"nightjar .uk.com" nightjar@insert my surname here wrote in message
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"nick smith" wrote in message
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Thinking of selling my house, D-I-Y, i.e. without the agent / fees.

Anyone here done this and have any tips, mainly "where to advertise" ?

Oddly enough, the most effective place to advertise is through an Estate
Agent. You will pay a percentage of the sale price, but, by shopping
around
and negotiating, you should be able to get that down to 0.75%.

If you do want to go it alone, be prepared to wait to sell. Your potential
buyers are most likely to be looking in Estate Agents' for their purchase,
so, unless you are going to spend more than the agent's fees on
advertising,
it will probably be luck if they notice your advert in the local newsagent
/
small ads / whatever. Even then, you will almost certainly get a lot of
time
wasters.

I have just sold a house without an agent, but it was more luck than
intent;
the purchaser approached me because she had noticed the house was empty
and
she liked the look of it. The house had been standing empty for nearly
three
years and it eventually took about another eight months to complete. As it
happened, I had just had it valued, with a view to placing it with an
Estate
Agent, so I had a price to start negotiations with.

Colin Bignell


The only exception to the above is when a close neighbours house is for
sale, you will get viewings off the back of that - our family bought a house
that way

Regards Jeff