Selling a property can be a complex process, but with careful planning and attention to detail, you can increase your chances of a successful sale. Here's a comprehensive guide to help you navigate the process.
We are all moving home for different reasons, but we should all consider the following before we begin selling our homes it will only help to streamline your move.
Start by giving your home a ‘Spring Clean’ not matter the time of year and sort all those wee jobs that have been niggling at you for some time. De-clutter, it’s time to recycle those unused items that are no longer used or wanted. Give the house a fresh coat of paint. Don’t forget the outside of your home as well, it all about kerb appeal and first impressions.
If you have made any changes to your home now is the time to make sure you have building warrants and planning permission, this can cause lengthy delays if not in place.
You are now ready for the valuation on your home, you can do this by inviting local estate agents to your home. When valuing your home, they will consider your location, size and condition. At New Door, we will always provide you with supporting evidence of the homes that we have compared yours with to provide you with a fair valuation for your home. If we believe that if you were to make simple changes to your home to increase the valuation or the saleability, we will let you know.
When selecting your estate agent, you may be inclined to go with the agent who has provided you with the highest valuation this can be at times detrimental as they may be asking you in a few weeks to reduce the sale price of your home.
You are putting your trust into this person to sell your home and maximise your sale. If you can’t have an open conversation with them from the onset, can you put your trust in them to sell probably your biggest asset.
You are now almost ready to begin marketing your home the following steps will now happen quickly or as slowly as you wish;
This is also a good time to instruct a solicitor on the conveyancing on the sale of your home. If you require a solicitor, we have several that we can recommend.
We are now ready to market your home.
Prior to marketing beginning you will have sight of your home’s particulars, so that you can make any changes or make any additions. We will not begin marketing your home until you are happy.
Now that you are live on the market viewings can commence. New Door believe that flexible opening times are essential to maximize viewing opportunities for your home. We know that potential viewers need to work around their usual daily commitments, resulting in many viewings being required after work or at weekends.
Many vendors are comfortable carrying out their own viewings. However, accompanied viewings are not a problem, this will allow us to share our expert knowledge on your home to achieve competitive offers. We will always aim to give you plenty of notice of viewing requests in order that they fit around family life.
All viewers will be contacted for their feedback please do not take some of the comments made by viewers personally. Feedback whether positive or negative is always good. Negative feedback can be a way of making changes to your home to maximise on that sale.
As your estate agent we will negotiate all offers for you, every offer that we receive for your home we will bring to you with all the potential purchasers’ details, this will include their position in the market and their financial status.
In the case of several notes of interest and offers we will discuss our options of how you can proceed. In the case a ‘Closing Date’ is the most likely avenue.
When accepting an offer, you should always accept an offer that ultimately puts you in the best position to move forward, this may not always be the highest of the offer.
Congratulations, you have accepted an offer for your home. We will write to you and the purchaser to confirm that the offer has been accepted. We will also write to your solicitors to advise your acceptance of the offer.
We will include the formal offer and sales memorandum and home report so that both solicitors can contact each other.
This is the stage where are at our quietist as your solicitor will be carrying out the conveyancing through to concluding your missives and agreeing a completion date. Once missives have concluded the sale is legally binding.
We are still here to assist at this stage should it be needed.
Moving day is fast approaching and you have your move-in date agreed, although this is not guaranteed until solicitors conclude missives, so be aware that dates can change!
The following check list will help you to remember what needs done
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It is a good idea to set up a forwarding address with the Post office.
We will also arrange with you to collect a set of keys before you move so that we have a set ready for the new homeowners on moving day.
Moving day has finally arrived.
New Door and your solicitor will not be able to advise when the sale will finalise. It is a good idea to have your removal van packed early if you haven’t done it the day before. Once your solicitor has received the monies for your home, they will let us know that we can release the keys to your purchasers. We give you a call and the new owners a call to advise that this has taken place. Your solicitor will now transfer the funds to your onward sale if you are buying a new home and transfer any surplus monies to you minus their fees and New Door’s fees.
