Expertise - Batreman Battersby

No, you are entitled to sell your property privately however most vendors choose to utilise the skills of a reputable Estate Agent. If you chose to sell your property privately you must arrange for a sale contract to be prepared before the property is advertised or shown to any prospective purchasers.

The provisions of the Property, Stock & Business Agents Act requires that all Real Estate Agents instructions in respect to the sale of a property must be in the form of a written agreement. Usually this takes the form of an exclusive selling agency agreement however there are other forms of agreement such as an open agency or sole agency agreement. If you require further information in regards to these forms of agreement please contact us before you sign any documents.

At the start of your matter you should also tell us about any changes that have been made to your property since you bought it. These include all alterations, extensions and additions whether made internally or externally. This is particularly important in respect to changes for which you did not seek the approval of your local Council or for changes made after the first May 1997 in respect of which the Home Building Act (Home Warranty Insurance) applies. By telling us about any extensions, alterations or additions that you have made we can include provisions in your sales contract that protect you in this regard.

As the contract contains a provision for disclosing exclusions (i.e. those things not being included in the sale) you must tell us at the start of your matter whether there is anything you wish to exclude from your sale in order that we can insert these items in the exclusions section of the contract.