	{"id":96949,"date":"2024-05-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=96949"},"modified":"2024-05-15T22:13:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:13:43","slug":"nelson-property-transfer-services-wins-two-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/nelson-property-transfer-services-wins-two-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Property Transfer Services wins two awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CONVEYANCING firm from the Geelong area has been judged among the best of its peers in Victoria by the Australian Institute of Conveyancers (AIC).<\/p>\n<p>Nelson Property Transfer Services won the Stewart Title Regional Conveyancing Firm Award and staff member Zac Nelson won the PEXA Regional Employee Award at this year&#8217;s AIC Victorian Division state conference, held at the RACV City Club in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson Property Transfer Services branch manager Petti Pettinella said the teams in the Geelong and Ocean Grove offices were surprised and thrilled with the wins.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/AICVIC-281_20108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zac Nelson with his PEXA Regional Employee Award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Our director, Jen Nelson, was just chuffed to be nominated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Zac was presented with his award first and Zac is Jen&#8217;s son, so she had a proud director moment and a proud mum moment simultaneously, a bit like &#8216;If nothing else happens tonight, this is the best thing that could possibly happen&#8217;, and the next minute we win the regional firm award.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Pettinella said Zac Nelson was an &#8220;amazing&#8221; employee, and headed up Nelson Property Transfer Services&#8217; subdivision team.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson Property Transfer Services has been operating for more than 20 years, originally as part of the Sargeants Conveyancing franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Pettinella said customer service, and giving clients what they needed, was a high priority for the business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some clients will open a file with us, there&#8217;s minimal correspondence from them and they just want to get through to settlement day; other times, we speak to clients several times a day because they need a bit more information and a bit more reassurance every day throughout the settlement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It can be a stressful time &#8211; people are making the biggest purchase of their year, or they&#8217;re selling the family home they&#8217;ve lived in for 50 years and raised their kids in. 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