Fort McMurray schedules don't look like anyone else's — so the closing shouldn't either. The file moves in the background with proactive updates, and the one meeting that needs you gets booked around your shifts, days off, or time away.
A lot of Fort McMurray households run on rotation: stretches of long days, then a block of time off, sometimes with one partner on site and the other holding everything together at home. A traditional closing — a weekday office appointment, set weeks ahead, both names required in the room — fights that rhythm at every turn.
Our version doesn't. The signing is a video meeting with the lawyer, booked when your schedule says so: an evening on your days off, a weekend morning, a window between shifts. If one of you is away when the meeting lands, we plan for it — couriered packages and video meetings travel well, and we coordinate the timing with you rather than around us. Couples with opposite schedules don't have to engineer a shared weekday afternoon; we work out the signing arrangement that fits your file when it opens.
The same goes for sellers who've already left town and for refinancers who'd rather not give up a precious day off to paperwork. And buyers going through their first closing get the same unhurried meeting as everyone else — every document walked through at your pace, every question welcome. The same service runs across the province; Grande Prairie and Edmonton have their own pages.
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.
Paper originals, a lawyer on screen, and the same legal weight as any office signing.
Your full signing package arrives by courier as paper originals — at your Fort McMurray address, or wherever your schedule has you when signing time comes.
Every document is walked through on screen, at your pace. You sign by your own hand, on paper, with the video meeting as the witness.
A prepaid courier returns the signed package. Funds transfer, title registers, keys release — with the firm updating you at every milestone along the way.
The full walkthrough is on how it works. One practical bonus: in the depths of an Alberta winter, this is one long highway drive nobody has to make for a half-hour meeting.
Every file — purchase, sale, or refinance — is reviewed, signed, and carried by a licensed Alberta real estate lawyer. The legal work is performed by Giardino Law, a member of the Law Society of Alberta, with 20 years of practice and more than 10,000 Alberta closings shaping the process. Your intake is reviewed the same day you submit it, and the file opens within one business hour.
The cost is one flat fee with standard disbursements included, confirmed in writing before any work begins. You can see your itemized number right now at /your-closing-cost — free, about a minute, no email required — and the structure behind it is on pricing. Worth knowing for the budget: Alberta has no provincial land transfer tax, and the Land Titles registration levy is $50 plus $5 per $5,000 of value, effective October 20, 2024 (source: alberta.ca, verified June 2026).
Typical Alberta closings run four to eight weeks from agreement to possession. If your dates are tighter than that, call or text 780-473-7779 and we'll tell you plainly whether they work.
Yes — that is the point of the design. The video signing is booked around your schedule, evenings and weekends included, and the courier delivers the paper originals wherever you tell us. Tell us your rotation when the file opens and we plan the signing window around it from the start.
Yes. You sign couriered paper originals by your own hand while the lawyer is present by video, and the meeting acts as the witness. The signed originals return by prepaid courier. A licensed Alberta real estate lawyer reviews, signs, and is accountable for the file — the validity is identical to an in-office signing.
One flat fee with standard disbursements included — remote signing included — confirmed in writing before any work begins. The free calculator at /your-closing-cost itemizes your estimate instantly, no email required. Alberta has no provincial land transfer tax; Land Titles charges $50 plus $5 per $5,000 of value (effective October 20, 2024; source: alberta.ca, verified June 2026).
A lawyer reviews your intake the same day, and the file opens within one business hour. You then get proactive updates at every milestone, so a closing can run in the background of a work rotation without you chasing anyone. Typical Alberta closings run four to eight weeks agreement-to-possession.
The rest is on the full FAQ.
Last reviewed: June 2026.