A real estate lawyer carries your file from open to close, the signing happens by video at a time that suits your week, and the paper originals come to you by courier. One flat fee, confirmed in writing before any work begins.
Most Calgarians closing on a home are juggling a lot at once — possession dates, movers, a lender's conditions, sometimes a sale and a purchase landing in the same week. The one piece that has traditionally refused to bend is the signing meeting: a fixed slot in a law office, during business hours, on the firm's calendar.
We built the closing the other way around. The signing meeting happens in your own space, at a time that works for your calendar — an evening after the kids are down, a quiet Saturday morning, a lunch break at home. You can re-read a clause without feeling watched. You can ask the question you might have swallowed in a boardroom. The lawyer is on screen for the whole meeting, walking through every document with you, at your pace.
The legal substance doesn't change at all. The same lawyer review, the same documents, the same protections — delivered the way you'd actually choose if anyone had asked. Giardino Law provides the legal work; the details are on how it works.
The file is opened and everything needed is gathered.
Title search, adjustments, every document readied.
Meet the lawyer by video and sign paper originals.
Funds transfer, title registers, the keys are released.
Remote signing is guaranteed. Your lawyer arranges the required identity checks, documents and video meeting.
The full signing package — paper originals, not printouts you have to produce — arrives at your Calgary address ahead of the meeting.
The lawyer walks through every document with you on screen. You sign by your own hand, on paper, with the video meeting as the witness.
A prepaid courier returns the signed package. From there: funds move, title registers, keys release. Completion depends on the required documents, funds and arrangements with the other parties.
If one of these sounds like you, the remote-default closing was built for your file.
Two transactions, one household in boxes. Both signings happen at your own table, scheduled around the chaos instead of adding to it — and the same lawyer coordinates both files.
If you have never closed a property before, the signing should be the meeting where everything finally makes sense. Ours runs at your speed, with room for every question, and a written flat fee before anything starts.
Switching lenders or registering a new mortgage rarely deserves vacation hours. Remote signing is guaranteed, and your final all-in quote is confirmed in writing.
Tell us about travel early. Your lawyer confirms whether suitable signing and document-delivery arrangements are available where you will be.
The same service runs province-wide — see our Edmonton and Red Deer pages, or pricing for how the flat fee works.
Remote signing is guaranteed for your Alberta closing. We arrange your video appointment, required identity checks and any paper-original delivery and return. Legal work is performed by Giardino Law, with lawyer responsibility for your legal advice and review.
An all-in quote with disbursements included, confirmed in writing before any work begins. The free calculator at /your-closing-cost gives you an instant itemized estimate — no email required. Alberta has no provincial land transfer tax; Land Titles charges a registration levy of $50 plus $5 per $5,000 of value (effective October 20, 2024; source: alberta.ca, verified June 2026).
A lawyer reviews your intake during office hours and your file opens immediately once you confirm. Typical Alberta closings run four to eight weeks from agreement to possession, so there is usually comfortable room — but if your dates are tight, call 780-473-7779 and we will tell you honestly whether they work.
No. The signing package is couriered to your Calgary address, the meeting happens by video with the lawyer, and a prepaid courier carries the signed originals back. Everything else — updates, questions, fund transfers — happens by phone, email, and secure transfer.
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Last reviewed: June 2026.