Selling your property

Before you put your property on the market, come and talk to us. As well as valuing your property, we’d be happy to share our knowledge of local conditions and offer informed suggestions on any presentation or refurbishments that could boost your sale price.

We’ve prepared a range of pointers designed to deliver better viewings:

Do

• Do tidy up before a viewing
• Do let the viewer have freedom to wander around
• Do answer questions at the end – it’s a good idea to think about what might be asked and prepare your answers

Don’t

• Don’t follow potential buyers around
• Don’t talk over them
• Don’t hurry them

For Sale boards really do work. In fact, over 20% of all our registered applicants contact us as a result of seeing a D&G For Sale board. So, if you’re serious about selling, we really recommend that you let us put up a board wherever possible.

We try and make it as simple as possible for you to stay in touch with every step of your sale. You can do this by:

• Checking progress online at your convenience
• Calling us during office hours

Occasionally we may need to contact you at short notice and it will help us enormously if we can do this promptly. If you go away on work or holiday, please let us know and give us any additional numbers or address where we can contact you.

Don’t be afraid to ask us for help or for informed opinions. From details on presenting your property to major decisions about which offer is right for you or possible price reductions, we know your market and are ideally placed to offer expert, impartial advice.

We work on a shared commission basis so we always act in your best interests. Don’t be surprised if we even advise you not to accept an offer or to take your house off the market to do more work on it.

It’s all part of our commitment to provide totally professional advice that will deliver the maximum benefits for you.

After surveys and local authority searches, chains are the main cause of delays and hiccups in any property sale. What’s more, the longer the chain, the greater the potential for problems. Anything you can do to limit the problems caused by a chain of sellers can help you sell more quickly, easily and occasionally at a better price.

If you haven’t got your next property lined up, we recommend that you consider an alternative option such as renting. That way, you’re in the strongest possible position to take advantage of the best offer.