From 28 November 2025, Land Use Victoria is “opening the door” for individuals to lodge their own documents. On paper, it sounds like a bold new era of public empowerment. In reality, it is seven transaction types. Only seven. Everything else still needs a conveyancer.
So yes, the government wants to hear from you — just not too much, not too often, and definitely not with the wrong form. If your dealing falls outside that tiny list, the door closes again and you are sent straight back to a professional.
What Is Actually Changing?
From 28 November 2025, individuals can lodge seven simple land dealings on their own. That is it.
If your dealing is not on the list, the system won’t accept it, the registry won’t process it, and you’ll be told to go find a conveyancer. It is all still governed by the same framework under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 (Vic).
The government has packaged this as a modernisation effort. More “accessibility”. More “empowerment”. But if you have been around the property world long enough, you already know what this really means: more rules, more conditions, more things that can go wrong for someone who honestly thinks downloading a factsheet is enough to safely transfer property interests.
Why Most People Still End Up Coming Back to Us
Property dealings are unforgiving. You make one wrong selection, attach the wrong evidence, misinterpret a field, or misunderstand a compulsory requirement and the lodgment is knocked back. And every knockback means delays, potential breach of contract, penalties, and stress.
Most of the public won’t realise this until they are already in trouble. That is why this new system — for all the hype — still funnels most people back to conveyancers. Seven permitted transactions out of the dozens we deal with every week is hardly a revolution.
The registry even acknowledges this by directing individuals to “contact a conveyancer or lawyer” the moment their matter steps outside those narrow parameters. They know the system is technical. They know the legislation is strict. And they know that most people will not risk doing it themselves once they see what is actually involved.
Come Talk to Us Before You Go Down That Rabbit Hole
If you're unsure whether your matter fits into the government’s “DIY only if you keep it simple” list, speak to us first.
We handle all the dealings the system won’t let you lodge yourself.
We’ll tell you straight whether your matter is one of those seven rare exceptions or whether you’ll be marching back to professional help anyway.
And we’ll explain it in plain English — not in a 14-page factsheet that makes you less confident than when you started.
As I often say to clients: there is nothing wrong with trying to understand what the government is offering. But there is everything wrong with risking your title, your contract, or your settlement because someone thought “it looks easy enough online”.
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