---
title: "Letter of advice to a residential purchaser on the contract and searches before exchange (NSW)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-conveyancing-and-property/buyer-contract-review-letter-nsw"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
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area_id: "A9"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-17"
---

# Letter of advice to a residential purchaser on the contract and searches before exchange (NSW)

> Pre-exchange letter to a NSW residential purchaser: key terms, cooling-off, title and search results, risks, special conditions to negotiate and what the client must do before exchange, with deadlines.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-conveyancing-and-property/buyer-contract-review-letter-nsw  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-17

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## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Residential Conveyancing & Property](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-conveyancing-and-property.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-17
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-17 against the 5 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use after reviewing the contract, title and searches and before the purchaser exchanges or gives a s 66W certificate. Adapt it for off the plan contracts, strata lots and auction purchases; it is not a substitute for a separate strata or building report review.

## How AI may be used

AI may extract terms and draft sections of the letter from the contract and searches; the lawyer verifies every fact against the source, decides what matters and settles the advice.

**AI may:**

- Extract price, deposit, completion date, inclusions, special conditions and title entries into the tables, with clause and page references.
- Draft plain-English explanations of special conditions for the lawyer to check.
- Compare the contract against the client's purchase instructions and list mismatches.

**AI must not:**

- Must not give the advice in the "Our view" sections or rank risks without lawyer review.
- Must not state a transfer duty figure; set out inputs only and direct the lawyer to Revenue NSW.
- Must not send the letter to the client without the lawyer signing off.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Every clause reference and figure has been checked against the contract.
- Each title entry and search result is described accurately and its effect explained.
- Deadlines (cooling-off end, finance, 14-day rescission for missing documents) are confirmed.
- Advice is consistent with the client's stated purpose (home, investment, development).

## Authorities

- [Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) s 66S (cooling-off period)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1919-006#sec.66S)
- [Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) s 66V (0.25% forfeiture on rescission)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1919-006#sec.66V)
- [Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) s 52A (prescribed documents and warranties)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1919-006#sec.52A)
- [Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2022 (NSW) ss 21–22 and Schs 1–2](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2022-0485)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015 r 7.1 (clear and timely advice)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2015-0244#sec.7)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-conveyancing-and-property/buyer-contract-review-letter-nsw and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*