Real Estate

Waterous Holden Amey Hitchon LLP has developed a real estate practice which is the largest in the City of Brantford and the County of Brant. Each of our solicitors involved in the real estate aspect of our practice are capable of handling real property transactions and our staff of real estate legal assistants has many years of experience helping home buyers, home sellers, as well as commercial and industrial clients with real estate needs. The lawyers in this firm have handled many thousands of real estate files and Waterous Holden is capable of dealing with every type of issue, no matter how troubling or difficult, which may arise in a real estate transaction.

Residential Real Estate

We act for a variety of clients, including many corporate and private mortgage lenders, including banks, financial institutions and private lenders. We have experience in dealing with the various issues which can arise on the purchase or sale of a private home, including boundary disputes, by-law infractions, by-law variances, encroachment agreements, easements, rights-of-way, potable water and sewage disposal questions and environmental matters, financing issues and many other matters that might arise with respect to the purchase or sale of a residential property. We work with several title insurance companies which allows us to save costs for our clients where title insurance is warranted and assists in achieving desired results.

Our office is equipped with facilities to search titles and to electronically register deeds, mortgages and other documents in jurisdictions where the Registry Office is equipped to handle these functions (including Brant County). We have trained and experienced legal assistants and state of the art equipment and are able to provide services to our clients in a timely fashion and at competitive rates.

Solicitors in our office have particular expertise in specialized fields of real estate law such as mortgage actions, municipal and other governmental transactions, estate and trustee conveyancing, rural transactions and the purchase and sale of cottage properties. We are able to provide a broad spectrum of services whether acting for vendors or purchasers in every aspect of residential real estate.

Commercial Real Estate

Waterous Holden has expertise in the handling of commercial real estate transactions and our solicitors who work in that area are thoroughly familiar with the needs of buyers, sellers and lenders in the sale and purchase of industrial, commercial, office buildings and vacant land.

Our solicitors in this area have successfully negotiated and advised with respect to and prepared all types of agreements of purchase and sale, financing agreements and all the various other types of contracts, arrangements and accords required to successfully structure and to complete a commercial venture.

Waterous Holden has successfully negotiated and prepared all types of sophisticated leasing arrangements on behalf of landlords and tenants in the residential, commercial and industrial areas.

Planning and Zoning

As federal, provincial and especially municipal zoning and planning requirements become more complicated and sophisticated, it is important that the law firm representing you has the knowledge and expertise to deal with these types of requirements. Often, our clients require assistance and appearances before the local planning board, the committee of adjustment or land division committee and before the zoning authorities in the municipality in which they wish to carry on their business. Our firm represents developers, businesses and private homeowners with respect to planning and zoning, appearances before the local zoning authorities and city council and in appeals to the Ontario Municipal Board and the courts. Our solicitors enjoy a friendly and respected relationship with the local municipal planners as well as municipal committees and the local city and county councils. We are very familiar with the provincial legislation involving all aspects of planning, as well as the local by-laws and official plan.