For Red Deer buyers, sellers, and refinancers: the whole closing runs remotely — couriered originals, a video signing with the lawyer, one flat fee in writing before anything starts — and the meeting happens when your week allows it.
The remote-default closing isn't for one kind of client. These are the situations where it earns its keep.
The signing meeting can happen at 8 p.m. at your own table, kids asleep down the hall — no babysitter arranged for a 2 p.m. office slot, no one wrangling car seats for a half-hour meeting.
If the Red Deer house is selling after you've relocated, you don't come back to close it. The courier and the video meeting reach you wherever you live now, and the file proceeds exactly the same.
When the only flexible thing in your schedule is nothing, the signing flexes instead — evenings and weekends included, booked around your shifts rather than office hours.
A lender switch or a new mortgage on your current home is paperwork, not an occasion. It runs start-to-finish remotely, with the same flat-fee, lawyer-on-every-file structure.
You start with a 10-minute intake from your phone or laptop. A lawyer reviews it the same day, your flat fee is confirmed in writing before any work begins, and the file opens within one business hour. Then the preparation runs in the background — title search, adjustments, every document readied — with proactive updates at each milestone so you're never the one chasing the office for news.
When it's time to sign, the package arrives at your Red Deer address by courier: paper originals, not files for you to print. You meet the lawyer by video, every document is walked through at your pace, and you sign by your own hand with the video meeting as the witness. A prepaid courier takes the originals back. Funds transfer, title registers, keys release. The legal validity is identical to a signing in any law office — the only thing missing is the trip, which matters most on the weeks an Alberta winter makes the highway an unappealing place to be.
And to be clear about the order of things: the home signing isn't a workaround for living outside a big city. It's the meeting most clients prefer once they've had it — the same preference we see in Edmonton, where our own office is a short drive away, and in Lethbridge at the other end of the province. The mechanics in full are on how it works; the fee structure is on pricing.
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.
Yes. A licensed Alberta real estate lawyer reviews, signs, and is accountable for every file — purchases, sales, and refinances alike. The practice has 20 years behind it and more than 10,000 Alberta closings, and the legal work is performed by Giardino Law, a member of the Law Society of Alberta.
Paper originals are couriered to your Red Deer address before the meeting. You sign them by your own hand while the lawyer is with you on video, walking through each document; the video meeting acts as the witness. A prepaid courier returns the originals. The legal validity is identical to an in-office signing.
One flat fee with standard disbursements included, confirmed in writing before any work begins — including the remote signing. The free calculator at /your-closing-cost itemizes everything in about a minute, no email required. Alberta has no provincial land transfer tax; the Land Titles registration levy is $50 plus $5 per $5,000 of value (effective October 20, 2024; source: alberta.ca, verified June 2026).
Often, yes. Intakes are reviewed by a lawyer the same day and files open within one business hour, so very little time is lost at the start. Typical Alberta closings run four to eight weeks agreement-to-possession, but call 780-473-7779 with your dates and we will give you a straight answer.
Everything else is on the full FAQ.
Last reviewed: June 2026.