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 Elliotts, aim to eliminate the stress and make the experience as easy as possible.
What to Do Next
Buying or selling a home? Do you require a valuation? Please contact Elliotts for advice or fill in the valuation form
In the meantime, here are a few guidelines which we hope will assist:
Firstly, if you are selling, you will require a valuation. At Elliotts we can offer you a free, no obligation factual and accurate appraisal of the current market value of your home. Our experienced property valuers will provide you with a valuation based not only on their in depth knowledge of Brighton & Hove and surrounding areas, but also utilising our extensive database of comparable evidence including recent properties sold both by us and other Agents, showing you actual property particulars where possible, Land Registry figures and break down of similar properties currently available. Any visit will be followed up with a fully illustrated written report.
INSTRUCTION OF THE AGENT/PROPERTY DETAILS
Having received your valuation report from us which is, of course, only a brief guide and description, if you wish Elliotts to act on your behalf, we will then proceed to prepare full sales details of your property. At Elliotts we pride ourselves on the quality of our presentation, and 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 with the aid of numerous full colour photographs which will also feature on our own website and several others including http://www.rightmove.co.uk/, www.findaproperty.co.uk and www.primelocation.co.uk
MARKETING
Once you have seen and approved our particulars of your home, you will then be in a position to receive prospective buyers. Appointments to view your property are made by Elliotts and accompanied viewing are always recommended to show prospective buyers around your home.
Your property is now ready to market and we offer the following:
FOR SALE BOARDS - This is the most simple and effective marketing tool, available 24 hours a day. Elliotts boards are eye catching although not garish, like so many others.
OFFICE AND WINDOW DISPLAY – External and internal photographs will be prominently displayed in our premises in order to optimise exposure to the market place. It should be noted we have ONE OF THE LARGEST WINDOW DISPLAYS IN THE AREA.
EMAIL – Wherever possible, all prospective buyers who register with us are asked to provide email addresses in order to ensure that they are notified of any new properties as soon as possible within 24 hours of receiving your instruction.
MAIL SHOTS (and telesales) - We will contact registered prospective buyers as soon as possible after receiving your instructions and your details will be forwarded to any new registered buyers immediately. We have a comprehensive mailing list containing people locally and from outside the area.
WEBSITE – This is updated continuously throughout the day and full colour details of your home are placed on our website within 24 hours of being placed on the market (once the necessary arrangements are in place for the HIP).
Besides the exposure on our own site, Elliotts is also affiliated with the following national property websites which will feature your home:
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ADVERTISING – We provide regular prominent advertisement of your property in Latest Homes (and other specialist publications on request) ensuring that your home is fully marketed. We also have excellent contacts for editorial.
FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK, FEEDBACK!!
So often the criticism of many Estate Agents but NOT ELLIOTTS. We have a tried and tested system to keep in touch on a regular basis and to provide you with feedback on what those that view or those that enquire about your property think. We will also post or email a regular monthly overview of the market generally.
OFFERS – Any offers we receive are promptly verbally notified and then followed up in writing. Our competent and experienced team will negotiate between you and your prospective applicant in order to achieve the strongest buyer and best possible price.
We will inform you of the position of the buyers and liaise with any Estate Agents involved in other parts of the chain (if of course there is one) and 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.
The solicitors will then be placed in touch with one another 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.
UPDATING ON YOUR SALE – At Elliotts, we pride ourselves on our conscientious sales management. We aim to keep you regularly appraised of your sales process 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 as stress-free as possible.
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
COMPLETION – The completion and your actual house move and take between 7 to 28 days depending on the buyers, sellers and their respective solicitors.
