Selling your home can be stressful so it is important to choose an agent you can trust who will make this process as smooth as possible. We at House & Home aim to do just that.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
Buying or selling a home? Do you require a valuation? Please contact House & Home for advice or fill in the valuation form.
In the meantime, here are a few guidelines which we hope will assist you:
VALUATION
Firstly, if you are selling, you will require a valuation. At House & Home Property Agents we offer you a free, no obligation factual and accurate appraisal of the current market value of your home. Our experienced property valuer will provide you with a valuation based on their in depth knowledge of Chepstow and the surrounding areas.
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVICE
If you require independent financial advice, we are able to recommend a local reputable independent financial advisor who offers a full range of services. If you need advice please fill in the contact form and our Independent Financial Advisor will contact you.
INSTRUCTION OF THE AGENT/PROPERTY DETAILS
Having received your valuation, and provided that you are satisfied with it, we will then proceed to prepare full sales details for your property. Bearing in mind the importance of presentation, we will ensure that your sales details highlight the vitally important aspects of your property and ensure that your home is shown to its best possible advantage. For example we also provide, as standard, a full 360 Degree Virtual Tour or Video Tour with voice over to feature on our website.
MARKETING
Once you have seen and approved our particulars of your property, you will then be in a position to receive prospective buyers. Appointments to view your property are made by House & Home and we will accompany all viewings.
Your property is now ready to market and we offer the following:
'FOR SALE' BOARD
This is the most simple and effective marketing tool, available 24 hours a day.
Wherever possible, all prospective buyers who register with us are asked to provide an email address in order to ensure that they are notified of any new properties.
MAIL SHOTS (and telesales)
We will contact registered prospective buyers as soon as possible after receiving your instruction and your details will be forwarded to any new registered buyers immediately.
WEBSITE
This is updated daily and full colour details of your home and 360 Virtual Tour or Video Tour with voice over are added to our website within 48 hours of being placed on the market. Besides the exposure on our own site, House & Home will also place your property on Rightmove and Homesearch.
UPDATING ON YOUR SALE
At House & Home we pride ourselves on our conscientious sales management. We aim to keep you regularly appraised of your sales progress right through to completion and liaise with your purchaser, the legal representatives, surveyors and mortgage lenders in order to ensure that your sale is progressed as smoothly and is as stress-free as possible.
OFFERS
Any offers we receive are promptly verbally notified to you and then followed up in writing. We will negotiate between you and your prospective buyer(s) in order to achieve the best outcome for you.
We will inform you of the position of the buyers and liaise with you until an accepted offer has been agreed.
Should you require your sale to be completed by a certain date, this is when you should notify us and we will endeavour to satisfy your request wherever possible.
At this stage, you should also provide your list of Fixtures and Fittings which will be negotiated separately between the solicitors and will form part of the final contract.
AGREED SALE
At this point (if you have not already done so), you will need to instruct a solicitor and, should you require assistance, House & Home will be only too pleased to recommend local reputable firms.
The solicitors will then write to all parties and the buyers will instruct a surveyor to conduct a survey of your property (the “agreed sale” is subject to the contract and any survey) and the buyers’ mortgage offer (if required) will also be subject to the results of the survey.
The sellers’ solicitors will request the title deeds from the lender (if appropriate) or yourselves as the seller and the fixtures and fittings form must be completed at this stage.
The solicitors draw up the draft contract which sets of the terms of the sale and sends it to the buyers’ solicitor together with all relevant documents. Any enquiries will then be raised, the title deeds and lease (if applicable) will be checked and local searches carried out.
Once the draft contracts have been approved, it can be signed by both parties.
EXCHANGE OF CONTRACTS
As long as the mortgage offer has been received and cleared funds placed with your buyer’s solicitor, a mutually convenient date can be agreed upon for the exchange of contracts.
COMPLETION
The completion and your actual move can take between 7 to 28 days depending on the buyers, sellers and their respective solicitors.
