Selling a Property in NSW
In NSW, your conveyancer is involved from day one — before the first open home, before the first offer, before the listing even goes live.
In NSW, you cannot market a residential property for sale until a Contract for Sale has been prepared. That means your conveyancer is involved from the very beginning — before the first open home, before the first offer, before the listing even goes live.
ConveyAbility prepares Contracts for Sale and manages the full vendor conveyancing process — efficiently, professionally, and for a fixed fee.
OUR SERVICE
What we do for vendors
✔ Prepare the Contract for Sale, including all required legal attachments
✔ Obtain title searches, planning certificates, and all documents required by NSW legislation
✔ Liaise with your real estate agent throughout the marketing and negotiation process
✔ Review any amendments proposed by the purchaser’s conveyancer or solicitor
✔ Manage the exchange of contracts
✔ Respond to requisitions raised by the purchaser’s conveyancer or solicitor
✔ Ensure that all required vendor certificates are provided to the purchaser’s conveyancer or solicitor in a timely manner
✔ Prepare settlement figures and coordinate with your lender for discharge of any mortgage
✔ Attend to electronic settlement via PEXA
✔ Ensure your net sale proceeds are distributed correctly at settlement
THE PROCESS
The selling process — step by step
1. Preparing the Contract for Sale
Before your property can be listed for sale, we prepare a compliant Contract for Sale. This includes the title search, Section 10.7 planning certificate, drainage diagrams, and any other documents required by legislation. Where there are easements, covenants, or other encumbrances on the title, we make sure these are correctly disclosed.
We will need some information from you at this stage — see ‘What you need to provide’ below.
2. The marketing period
While your agent is marketing the property, we are available to handle contract queries and liaise with your agent. If the purchaser’s conveyancer or solicitor requests amendments to the contract, we advise you on those amendments and negotiate on your behalf.
3. Exchange of contracts
Exchange occurs when both parties have signed identical contracts, the deposit has been paid and the contracts have been dated. Both you and the purchaser are then legally committed to the transaction. We handle the exchange process and confirm the settlement date with all parties, along with the expiry date for the cooling off period, if applicable.
4. Between exchange and settlement
The purchaser’s solicitor will raise requisitions — formal enquiries about the title and the property. We respond to these on your behalf, liaise with your mortgage lender to arrange for discharge at settlement, provide all the required vendor certificates to the purchaser, prepare the transfer documentation, and calculate the settlement adjustments.
5. Settlement
“Settlement” is the date on which the sale is completed and the purchase price is paid to you. In New South Wales, most settlements are now conducted electronically through the PEXA system. We coordinate with all relevant parties to ensure settlement is completed on time. Following settlement, you will receive the net sale proceeds, and ownership of the property will transfer to the purchaser.
GETTING STARTED
What you need to provide
To prepare your Contract for Sale, we will need:
✔ Property address and Certificate of Title details (if you hold a paper title — most are now electronic)
✔ Current council and water rates notices
✔ Details of any existing tenancy if the property is currently tenanted, along with a copy of the Lease
✔ Strata or Company plan and levy details if it is a strata or community title property
✔ Your mortgagee’s (i.e., your lender or bank) details to arrange for discharge of the mortgage and repayment of your loan at settlement
Ready to get started?
The sooner you engage a conveyancer, the sooner your contract is ready and your property can be listed for sale.