Welcome to the Law Offices of Sally A. Gardocki, LLC. We provide an array of real property legal services ranging from residential purchase and sale of property to real property refinancing and lines of credit. Our legal services also include drafting and negotiating purchase/sell documents, establishing LLCs, and small business contracts.
Sally Gardocki is pleased to serve as an authorized agent for Fidelity National Title Insurance Company. Serving Hilton Head Island and the Lowcountry of SC including Bluffon and Beaufort, South Carolina.
Sally Gardocki is pleased to serve as an authorized agent for Fidelity National Title Insurance Company. Serving Hilton Head Island and the Lowcountry of SC including Bluffon and Beaufort, South Carolina.
Services
1. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." We strive to treat our clients as we would like to be treated. We realize clients have a choice as to which attorney they chose for their transactions. Our main objective is to serve our clients as we would expect to be served. 2. "A good reputation is more valuable than money."
What is Title Insurance? A seller only conveys to you the rights of the property that he currently has. Title insurance provides coverage for losses due to defects in the title that occurred prior to your owning it, such as fraud or forgery or something that a detailed title search wouldn't have revealed.
We ALWAYS suggest a survey be performed on your prospective property purchase. A full survey is sometimes the only way to determine set back lines, possible encroachments or any violations of porches, driveways or pools that may exceed the set back line limitations. The time to perform the survey is before the property becomes yours.
All funds due from clients will be payable with a wire transfer. You will receive wire instructions in your engagement package. Typically, you would take these instructions to your bank and they would usually need a copy of your drivers license for their file. Then, on the day of closing, you would probably call them to verify the amount of funds to be wired.
It is always my suggestion that you contact your tax professional when trying to determine if you have a gain or a loss on your property. I do not offer tax advice. Basically in SC, the law requires that a buyer must withhold a percentage of the gain on the sale of the real property from the seller.
Reviews (4)
James Conroy
Jul 16, 2020
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Wilkstassi
Dec 11, 2019
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In desperate need of a real estate lawyer to help with a simple, if thorny, problem I called M’s. Gardocki because of her location and glowing reviews. She listened patiently, was wonderfully sympathetic and encouraging and directed me to another lawyer with specific expertise who has been the lifesaver she said he’d be. We are so grateful she shared her competitor’s info! If I’d needed her as a lawyer I could feel in my bones she would have been terrific to work with...
Kathleen Joslin
Sep 20, 2018
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Sally recently served as my real estate attorney for the sale of my home on Hilton Head. Sally was professional, knowledgeable and very responsive from the beginning of the process to the end. Despite it being a more complicated transaction involving a luxury waterfront property held in a trust, Sally consistently exhibited her experience and attention to detail by ensuring everything ran smoothly right through to closing. Both Sally and her assistant Mindy were fantastic. 5 stars!
Darnell Lattal
Jun 03, 2017
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