A Queensland couple sold their home for $145,000 less than they intended after failing to proofread the final contract.
Wagyu cattle farmers Nadine and Michael Kucks signed over their home in Hodgson Vale, Toowoomba, on September 23, 2025, to husband and wife Kristian and Jessica Beck.
The price in the contract for the five-bedroom, rural property was $1.21million.
However, the Kucks did not read the document and thought the price was $1.355million.
The error was discovered by the Kucks’ solicitor a month later, on October 28, and a flurry of correspondence between the couples’ legal teams ensued.
Neither party was able to reach a settlement after the revelation.
The Becks then took their case to the Supreme Court of Queensland in January to argue the signed deal was valid, which the Kucks attempted to contest.
Justice Elizabeth Wilson ruled in the Becks’ favour and ordered the signed contract be honoured, according to her decision which was published on Friday.
Wagyu cattle farmers Nadine and Michael Kucks sold their home for less than they intended after failing to proofread the final contract
They had intended to sell their five-bedroom home in the Toowoomba region for $1.35million
The Becks had submitted an expression of interest for purchasing the home for $1.2million on September 8, subject to a building and pest inspection, finance approval, and the sale of another property, the court heard.
The court was told that over the next fortnight, the Kucks’ real estate agents and Mrs Beck continued to negotiate. The couples never met or spoke in person.
The parties then agreed on an offer of $1.355million including the furniture and early access, the court heard.
‘A contract was sent to the Becks for their signing… for a contract price of ($1.21million) which at this time had not been rejected and was still on the table,’ Justice Wilson wrote.
‘The Becks gave evidence that they were aware that the contract’s purchase price was for ($1.21million) and that they signed the contract via DocuSign.
‘The contract was sent back to the real estate agents who then (forwarded) it to the Kucks to sign, which they did without reading it or checking the contract price.’
During the court proceedings, the Kucks said the purchase price of $1.355million was ‘explicitly discussed and agreed upon before execution’.
But this was not accepted by Justice Wilson.
When the case reached Queensland’s Supreme Court, a judge ruled the signed contract valid
The judge said she believed Mrs Beck’s evidence that she and her husband had signed and proceeded on the basis that their offer of $1.355million including furniture and early access was rejected when she was then provided a contract of $1.21million.
‘(I accept) the $1.21million purchase price reflected (Mrs Beck’s) previous offer which was still on the table,’ Justice Wilson wrote.
‘There was, and is, no basis for the Kucks to refuse to complete the contract and the contract is capable of being performed.
‘The order of the court is that the Kucks specifically perform the contract.’
Justice Wilson has not ruled on who will pay the case’s legal costs.
During the hearing, Justice Wilson also ruled the Becks should be reimbursed by the Kucks for the cost of the alternative accommodation they have rented since 3 December, up until this month.
The Daily Mail has contacted legal representatives for both the Kucks and the Becks.
