Choosing the right agent is important, as they will be helping you to achieve a sale of your biggest asset. Your chosen agent will be in a working relationship with you for many weeks, so it’s a good idea to look for an agent with experience, local market knowledge, good reviews, transparent fees and professional accreditations. Personal recommendations can also be helpful.
Your home is unique, and so fees will vary dependent upon the level of marketing and service anticipated to be involved. Our fees are competitive and reflect the level of service, skills and experience needed in achieving the highest sale price to the most suitable buyer within your desired timeframe.
Some costs to consider when it comes to selling include, removals fees, storage fees, solicitor fees. We’re happy to recommend a number of local businesses we trust who can help with these things. We offer a No Sale – No Fee agreement which means that we undertake all marketing without it costing you a penny until we have succeeded in achieving a sale that you are happy with. When sale contracts have been signed, we will charge a pre-agreed fee plus VAT, not payable until after completion.
All homes are unique, so each property is presented differently, it’s important to clean and declutter the property ready for photos and viewings. Buyers like to see the property they are buying, although the way a house is staged and presented can make a big difference. Many improvements are free or relatively cheap to do, we can give free advice on this at the valuation appointment.
This depends on various factors including market conditions, property location, price and demand. The time a house takes to sell is not always a primary motivator for house sellers, more important factors can be price, quality of buyer and finding the right home to move to. We can provide a better idea of timescale at the valuation appointment.
We offer a ‘Low Key’ marketing strategy, meaning you can instruct us to sell your home, we can arrange all the necessary paperwork, ID checks etc and take photos and details. We would then produce a draft brochure for your approval and then sit on it until you are ready. During this time we may shortlist potential buyers, you can view property yourself and then we can launch your property to the market in a matter of minutes once you find a house to buy!
We realise that finding the right property to move to is a difficult thing to do. Afterall, a home is so much more than bricks and mortar. If you find a house to buy and it is subject to selling your own, you may have already adopted the ‘Low Key’ method of sale mentioned in our help guide, but if not we can usually list a house for sale within 24/48hrs. After the legal checks, we can list immediately as a ‘Coming Soon’ on social media and through our buyers list whilst we prepare your sales details. Talk to us to find out more.
It is a good idea to find out how much you have to spend, by getting a valuation of your current home, getting pre-approved for a mortgage with one of our partner mortgage advisors and then search for your next property. Once you submit an offer you can instruct your solicitor to act on your behalf in the conveyancing process, complete the mortgage application, instruct a survey and let the professionals do the work. Upon signing of contracts all dates will be agreed where the exchange of contracts usually happens a week or so before the completion (moving) day!
Additional costs may include mortgage arrangement fees, survey fees, legal fees, stamp duty and moving expenses. Find out more with our Calculators.
We can put you in touch with one of our partner mortgage advisors and can recommend local solicitors for the legal aspects of buying or selling a property.
We offer a No Sale- No Fee contract, but most importantly with NO withdrawal fees or ‘Ready, willing and able’ buyer clause (which means you would still have to pay the agent if you changed your mind about moving!) We understand that things can change and you may find that you can no longer move. If this happens you don’t pay us a fee, you will only be liable to pay any pre-arranged marketing costs etc that we would have already agreed with you at the time of instruction.
