Advice on selling your home

When looking to sell you home it is essential that your choose the right agent. The first step, therefore, is to contact Pickerings, a reputable and experienced independent estate agent, who will make an appointment to come and see you at your convenience.

It is important to consider the service that you are offered, as this can vary dramatically between agents. Areas that you may want to consider are:

Are accompanied viewings offered to every client?
Is there a personal and friendly service?
Are all staff fully trained to offer a professional service?
Do they offer a ‘No Sale – No Fee’ with NO added extras?
Do they offer a comprehensive package for marketing your property?

Detail on the costs involved in selling your home

It is important, when selling your home, to budget for additional costs that will arise throughout the sale. For instance:

Estate Agency fees
Solicitors costs
Removal costs

Top tips to prepare you home for viewings

Remove all clutter and clean throughout
Ensure all windows are clean inside and out
Fresh flowers placed around the house
Tidy the garden front and rear
Put clothes and shoes away
Neutralise colour schemes and remove personnel items
If you have pets make sure they are away from the buyers and the house is odour free

All the above guarantees that the house is presented to the highest standard. Buyers need to be able to walk freely around the property in order to see themselves living there. Clutter, odours and large maintenance problems can sometimes stop a good offer.

Accepting an offer

You will be notified through your estate agent as soon as any offers are received. By law all offers that are submitted to your agent have to be brought to your attention, even if the offer is unlikely to be accepted. However, it is important to consider all aspects of the offer in addition to the price they have put forward.

It may be beneficial to accept an offer that is not the full asking price, if the purchaser meets your requirements i.e.

First time buyer, cash purchase, no chain, timescale of completion etc.

Choosing a Solicitor

It is very important to decide on a solicitor at the early stages of selling your property. Your solicitor is an essential part of the sales process and you need to be comfortable and confident that he or she will work to their best ability for your sale. If you have not decided on a solicitor we will be very happy to recommend a variety of solicitors for you to call.