Preparing Property Information Before Selling with 99DIG

1. Start with the Property, Not the Advertisement

A common selling mistake is to begin by thinking about the advertisement before organising the property information behind it.

A better starting point is to understand exactly what is being offered.

The owner should first identify the land, buildings, current use, access, location and supporting information available for the property.

2. Confirm the Sale-Related Assessment Purpose

When using 99DIG, the user should select a purpose that genuinely reflects the reason for reviewing the property.

For a seller, this may be a sale-related assessment intended to organise the property information and provide preliminary decision context.

Selecting the correct purpose helps the platform present questions more relevant to a seller's situation.

3. Choose the Correct Property Type

The seller should identify the property category carefully.

The information needed for bare land may differ from the information needed for a house, apartment, commercial property, agricultural land or development site.

Selecting the correct category allows 99DIG to request information that better reflects the property being considered for sale.

4. Prepare Clear Property Identification

Buyers and sellers can misunderstand one another when the property itself is not clearly identified.

Depending on the property, useful information may include:

• property address;
• land name;
• lot number;
• survey plan number;
• land extent;
• GN Division;
• DS Division;
• Local Authority area;
• District; and
• Province.

99DIG can organise these details into one digital property profile so the subject property is easier to understand.

5. Check the Land Extent Before Entering It

If land forms part of the property, the seller should avoid estimating the extent unnecessarily.

Where survey information or another reliable record is available, it can help the owner enter the land extent more accurately.

A wrong extent can create confusion later in the assessment and potentially when the property is discussed with interested parties.

6. Describe the Building Accurately

If a house or other building is being sold, the seller should prepare basic physical details.

Useful information can include:

• building type;
• approximate floor area;
• number of floors;
• number and type of rooms;
• current use;
• general condition; and
• other important improvements.

The objective is not to make the property sound better than it is. The objective is to describe it clearly.

7. Avoid Overstating Property Condition

Sellers naturally want their property to appear attractive, but an assessment should still be based on factual information.

If a building requires repairs, is partly completed or has visible limitations, those details should not be deliberately hidden from the information entered into the assessment.

99DIG becomes more useful when the data reflects the property rather than a marketing version of the property.

8. Location Should Be More Than a Town Name

A broad location can be helpful, but a more complete property profile may include administrative and geographic context.

Where available, the seller can provide:

• village or locality;
• GN Division;
• DS Division;
• Local Authority area;
• District;
• Province; and
• Google Maps location.

These details help 99DIG organise the property more accurately when reviewing market context.

9. Review Road Access and Frontage

Access can be one of the important physical differences between properties.

A seller may know whether the property has direct road access, an internal road, main-road frontage or another form of access.

Where relevant, that information should be recorded clearly.

The seller should avoid inventing an exact width or frontage measurement if it is not reasonably known.

10. Current Use Should Be Clear

Buyers may want to understand how the property is currently used.

A property may be:

• owner occupied;
• vacant;
• rented;
• commercially occupied;
• agriculturally used;
• partly developed; or
• used in another relevant way.

Recording current use helps distinguish the existing property from any future possibility or marketing idea.

11. Proposed Future Use Should Not Be Presented as Approval

A seller may believe that land has development potential.

This can be useful context, but an intended or possible future use should not be presented as if it has already received all necessary approval.

Within 99DIG, the existing property information and any proposed idea should remain clearly distinguishable.

12. Prepare Recent Property Photographs

Recent photographs can help provide visual context for the assessment.

Depending on the property, useful images may show:

• the main building;
• the land or frontage;
• road access;
• visible improvements;
• general physical condition; and
• surrounding context.

Sellers should prefer current images rather than older photographs that no longer represent the property accurately.

13. Organise Relevant Property Documents

The seller may already have property-related records available.

Where relevant, 99DIG can help organise references such as:

• survey plan number;
• lot number;
• available approvals;
• property-related notes; and
• other supporting references used in the assessment.

Sellers should provide only information they are entitled to use and should avoid uploading unnecessary sensitive information.

14. Do Not Treat a Document Reference as Independent Verification

Recording a plan number or another document reference can improve the organisation of the digital property record.

However, a user-entered reference should not be treated as proof that 99DIG has independently authenticated the underlying document.

The report should preserve that distinction clearly.

15. Market Research Should Begin After the Property Is Understood

Sellers often begin by looking at advertisements for nearby properties.

That can be useful, but market information is easier to interpret once the subject property has already been described properly.

Without knowing the subject property's size, type, access, use and condition, it is difficult to judge whether another property is genuinely similar.

16. Do Not Choose Only the Highest Asking Price

A seller may naturally notice advertisements with the highest figures.

Selecting only high examples can create an incomplete picture of the market.

A more useful 99DIG assessment uses reasonably relevant information rather than market examples selected only because they support the seller's preferred expectation.

17. Asking Price Is Not the Same as a Completed Sale

An advertised property may show what another seller is asking.

That does not automatically tell the owner what a buyer actually paid, what a future buyer will pay or what final terms may be agreed.

99DIG should therefore keep asking-price information clearly identified as market context.

18. Compare Similar Properties, Not Just Nearby Properties

A nearby property may be physically or functionally different.

Sellers should consider similarities and differences in:

• property type;
• location;
• land extent;
• building size;
• access;
• frontage;
• condition;
• current use;
• date of market information; and
• source.

99DIG can organise these details so the seller can see why one market example may be more relevant than another.

19. Market Timing Should Be Considered

Property-market information can become less useful as circumstances change.

If the seller relies on information observed a long time ago, that information may not describe the same market context as more recent data.

Where possible, the seller should record the date associated with market information used in the assessment.

20. Record Where Market Information Came From

Sellers may find market information through online listings, direct enquiries, agents, marketplaces or other available sources.

Recording the source helps preserve the meaning of the information.

A market figure becomes easier to understand when the user knows whether it was an advertisement, a direct enquiry or another type of information.

21. Prepare a Realistic Property Profile Before Marketing

A sale-related digital assessment can help the owner identify inconsistencies before the property is widely marketed.

For example, the seller may notice:

• an incorrect land extent;
• a missing map location;
• outdated photographs;
• an uncertain building area;
• an inconsistent property description; or
• market information that is not genuinely comparable.

Correcting these issues early can create a cleaner property record.

22. A 99DIG Selling Preparation Journey

23. Read More Than the Final Figure

Sellers may naturally focus on the assessment result first.

However, the result should be read together with the property description, market context, user-entered information and any notes or limitations.

If an important input is wrong, the seller should not ignore that problem simply because the final figure appears attractive.

24. A Digital Assessment Is Not a Guaranteed Selling Price

A property ultimately reaches the market through real people, real negotiations and real circumstances.

Buyer interest, timing, marketing, negotiation and property-specific circumstances can all affect the final transaction.

99DIG provides structured assessment support. It should not promise a guaranteed selling price.

25. Selling May Involve Other Important Checks

A property sale can involve matters outside the scope of a digital assessment.

Depending on the property and transaction, separate attention may be needed for:

• title and ownership matters;
• survey and boundary matters;
• legal documentation;
• planning or building approvals;
• tax or financial matters;
• contractual arrangements; and
• other transaction-specific requirements.

26. What 99DIG Helps a Seller Do

99DIG can support a seller before and during the early decision stage by helping to:

• identify the property clearly;
• organise land and building information;
• record location and access;
• add supporting photographs and references;
• review available market context;
• identify obvious information gaps;
• review the property before marketing decisions; and
• receive a structured digital assessment output.

27. Keep the Property Description Honest

Sellers should avoid exaggerating information simply because the property is being prepared for sale.

An accurate description is more useful than an attractive description that cannot be supported.

This principle applies to the land extent, building size, current use, property condition and market information entered into 99DIG.

28. Do Not Enter Information Only to Improve the Result

A digital assessment becomes less useful if the seller changes the information only to obtain a preferred figure.

Property details should describe the property rather than the seller's expectation.

29. Review Everything Before Using the Assessment

Before using the assessment as part of a selling decision, the seller should review:

• assessment purpose;
• property type;
• land extent;
• building details;
• current use;
• location;
• survey references;
• photographs;
• market records; and
• additional notes.

This final review can prevent obvious data-entry errors from following the seller into later decisions.

30. Final Thought

Preparing a property for sale is not only about choosing an asking price.

It begins with understanding what is being sold, organising the information available and reviewing the market with enough context to avoid simplistic comparisons.

99DIG is designed to help sellers complete that early information and assessment stage in a structured digital way.