Selling your home
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When selling your property you will need to consider, how to obtain the best possible price within the most appropriate time scale, and yet at the same time achieve this with the highest degree of professionalism and efficiency. Therefore the first most important decision you have to make is to choose the right estate agent.
Lauristons in Wimbledon, Balham, Battersea, Putney are members of NAEA the National Association of Estate Agents seen as a trademark of ethical and professional standards. Conditions of Membership includes the requirement to have professionally qualified staff in all offices.
Selling a property requires a combination of skill, sound local knowledge and a wide range of marketing. This will not only ensure success, but will provide the most suitable buyer.
Firstly, one of our experienced managers will provide you with a valuation of your home that is both appealing yet achievable. Our marketing team will then arrange to meet you and provide a personal marketing brochure, which may include personal photography, floor plans, virtual tours, location maps and aerial photographs of your property. These details will then be loaded onto both Lauristons website as well as all of the UK’s leading web portals including Rightmove, Findaproperty.com, Primelocation and Zoopla. Additionally, your property details will be instantly electronically emailed to our extensive database of potential buyers with a hard copy to follow.
We will, as required, accompany all prospective purchasers when viewing. Once a viewing has taken place, we will, wherever possible feedback the result within 24 hours. We will also provide a comprehensive weekly update on the marketing progress, this will include a commentary on the number of viewing from the last 7 days, a summary of their feedback comments, the volume of property details that have been posted and auto emailed, the level of response that we have enjoyed from our web based campaign and also the responses that we have had from our double page advertising campaign in the Move To publication.
Once we have received an offer we are obliged to put it forward to you, both verbally and in writing within 24 hours. When putting offers forward to you for your consideration, we will always explain the position and time scale of each individual purchaser.
We are sure you will find our enthusiastic sales staff a pleasure to work with. Their sales experience combined with high quality marketing strategy and a first class level of customer service will ensure that your experience of dealing with Lauristons would leave you in no doubt about using our services again or recommending us to others. Our ultimate aim is for you to become a client for life.
Click here to request a FREE valuation.
Expert Tips to enhance the Saleability of your home
Instant smell! Instant sell! Everyone knows that trick. Brew up a pot of real coffee just before that door bell rings — and make sure the aroma of freshly ground coffee beans wafts through the hall and smacks likely buyers in the face — just as they walk through the door. That’s one.
A freshly painted front door is a good place to start. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
A confident buyer sweeps into a room. An unconvinced buyer has to sweep through litter, pizza menus, junk mail and last year’s autumn leaves in the hall just to get in. Keep things tidy and if the house is unoccupied it is worth making a weekly visit to the property to collect any post that may have accumulated. When conducting viewings we will always aim to arrive at the property before the appointment to move any post that may have gathered since our last visit.
In winter time always have lights on during the daytime. This will enhance the saleability of your home.
If you have children it is always advisable to collect any toys and games that may be lying around on the floor or surfaces and briefly relocate them to an area that is out of sight to the potential buyer/s for the duration of a viewing.
Now there’s a big difference between getting a feel of a place and having to feel your way around. This is the reason why lighting in a room is so important. In the summer months, natural light can liven up a property and give a feeling of freshness and cleanliness. So draw back those curtains — and open those windows. If you don’t have curtains and it’s still dark, check your windows. They may need urgent cleaning. There’s always a first time.
Always let fresh air in and get damp smells out. Make use of ‘plug-ins’ or scented candles and try to avoid cooking smells around the time that a viewing takes place In vacant properties, always leave some furniture behind to give the place a lived in feeling and in the Winter months always set your heating timer to come on for a period of time in the morning, the afternoon and the evening. There is nothing worse than walking into a freezing cold property.
They say that if a buyer sits down in a property, they’re at ease with the place — and are possibly thinking of putting in an offer. For this reason, make sure there’s space round sofas and armchairs so viewers don’t have to step over coffee tables and magazines to get to them.
Paint peeling off on a window, noticeable marks on walls, holes where pictures used to hang or garden gates hanging off its hinges suggest that work needs to be done on the property. Buyers will notice these things and will often use them as reasons to negotiate the price.
If you have a garden at your property, check that the outside of your house is as neat and tidy as the inside. If you have an area of lawn it is vitally important to keep the area mowed on a weekly basis during the cutting seasons.
Strategically placed fresh cut flowers on a coffee table or mantel piece will also provide a welcoming feel for buyers. If you have a garden, patio, terrace, deck or balcony it is also worth considering having a table and chairs on display particularly in the summer months to give the feeling of outside living. This is guaranteed to enhance the saleability of your property.
In winter, if you have a fireplace, have a fire blazing. Hearths can move hearts To a nervous buyer, a damp stain caused by a minor past leakage suggests an impending flood and could have a huge detrimental impact on either the likelihood of that buyer making an offer or the level that they decide to offer.
If you have any documentation relating to damp and timber guarantees, planning permission for extensions or loft conversions or professional drawings for any pending work it is always worth providing copies to your Estate Agents ahead of the marketing campaign as interested buyers will often ask for this information.
Click here to request a FREE valuation.
When selling your property you will need to consider, how to obtain the best possible price within the most appropriate time scale, and yet at the same time achieve this with the highest degree of professionalism and efficiency. Therefore the first most important decision you have to make is to choose the right estate agent.
Lauristons in Wimbledon, Balham, Battersea, Putney are members of NAEA the National Association of Estate Agents seen as a trademark of ethical and professional standards. Conditions of Membership includes the requirement to have professionally qualified staff in all offices.
Selling a property requires a combination of skill, sound local knowledge and a wide range of marketing. This will not only ensure success, but will provide the most suitable buyer.
Firstly, one of our experienced managers will provide you with a valuation of your home that is both appealing yet achievable. Our marketing team will then arrange to meet you and provide a personal marketing brochure, which may include personal photography, floor plans, virtual tours, location maps and aerial photographs of your property. These details will then be loaded onto both Lauristons website as well as all of the UK’s leading web portals including Rightmove, Findaproperty.com, Primelocation and Zoopla. Additionally, your property details will be instantly electronically emailed to our extensive database of potential buyers with a hard copy to follow.
We will, as required, accompany all prospective purchasers when viewing. Once a viewing has taken place, we will, wherever possible feedback the result within 24 hours. We will also provide a comprehensive weekly update on the marketing progress, this will include a commentary on the number of viewing from the last 7 days, a summary of their feedback comments, the volume of property details that have been posted and auto emailed, the level of response that we have enjoyed from our web based campaign and also the responses that we have had from our double page advertising campaign in the Move To publication.
Once we have received an offer we are obliged to put it forward to you, both verbally and in writing within 24 hours. When putting offers forward to you for your consideration, we will always explain the position and time scale of each individual purchaser.
We are sure you will find our enthusiastic sales staff a pleasure to work with. Their sales experience combined with high quality marketing strategy and a first class level of customer service will ensure that your experience of dealing with Lauristons would leave you in no doubt about using our services again or recommending us to others. Our ultimate aim is for you to become a client for life.
Click here to request a FREE valuation.
Expert Tips to enhance the Saleability of your home
Instant smell! Instant sell! Everyone knows that trick. Brew up a pot of real coffee just before that door bell rings — and make sure the aroma of freshly ground coffee beans wafts through the hall and smacks likely buyers in the face — just as they walk through the door. That’s one.
A freshly painted front door is a good place to start. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
A confident buyer sweeps into a room. An unconvinced buyer has to sweep through litter, pizza menus, junk mail and last year’s autumn leaves in the hall just to get in. Keep things tidy and if the house is unoccupied it is worth making a weekly visit to the property to collect any post that may have accumulated. When conducting viewings we will always aim to arrive at the property before the appointment to move any post that may have gathered since our last visit.
In winter time always have lights on during the daytime. This will enhance the saleability of your home.
If you have children it is always advisable to collect any toys and games that may be lying around on the floor or surfaces and briefly relocate them to an area that is out of sight to the potential buyer/s for the duration of a viewing.
Now there’s a big difference between getting a feel of a place and having to feel your way around. This is the reason why lighting in a room is so important. In the summer months, natural light can liven up a property and give a feeling of freshness and cleanliness. So draw back those curtains — and open those windows. If you don’t have curtains and it’s still dark, check your windows. They may need urgent cleaning. There’s always a first time.
Always let fresh air in and get damp smells out. Make use of ‘plug-ins’ or scented candles and try to avoid cooking smells around the time that a viewing takes place In vacant properties, always leave some furniture behind to give the place a lived in feeling and in the Winter months always set your heating timer to come on for a period of time in the morning, the afternoon and the evening. There is nothing worse than walking into a freezing cold property.
They say that if a buyer sits down in a property, they’re at ease with the place — and are possibly thinking of putting in an offer. For this reason, make sure there’s space round sofas and armchairs so viewers don’t have to step over coffee tables and magazines to get to them.
Paint peeling off on a window, noticeable marks on walls, holes where pictures used to hang or garden gates hanging off its hinges suggest that work needs to be done on the property. Buyers will notice these things and will often use them as reasons to negotiate the price.
If you have a garden at your property, check that the outside of your house is as neat and tidy as the inside. If you have an area of lawn it is vitally important to keep the area mowed on a weekly basis during the cutting seasons.
Strategically placed fresh cut flowers on a coffee table or mantel piece will also provide a welcoming feel for buyers. If you have a garden, patio, terrace, deck or balcony it is also worth considering having a table and chairs on display particularly in the summer months to give the feeling of outside living. This is guaranteed to enhance the saleability of your property.
In winter, if you have a fireplace, have a fire blazing. Hearths can move hearts To a nervous buyer, a damp stain caused by a minor past leakage suggests an impending flood and could have a huge detrimental impact on either the likelihood of that buyer making an offer or the level that they decide to offer.
If you have any documentation relating to damp and timber guarantees, planning permission for extensions or loft conversions or professional drawings for any pending work it is always worth providing copies to your Estate Agents ahead of the marketing campaign as interested buyers will often ask for this information.
Click here to request a FREE valuation.
