On Wed, 09 Nov 2016 02:08:36 -0000, John Rumm wrote:

On 08/11/2016 23:25, JoeJoe wrote:
On 08/11/2016 21:51, Tim Watts wrote:
On 08/11/16 20:43, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Tue, 08 Nov 2016 19:14:09 -0000, Mr Pounder Esquire
wrote:

Murmansk wrote:
My house is in an area where they sell really easily so I'm thinking
of using

https://www.visum.co.uk/Pricing/Sales

All I want is for my house to appear on Rightmove and this seems the
cheapest way to achieve that - once I've found interested buyers I
can do the rest myself.

A bloke about a mile away from me tried something similar.
Nothing happened.

I've seen houses for sale (in decent areas) with just a mobile number on
a home made sign. Not sure where they advertised, but they sold as
quick as any estate agent ones.


Apart from exposure and showing people around (the latter is eminently
DIYable), Estate Agents off nothing else of value.

And the security side of the process (checks, surveys etc) are handled
by others and would be done just the same for a non agent advert - so
really, if you can get the eyeballs on your house and have the time to
show people around and answer the phone, there's no disadvantage.

One option to consider that will both address the concern about
security/safety and will also make arranging viewings easier is to
follow the system that has been used in Scotland for decades, namely
fixed viewing times:

Viewings are usually fixed at one afternoon/evening during the week
(usually Thursday 19:00-21:00), and Sunday 14:00-16:00.

People simply turn up and look around, and you always have the option to
accommodate special requests, but it keeps everything much simpler.
You obviously keep your options open

Some agents will do "open house" type viewings like that as well -
especially for places likely to be in high demand... the better ones
will schedule 20 min slots for each set of viewers, but with a 5 min
overlap. That avoids having a negative viewer putting off other buyers,
but still makes each potential buyer "aware" of the other viewers
arriving or leaving etc. Helps shift their expectations from "what is
the lowest offer they are likely to accept for this place?" to "What
will we need to offer to win it from all the other viewers?"

I seem to remember some weird rules about not being allowed to tell one potential buyer what another has offered. All very strange.

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