A Treadstone real estate lawyer handles your Ontario home purchase, sale, or mortgage — including a refinance or private mortgage — for one flat, published legal fee with taxes included. Every file is reviewed by a licensed Ontario lawyer, and closings are completed online from anywhere in the province.
Our charges include applicable taxes. Third-party disbursements and, on a purchase, Land Transfer Tax are extra and billed at cost — itemized and estimated upfront, in writing, never hidden.
Refinance, assignment, builder deal, co-ownership, survivorship, or anything not listed above — tell us about it and our Team will send you a custom quote. No call required.
A real estate lawyer is required to close a purchase in Ontario — we handle title search and review, mortgage registration, and everything that happens on closing day, including your keys. Our flat fee covers the standard legal work for a resale purchase; disbursements and Land Transfer Tax are billed separately, at cost, and itemized in writing before you commit. Ontario Home Buyer Closing Costs: The Complete Breakdown →
Selling comes with its own paperwork — reviewing the agreement, discharging your existing mortgage, and preparing the documents that transfer title to your buyer. Our flat fee for a sale covers this work, with disbursements billed separately, at cost. Discharging Your Mortgage When You Sell in Ontario →
Mortgage work — a new mortgage, a refinance, or a private mortgage — is one flat fee on this page. We review your commitment, register the new charge, discharge any existing one where needed, and confirm everything in writing before funds move. Refinancing Your Mortgage in Ontario: The Legal Process →
Enter the closing date you have — or the one you’re negotiating — and see when each step of your file happens. Typical resale-purchase timeline; your lawyer confirms the exact dates in writing when your file opens.
Land Transfer Tax is a government tax paid on closing — separate from our fee and billed at cost. Estimate yours in seconds, including Toronto’s municipal tax and the first-time buyer rebates.
From the moment your file opens, we keep you in the loop — what we’ve done, what’s next, and what we need from you. A secure client portal with live tracking is coming soon.
Open My File Online →Yes. Our intake collects your transaction details and your ID — all online. Our Team reviews your file and replies by email, usually within one business day, with next steps. Identity verification is completed by video as required by the Law Society of Ontario.
The flat fee covers all standard legal work for your transaction type. Disbursements (title insurance, registration fees, software charges) are itemized and estimated in writing before any work begins.
We close transactions anywhere in Ontario. Signings can be done by secure video from any location in the province.
Nothing is due to start your file. Legal fees and disbursements are paid from closing funds on closing day for purchases and sales.
You don't need an office next door — your closing is handled online, from intake to signing, wherever you are in Ontario. We're based in Mississauga and close files for clients across the province, including Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, and the cities in our Areas We Serve section below.
Every kind of file we handle, with the fee shown upfront — plus a calculator for the taxes, and a few things worth reading before your closing date — written by our Team, free.
From our article library
Dedicated closing guides for these centres — and every municipality in the province.
“Getting a written quote up front, and having it hold through to closing, made budgeting for the move much easier.”
H.K. · Home purchase · Durham Region
“We were juggling a move with two kids, and the office kept everything on schedule so we didn't have to think about it.”
M.T. · Home purchase · London
“Buying a second property for my parents to live in raised ownership questions I hadn't thought about, and they were answered patiently.”
N.F. · Second home purchase · Waterloo Region
Shared with permission. Initials changed to protect client privacy.
See more real estate reviews →Focused pages for the matters we handle most — what the work involves, what it costs, and how to start.
Plain-language answers and articles from our lawyers — free, no email required.
Related tools
which authority has jurisdiction where you're buying, a citable Ontario directory
our fee, HST, land registration, title insurance and land transfer tax, sourced and worked out
Open your file tonight — our Team confirms everything with you by tomorrow.