Contract
Before any residential property is offered for sale, the vendor must have available a Contract of Sale. The law requires that any contract offering a residential property for sale must have attached to it certain documents so as to give a purchaser some knowledge of the property they are interested in purchasing. The documents required to be attached to the contract are:
a) A Zoning Certificate (formally called Certificate under Section 149 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act).
b) Copy of the Title Deed showing the owner the title description, and often whether the land or home unit is affected by any restrictions or easement and whether the vendor as disclosed in the contract is identical with the owner.
c) Copy of the Deposited Plan or Strata Plan, referred to in the title document, which plan should show the location of the land or home unit.
d) Copy of any restrictions, covenants or easements, which affect the property to its use.
e) Copy of a Sewerage Service Diagram showing the location on the land of any sewerage lines, inspections pits and the like.