Every finding in a report is pulled from an official government source and cited back to it. Here is the full list — grouped the way a buyer thinks, in plain English, kept honest by naming what we still can’t check for you.
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Pinning down exactly which property, lot and boundaries we are looking at.
The property's legal lot, plan number and parcel outline on the map.
Confirms the exact property behind the address you typed.
Points to where the legal title and registered interests are held — reading the full title is a conveyancer's job.
What you can and cannot build here, plus the heritage and rezoning rules that apply.
Whether the Aboriginal heritage register records sites for the area.
The maximum building height the council allows on the block.
How much floor area you can build relative to the size of the block.
Whether the property is a heritage item or sits inside a conservation area.
Whether any part of the land is earmarked for future acquisition by an authority.
What the land is zoned for and what you are generally allowed to build.
The smallest lot allowed here — it governs whether the land can be subdivided.
Whether the property carries a state-level heritage listing.
Whether the block sits in an area being upzoned for higher-density housing near transport.
The risk layers a buyer most needs to know about before committing.
Whether disturbing the soil could release acid — relevant to digging, draining and building.
Whether the land holds high biodiversity value that can restrict clearing and development.
Whether mapped bushfires have burned over the property, and roughly when.
Whether the property is mapped as bushfire prone, which adds building rules.
Whether the land falls inside a mapped coastal management area.
Whether the EPA's contaminated-land records touch the property.
Whether the land is flagged for flood risk under the planning controls.
Whether the property sits in a proclaimed mine subsidence area, which affects building approvals.
Extra planning protection layers — drinking-water catchment, wetlands, scenic protection and more.
How the surrounding area is tracking.
Recorded crime for the suburb so you can compare it with the wider area.
Recent Valuer General sale records for market context on the address.
Everyday access around the property.
The nearest train, bus and ferry stops to the property.
The public-school enrolment catchments the property falls into.
What is being built and approved on and around the block.
Complying development certificates recorded for the area.
Construction certificates recorded for the area.
For records that are not in the public feeds, we lodge a request with the council directly.
Development applications lodged on and around the property, from the statewide planning records.
Occupation certificates recorded for the area.
We would rather tell you where we stop than pretend otherwise. These three still need a conveyancer or the council — and every report points you to them by name.
Reading the actual title — the easements, covenants and dealings registered against it. We flag where these live; a conveyancer orders and interprets the title before you exchange.
The formal section 10.7 planning certificate that attaches to the contract of sale. Your conveyancer confirms it against what we found.
The water authority's diagram of pipes running under the property. Ask your conveyancer for the Sydney Water (or local authority) service diagram.
