Selling your home? Have these documents ready before the first viewing

Buying a home is a document race. Selling one is a document audit. Everything you should have kept for years is suddenly requested at once.

What a seller needs

• The title deed (or the bank's details if the bond is still registered)
• Approved building plans, including for that carport or extension
• Electrical compliance certificate, plus gas, beetle and plumbing where applicable
• Your latest municipal account for rates clearance
• Homeowners insurance details
• Body corporate or HOA rules and levy statements for sectional title

Where deals stall

Missing building plans and untraceable title deeds are two of the most common causes of delayed transfers. Reconstructing plans through the municipality takes weeks and costs money you budgeted for the move.

How Centris helps

Building plans, title deeds, municipal accounts and insurance are all checklist types in Centris. 

Filed in one property folder, they are ready the day you list — and the expiry alerts tell you when a compliance certificate is too old to rely on.