Professional Conveyancing for Builders in NSW

Ideally, before you touch a pen. Letting us review the contract before the exchange gives us the runway to audit the terms, run the necessary searches, and flag any hidden encumbrances before you are locked in. If you’ve already signed and exchanged, drop it over to us immediately so we can step in and manage the milestones from there.

A put and call option agreement gives you the right to purchase a site at an agreed price within a set period, without committing to the full purchase upfront. Builders and developers commonly use these to secure a site while a Development Application (DA) is submitted to the council or while finance is being arranged. The critical thing to remember is the tax treatment. Stamp duty triggers on the grant of the option itself, not just when you exercise it. This means your tax obligations arise the moment you enter the agreement, and Revenue NSW won’t refund that duty if the deal falls over or the option lapses. Our team can help ensure these are structured carefully so you aren’t hit with unexpected tax penalties down the track.

Absolutely. Buying from a local council or a government department means navigating a completely different set of administrative hurdles. They operate under strict statutory timelines and come with specific, non-negotiable approval conditions. We understand their frameworks and can help you clear those bureaucratic boxes without blowing out your project timeline.

When you split a block, Section 88B is the legal backbone of your subdivision plan lodged with NSW Land Registry Services. It is the document that actually creates and binds the easements, positive covenants, and usage restrictions to the individual lots. If the council requires an on-site detention system or you need to run a shared drainage line across Lot 2 to service Lot 3, it all lives here. We are ready to draft this document to ensure your plan registers smoothly without getting knocked back by the titles office.

An easement can completely derail a build design if you catch it too late. It gives a third party—whether that’s a neighbour, a council, or a utility provider—the legal right to use a specific slice of your land. That means restriction zones where you cannot build, altered structural requirements, or potential hits to the end value of the estate. We dig into the title during the due diligence phase to make sure you know exactly how an easement will affect your building footprint before you commit.

Land disposal is the process of offloading property—whether you are selling off a surplus parcel you didn't use, flipping a raw site, or clearing out completed lots after a subdivision. We handle the heavy lifting by drafting the master contract of sale, managing the buyer’s legal team, and driving the settlement milestones to ensure the cash hits your account without delay.

Yes, we do this regularly. Managing a multi-lot rollout means keeping a dozen moving parts under control. While we execute and track every single settlement individually, we keep our eyes on your broader project timeline. We make sure a delay on one lot doesn’t trigger a domino effect across your entire cash flow or banking covenants.

We go far beyond the standard residential checks. Alongside basic title and council property certificates, we tailor our due diligence to your specific build plan. If your project faces potential roadblocks from heritage overlays, environmental contamination, mine subsidence, or complex native vegetation laws, we pull the exact registry searches needed to uncover those risks before you commit.

Yes. We work with builders across NSW and are comfortable handling conveyancing in regional areas where local council processes and market conditions may differ from those in metropolitan Sydney.

Selling before the frames are even up requires a highly strategic contract. NSW off-the-plan laws are strict regarding vendor disclosure statements, holding deposits, and sunset clauses under the Conveyancing Act 1919.

We draft these contracts to ensure you fully comply with the law while locking in realistic sunset dates. This keeps your options open and shields your margins if you hit unexpected material shortages or weather delays. If you’re on-selling or assigning a contract before construction wraps up, we can structure that flip cleanly as well.

When selling new residential premises or vacant land in NSW, your contract must include a written vendor notification confirming whether a GST withholding obligation applies to the purchaser. Where the margin scheme applies to your development, that election must also be documented in the contract before settlement. We ensure your contracts reflect your GST position correctly and manage the ATO lodgement process.

In a staged development, settlements happen progressively as individual lots are registered and completed rather than all at once. Our seasoned conveyancers can help manage each lot settlement while keeping your overall project timeline and registration requirements in view. Whether your project is structured as a strata scheme under the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 (NSW) or a community title estate under the Community Land Development Act 2021 (NSW), we coordinate with NSW Land Registry Services and ensure capital is released at each stage as planned.