REAL ESTATE LAW

NOTICE TO CLIENTS AND OTHERS REGARDING COVID-19: Law firms in Ontario have been designated as essential services, and Legge & Legge is open for business. However, during the Covid-19 disruption most of our lawyers and staff will be working from home. Please use email as a means of contact as much as possible: our email addresses can be found under the tabs “Our Lawyers” and “Our Staff.” If you wish to leave a phone message please use the general voice mail option, as it will be monitored daily, and someone will return your call. If the matter is urgent please call Mary at 416-816-7526. 

Only if necessary will appointments be scheduled to take place in the office. Otherwise appointments will take place over the phone or email or and occasionally outdoors—please ask. We are also able to conduct document signing remotely over the internet in many cases.

The Legge & Legge real estate section assists clients in matters involving real property, including commercial leases, co-op share transfers, residential mortgages, and cottage conveyancing. Our real estate services include: commercial real estate, mortgages and other charges on real property, residential real estate, and title searching. Below is a brief description of residential and commercial real estate services. Lawyers at Legge & Legge working in the area of real estate law are Alicia Pitter and John Legge. Our real estate clerk is Janet Wedge. If you would like to inquire about our fees for real estate matters, please contact us.

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

Our real estate section acts for commercial purchasers, sellers, landlords, and tenants ranging from small storefronts to large malls. We are able to prepare, register, and review such documents as leases, agreements of purchase and sale, and mortgages.

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE

For clients who wish to buy, sell, or mortgage a home, Legge & Legge facilitates the transaction. Our real estate section manages many different residential matters, from helping first time home-owners to providing advice for clients wishing to sell a cottage or lease a home.