Nicholas Chia · Mantios Reply

I’d like to buy one conveyancing practice, and keep it running as it is.

I’m Nicholas Chia, based in Melbourne. I’m looking for a Victorian principal who would like to step back in the next few years, and wants their clients, staff and name looked after when they do.

I’m not a conveyancer, so you would stay on as the licensed director, paid, for as long as a proper handover takes. If that has ever crossed your mind, I’d value a coffee. If not, no problem at all.

Kind regards,Nicholas Chia

Not for you? Reply “no thanks” and you won’t hear from me again.

What would stay the same

The point of a good succession is that clients and agents barely notice it.

  • The name on the doorThe practice keeps trading as itself.
  • Your teamThe people who know your files stay on.
  • Your clients and referrersYou introduce me to them yourself, in person.
  • Your standard of workEvery matter is still checked and signed by a licensed conveyancer, starting with you.

About Nicholas

I work in cyber security as a detection engineer, building the systems that spot attacks and fraud as they happen. It is why I take the email scams aimed at conveyancers seriously, and why I will never send you attachments or payment links.

I started out as a chef. Kitchens taught me that the customer comes first, and that a team only works when everyone in it is treated with respect. That is how I would treat your staff and your clients.

Mantios is the company I’m buying through; it isn’t a conveyancing practice. I want to take on one practice and carry it forward, not fold it into a chain.

How it would work

Four steps, at your pace. Each one is your decision.

  1. 1

    A coffee

    How you built the practice, and what a good ending looks like to you.

  2. 2

    A confidential look

    If we both want to continue, we look at the practice under a confidentiality agreement.

  3. 3

    Terms, with advisers

    Your lawyer and accountant, and mine, agree the price, and your pay during the handover.

  4. 4

    A paid handover

    You stay on as licensed director, paid, until a licensed successor is in place and you are comfortable handing over.

How I’d help your team

I build software that does the first read and the reminder chasing, so your team’s time goes on the judgement calls. A licensed conveyancer still decides and signs.

  • A first read of the contract and Section 32, with the page each issue came from
  • Key dates tracked, with reminders to client, agent and broker
  • Clients kept up to date at each step, so fewer “where are we up to?” calls

Happy to show you it working on sample contracts over coffee.

  • Title folio differs: 567 in the contract, 576 in the vendor statement.High · Contract p.1 · Vendor statement p.1

  • No cooling-off: signed the day after the auction.High · Contract p.1

  • A heritage overlay may limit fixing the rear structures.Medium · Vendor statement p.1

Example first read of fictitious sample documents.

If succession has crossed your mind, even loosely, let’s talk.

Reply by email or call. Everything stays between us.

Not for you? Reply “no thanks” and you won’t hear from me again.