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Queensland seller disclosure. Understand how seller disclosure fits within your wider property enquiries.
Buyer checklist
Use this checklist as a starting point when considering a Brisbane property. The enquiries required depend on the contract, property type, improvements, location, intended use and your tolerance for risk.
Before signing: ask a Queensland solicitor or conveyancer to review the contract and seller disclosure documents. Confirm that any finance, Building and Pest Inspection or other conditions are correctly drafted and allow enough time for the required enquiries.
1. Contract and seller information
Confirm the property address, lot-on-plan description, inclusions, exclusions, settlement date and special conditions.
Have the contract and seller disclosure documents reviewed before signing.
Confirm that inspection, finance and other required conditions protect the intended enquiries.
Identify important matters that are not answered by the seller disclosure documents.
Queensland contract-of-sale guidance
2. Title and registered plan
Obtain a current title search and registered plan.
Review easements, covenants, leases and other registered interests with your solicitor.
Refer boundary, access or possible encroachment concerns to a cadastral surveyor where relevant.
For community titles, review the community management statement, by-laws, body corporate records, levies and known liabilities.
3. Planning and property records
Check the current Brisbane City Plan zone and applicable overlays.
Review available development applications and council property information.
Obtain council searches where approval history, notices or intended development are material.
Do not treat an online non-return as proof that existing work is approved, exempt or compliant.
Brisbane City Council property research
4. Flood, drainage and natural hazards
Review the Brisbane Flood Awareness Map and FloodWise Property Report.
Consider river, creek, storm tide and overland-flow information where applicable.
Compare mapping with site levels, visible drainage, surrounding topography and available history.
Confirm insurance availability, exclusions and premium with the proposed insurer.
Official FloodWise Property Report
5. Building and pest condition
Arrange a Building and Pest Inspection before the applicable contract deadline.
Understand that the inspection is visual, non-invasive and limited to reasonably accessible areas.
Arrange further specialist investigation where observable evidence, inaccessible areas or available records justify it.
Do not use planning or mapping information as a substitute for assessing the physical condition of the buildings and site.
6. Services and specialist checks
Confirm water, sewer, stormwater, electricity, gas, telecommunications and access arrangements where material.
Remember that mapped services do not establish connection, route, depth, condition, capacity, ownership or surveyed position.
Obtain licensed plumbing, electrical, pool, retaining-wall, structural, geotechnical or other specialist advice where appropriate.
Compare the information before proceeding
Check that the contract, title, registered plan, council records, mapping, inspection findings and intended use are consistent. Resolve material discrepancies before the applicable deadline.
HouseWorthy can bring together selected available property information, but it is not legal advice, a title search, council certificate, survey, Building and Pest Inspection, engineering assessment, warranty or guarantee.
