Cotton Lawyers	#300 - 410 Carleton Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5C 6P6	mail@cobbett-cotton.com www.cobbett-cotton.com	P: 604-299-6251

Call Dianne today! 604-526-2888 for more information.