Selling house/property advice consultant?

[Ivor Windybottom]

The queen is still alive, we’re a constitutional monarchy, it’s continuos regardless of who the current monarch is.

Blup

?!?!?!

I hate to break it to you, but she's definitely dead. While I'm at it, Father Christmas doesn't exist either.

 

[blup]

Steady on.

Blup

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Just shop around for a decent local estate agent. Thats the only real route.

So no justification or reasoning, despite the many reasons already given to avoid them?

You must be getting short of hair gel, or due a new BMW Mini.

 

[Koolpc]

So no justification or reasoning, despite the many reasons already given to avoid them?

You must be getting short of hair gel, or due a new BMW Mini.

Of course, if you need advice about your teeth, i guess you would go to a car mechanic then!?

 

[johnny2007]

Of course, if you need advice about your teeth, i guess you would go to a car mechanic then!?

Where else would you go???

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Fixing teeth requires actual knowledge and lengthy training. Estate agents require none, they're just chancers.

I sold my own house. It was easy, and the specs, photos and floorplan were vastly superior to the sort of rushed rubbish estate agents normally slap together in 30 minutes.

 

[Koolpc]

Fixing teeth requires actual knowledge and lengthy training. Estate agents require none, they're just chancers.

I sold my own house. It was easy, and the specs, photos and floorplan were vastly superior to the sort of rushed rubbish estate agents normally slap together in 30 minutes.

I have done both myself. Hit and miss with agents i know..

 

[gizmo1990]

Thanks a lot for the replies everyone. I'm surprised there's no specialised advice out there, but that just goes to show my lack of knowledge in this area I suppose. I forgot to mention that the house itself is extremely unlikely to be brought by anyone wishing to live in it. It's old and fairly large with a lot of repair/renovation needed. Potential buyers would more than likely be buying it for redevelopment purposes, so property developers etc.

 

[ETAF]

I'm surprised there's no specialised advice out there,

i did provide a details to specialist help - post 5

i have paid a "Blue Book' registered agent, for probate - which was recommended by the accountant and solicitor for the estate - worth quite a lot - and was not cheap
We were provided with a full report - along with a justification for the land and house valuation

did you look at blue book specialists?

 

[Koolpc]

Try and get hold of a good local builder to take a look at the house etc.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Thanks a lot for the replies everyone. I'm surprised there's no specialised advice out there, but that just goes to show my lack of knowledge in this area I suppose. I forgot to mention that the house itself is extremely unlikely to be brought by anyone wishing to live in it. It's old and fairly large with a lot of repair/renovation needed. Potential buyers would more than likely be buying it for redevelopment purposes, so property developers etc.

Possibly a job for an auction. You should look into the options - you may be able to set a reserve you'd be happy with and pay little or even nothing if it doesn't meet your reserve.

The great thing about auctions is that you only need two people interested to drive the price right up to the maximum they'd be prepared to pay, there's no upper limit. You could end up getting more than you would by selling it in the normal way.

If it wouldn't be possible to get a mortgage on it then you're probably wasting everyone's time selling it by the traditional route anyway. You can put a disclaimer in the listing for "cash buyers only", but I always think that just invites low offers as it sounds desperate.

 

[gizmo1990]

did you look at blue book specialists?

I have checked the term out but I came away not really understanding where to find authorised companies that offer it? Specifically in my area, Greater London? As I understand it, it's a European standard for a variety of things but it also seems to be a catch all term for valuations. So for example it's used in the US for car valuations? Is there a directory which I've been unable to find which provides a list of authorised specialists in any given area?

 

[ETAF]

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a comprehensive guide to what it calls “the responsibilities of residential property agents to ensure they are working to the highest ethical and professional standards.”

The document is the sixth edition of the RICS’ famous Blue Book - formally called UK Residential Property Standards.

https://www.rics.org/networking/find-a-member.html?firstname=&lastname=&town=&country=United+Kingdom&member_grade=&expert_witness=&accrediation=&page=1

however, the both the account and solicitor I was involved in a very large estates probate, provided with a few names to choose from ........ so i did not search a directory , but recommendation.. rather than just a couple of local estate agents.
I was impressed with the report and examples/plans of other properties sold in the area , plans of the site and there value, they also talked in the report of development and there was also 20acres of woodland and they went onto detail about that value as well - but expensive