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. At James & James we 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 us for advice or fill in the valuation form

 

In the meantime, here are a few guidelines which we hope will assist:

 

VALUATION

 

Firstly, if you are selling, you will require a valuation. At James & James 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 the area, but also utilising our extensive knowledge of recent properties sold.

 

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 of 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 with the aid of full colour photographs and, if required, we can also set up a computerised 360 degree/virtual tour to feature on our website.

 

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 us and accompanied viewings can also be arranged to show prospective buyers around your home should you be unable to do so.

 

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.

 

OFFICE AND WINDOW DISPLAY – External and internal photographs will be prominently displayed in our premises in order to optimise exposure to the market place.

 

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  -  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 are placed on our website within 24 hours of being placed on the market.

 

We can also provide a video tour which may assist to further enhance your property.

 

Besides the exposure on our own website, we are also affiliated with the following national property websites which will feature your home:

 

Rightmove

Zoopla

On The Market

Net House Prices

 

UPDATING ON YOUR SALE – At James & James, 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.

 

OFFERS – You will be notified initially be telephone and then followed up in writing or by email. Our competent sales team will negotiate between you and your prospective purchaser to achieve the best possible selling price.

 

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, please notify us and we will endeavour to satisfy your request wherever possible.

  

AGREED SALE – At this point (if you have not already done so), you will need to instruct a solicitor and, should you require assistance, we will only be too pleased to recommend local 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) The buyers’ mortgage offer (if required) will also be subject to the results of a survey/valuation.

 

The sellers’ solicitors will request the title deeds from the lender (if appropriate) or yourselves as the seller. The fixtures and fittings form and the property information form must be completed at this stage.

 

The solicitors draw up the draft contract which sets out 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 & COMPLETION – As long as the mortgage offer has been received and cleared deposit funds placed with your buyer’s solicitor, mutually convenient dates can be agreed upon for the exchange of contracts and completion.