Buying Your First Home? Don't Learn the Hard Way.
The First Home Buyer’s Guide walks you through due diligence, contracts and negotiation — the parts nobody explains until something’s already gone wrong.
Free Guide for Gold Coast & Tweed First Home Buyers
No cost. No obligation. Just the guide.
Maynard Property Buyer's Agent
Buyer-exclusive
we never represent sellers
Local across Gold Coast and Tweed
two states, two rule books, one team
THE PROBLEM
First Home,
First Time Doing Any of This
Buying your first home is one of the biggest financial decisions you’ll ever make — and it’s rarely as simple as the property shows make it look.
Most first home buyers find out the hard way:
- That the agent at every open home is legally working for the seller, not them
- That grants and stamp duty concessions have conditions that can cost you later if you get the timing wrong
- That a clean building and pest report doesn't exist, and a few flagged issues don't mean walk away from a great property
- That auctions have no cooling-off period — all your due diligence has to happen before the hammer falls
- That a flood or bushfire overlay can quietly send your insurance premium through the roof
None of this makes you unprepared. It just means nobody’s shown you the map yet.
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WHAT'S INSIDE
Everything You Need to Buy With Confidence, in One Guide
14 sections. No jargon. Written specifically for Gold Coast & Tweed first home buyers.
Get finance-ready
— borrowing capacity vs serviceability, and the costs people forget to budget for
The grants and concessions
you might be entitled to (and where the current figures actually live)
Choosing the right location and property type for your budget
— including when an apartment or townhouse makes more sense than a house
Buying your first home with one eye on it
becoming an investment later
The due diligence checklist most buyers never think to ask for
— sinking funds, AGM minutes, flood overlays, by-laws
Why the building and pest report isn't a pass/fail test
Your cooling-off rights in Queensland and NSW
— they're not the same
Auctions vs private treaty
and how to prepare for either
Negotiating with information
instead of just enthusiasm
What actually happens on settlement day
Why this matters on the Gold Coast
Freestanding houses in well-located Gold Coast suburbs are often out of reach on a first home buyer’s budget — which is exactly why so many first home purchases here end up being apartments, townhouses or villas instead. That comes with its own due diligence: body corporate fees, sinking funds, by-laws and pets.
And because we work across both the Gold Coast and the Tweed, we see first-hand how differently Queensland and New South Wales handle contracts, cooling-off and disclosure. It catches people out more often than you’d think — and it’s exactly why this guide covers both.
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Our Client
Briana & Dylan
Briana & Dylan were really keen to start a life for themselves as a couple, they were making big plans – they had a wedding coming up and were keen to start a family. Such Briana worked long hours and Dylan was working FIFO.
Finding the right property seemed like an overwhelming task and they weren’t sure where to focus their search, where to start and knew that they were missing out on properties due to their busy lives.
We purchased for them a sunny villa with parkland views, their own gardens, and only a 6-minute drive to North Burleigh Beach. Dylan was super happy to have a garden to enjoy and some outdoor space that they could call their own. Briana was looking forward to getting a pet dog to start off their family!
The perfect first home now, and a really smart future investment.
Briana & Dylan are completely thrilled to be moving into their new home.
This is what they had to say:
“We couldn’t have done it without yourself and Craig - I absolutely highly recommend them both and their business. Truly outstanding!”
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Isn't a Buyer's Agent Just for People With Money to Burn?
In practice, it’s usually the opposite. First home buyers are the ones most exposed to an expensive mistake — simply because it’s the first time doing any of this, without years of experience to fall back on.
And most first home buyers are also the busiest — working full-time, keeping up with weekend sport, spending valuable time with kids, trying to find time for inspections between everything else life throws at you.
This guide gets you most of the way there on your own.
When you're ready for someone to take the search off your plate entirely, that's what we're here for.
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You don’t need to have it all figured out before you download this.
Most of our clients didn’t either.
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Maynard Property Group is a boutique, buyer-exclusive agency working across the Gold Coast and Tweed. We never represent sellers — our only job, on every purchase, is looking after the person buying.