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August 19, 2008

The way to sell your house without Estate agents and the extra fees that go with it.

Filed under: Home — Tags: , — John @ 10:18 pm

If you have had thoughts like ?I would love to sell my house? but estate egent fees are what hold you back from doing it then I have just the thing for you, sell your home online. It is some work, but almost certainly not as difficult as you might believe. Estate agents often ask for a commission somewhere in the range of 6% of the total cost, which can quickly amount to ?20,000 to ?30,000 on the sale of a nice home. When a home is sold, as in, house for sale by owner, you can often negotiate a lower price because there are no estate agent commissions to be paid from the sale.

We all get attached to the place we have lived in for a long time as places trigger certain memories. But just keep thinking what is the best way to sell my house and normally it means stepping back from the emotional attachment we put onto things and making house a blank canvas for somebody else. You want to think how is the best way I can get somebody to buy my house.

Ask yourself if you were a buyer, would you buy a house that you did not emotionally connect with to form long lasting memories in. If your answer is no, then you may have to look at what you might do to your house to make it more attractive to prospective buyers. Clean and polish all surfaces that might collect dust. Remove and place away any individual items that take away from the presentation. Clean the windows inside and out to draw in more light. Cleaning and preparing your house for a home visit is only a little bit of your effort. Some prospective purchasers like to drive past, and rely on that first impression.

I believe we have become a bit lax in our quest for expediency we seem to eagerly give away a years salary to someone that has just turned up at your house walked around it, taken a few photographs and measurements and then gone back and sat in an office and posted up a few facts in their window, the local paper and internet. All of this you can do yourself in a weekend. ?20,000 or a weekends work????? I know which selection I prefer, are you aware that you can do it on your own behalf, just look at the web and make an informed decision. By using search phrases such as Sell my flat, Sell my house and sell my house online you can discover excellent resources to sell your house, for sale by owner.

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The path that i found to sell my house online that paid dividends.

Filed under: Home — Tags: , — John @ 5:43 pm

If you decide to sell your home online or buy online it is of value considering the following points. With a few of the more user friendly sites you are able to place the particulars of your private home sale straight onto the page that your home is being displayed this means that if you are a bit of a night owl or work through out the day you are able to change your particulars as and when you feel like it rather than fitting in with the site owners schedule. This makes sure that you can edit your details at any time be it sizes, descriptions or more importantly the price of your house. Normally there is some form of waver saying that the information is purely provided by the client and doesn?t necessarily hold the complete particulars.

When you are measuring up, ensure you give clear descripions of what dimensions you are providing, from a purchasers point of view it is always worth querying anything you arent sure of and most private sellers are more than happy to answer any questions. The website that a property is being shown on will not have carried out a appraisal on the house and it will normally be upto the purchaser to have a surveyors report done on the property before exchanging contracts. Always use a qualified contractor to check the appliances and equipment in a property, this will help you to negotiate price if something is amiss. As a seller it is of value having any service information to hand to allow you to barter for a better price. Ensure you employ a solicitor to look into all legal matters relating to the house (e.g. title, tenure, planning permission etc) as these are expert matters that will not be sorted out by websites. A solicitor also sorts out with the seller what things (e.g. carpets, curtains, fixtures & fittings, sheds etc) will or will not be included in the sale.
In other words, you should make sure for yourself all information before acting on it, in particular the current asking price, sizes of rooms, ownership, freehold, extent of refurbishments and any matters of definite importance to you.

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