Conveyancing,
explained.
Plain-English guides to buying, selling, and transferring property in NSW — written for clients who want to understand the process, and agents and brokers who want to send their clients somewhere useful.
Stamp Duty in NSW: What You'll Actually Pay in 2026
Stamp duty — officially called transfer duty in NSW — is the single biggest cost most buyers don't budget for properly. It's not part of your loan, so it has to come out of your own pocket on top of your deposit.
Cooling-Off Periods in NSW: When You Can Walk Away (And When You Can't)
The cooling-off period is one of the most misunderstood parts of buying property in NSW. People think it's an automatic safety net. It mostly is — but there are situations where it disappears completely.
Strata Reports: 5 Red Flags Before You Sign
A strata report costs around $250 to $400. The information inside it can save you tens of thousands of dollars — or warn you away from a property that's about to drop a six-figure problem in your lap.
Off-the-Plan: 7 Questions to Ask Before Paying a Deposit
Off-the-plan contracts are different. They're longer. The settlement date is often years away. The property doesn't exist yet. The developer drafted the contract in their own favour, and almost everything you'd normally inspect is a promise, not a fact.
First Home Buyer Schemes in NSW: What You Actually Qualify For
There are three first home buyer schemes that matter in NSW in 2026, and most first home buyers don't fully understand any of them. I've watched people miss out on tens of thousands of dollars because they didn't realise they qualified.
Selling a Property in NSW: The Conveyancer's Checklist
Selling property in NSW is straightforward when it's done in the right order. It's expensive and slow when it isn't. Most of the delays I see come from a contract that wasn't ready or wasn't accurate when it was first put in front of buyers.
Conveyancer vs Solicitor: Which One Do You Actually Need?
It's the first question most buyers ask, and the answers online are usually written by whichever profession is doing the answering. Here's the straight version.
Transferring Property Without Paying Stamp Duty in NSW
"Can I just put my partner on the title?" It's one of the most common questions we get, and the honest answer is: sometimes, without duty — but the exemptions are narrower than people expect.
The Contract of Sale in NSW: What's Actually In It
The contract is the whole transaction. Everything that happens afterwards — what you can inspect, when you can walk away, who pays for what — was decided the moment you signed it.
Settlement Day in NSW: What Actually Happens
For most buyers, settlement day is the strangest part of the whole process: the biggest transaction of your life completes, and you're not in the room. Here's what's happening while you wait.
Building and Pest Inspections: What They Mean for Your Contract
A building and pest inspection is the cheapest insurance in the whole transaction. What most buyers get wrong isn't whether to get one — it's when, and what to do with what it says.
Transferring Property From a Deceased Estate in NSW
Dealing with property after someone dies is rarely urgent in the way a purchase is, and that's a small mercy. But the process has a definite order, and doing it out of order creates delays nobody needs.
How Much Does Conveyancing Cost in NSW?
Most conveyancing quotes are two numbers pretending to be one. Here's what each part is, why they differ between firms, and what to ask so the invoice matches the quote.
Commercial Conveyancing in NSW: How It Differs
Commercial property looks like residential property with bigger numbers. It isn't. The protections you're used to don't apply, the disclosure obligations barely exist, and the tax treatment can move the price by ten per cent.
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