Rural Property Law and Conveyancing
Rural Property Law and Conveyancing
The Matamata-Piako area, including the area around our base in Morrinsville, is well known for its farming and agriculture. Whether you are purchasing, selling, leasing or share-milking a farm, we offer attention to detail ensuring your farming matters are dealt with professionally and expediently.
Buying and Selling Rural Property
Buying or selling rural property is a significant undertaking. Our firm guides you through every step, from due diligence to final settlement. We ensure sale and purchase agreements address key issues like land use rights, water access, farm structures, and easements or covenants. We conduct title reviews to identify potential problems such as unregistered rights of way, ensuring you are fully aware of your rights and obligations.
Additionally, when the sale or purchase involves farm syndications or dairy company shares, including Fonterra shares, we provide clear advice on the associated legal and financial implications, ensuring all aspects are compliant and transparent.
Subdivision of Rural Land
Subdividing rural land presents development opportunities, often involving the release of significant capital but is a complex, regulated process. We help clients through legal requirements, including resource consents and council regulations. Our team collaborates with surveyors and local authorities to ensure compliance with all necessary standards, offering advice on potential restrictions or conditions, such as environmental protections.
Rural Property Financing and Refinancing
Obtaining mortgage finance for a rural property purchase, including farm machinery, or where refinancing is needed, often involves specific lending requirements. We help clients in their efforts and ensure they understand their obligations, reviewing loan agreements, and meeting lender conditions. We also provide advice on the risks and opportunities associated with financing rural property in connection with shares in dairy cooperatives such as Fonterra.
Resource Management and Environmental Compliance
Rural landowners, particularly those involved in dairy farming or farm syndications, must comply with a range of environmental and resource management regulations. Whether its developing, farming, or modifying rural land, our firm offers expert advice on complying with the Resource Management Act and other environmental laws. We assist with resource consents for activities such as land clearing, water use, or building development while ensuring compliance with environmental standards that are essential for maintaining shares and investments linked with dairy production.
Farm Leases, Land Use Agreements, and Syndications
Leasing rural land, whether individually or as part of a syndication, requires specialised legal advice. We draft and review farm lease agreements, looking at key issues such as rental terms, land maintenance, and rights to terminate or renew. For farm syndicates, we ensure that all agreements are clear and legally enforceable, considering the collective interests of all syndicate members. Often, we assist with other land use agreements, including licenses to occupy and grazing agreements.
Rural Property Dispute Resolution
Inevitably disputes over rural property, such as boundary disagreements and easements, or shareholding rights can arise. Our firm offers dispute resolution services through mediation or negotiation and represents clients in Court if agreement cannot be reached.
In Summary
Rural property transactions require specialised legal services. We offer comprehensive support suited to the needs of rural property owners, helping out from managing syndications and dairy shareholding, to farm sales and purchases, subdivisions, and all aspects of land use including environmental compliance. Contact us.