Ten Steps to Selling Your Property

Step One: The valuation

The main aim is to sell your property at the best possible price in the shortest possible time. Our experienced valuers have extensive knowledge of property values in our area and we are able to achieve asking prices time and time again.

Book a valuation using our online form or call 01895 23 55 99

Step Two: Select an estate agent

When choosing an estate agent, consider the following:

  • Office opening hours and do they do evening viewings:

Please refer to our opening hours for further details.

  • Office location?

Our Main sales and lettings office is situated in a prominent location.

  • Will your agent organise your legally required Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) or will you have to arrange this yourself?

Arron James Karis can arrange an EPC and Floor Plan for you.

Please remember that you must have an EPC before your property can be marketed by anyone.

Step Three: Instructing a solicitor

An experienced and efficient solicitor is vital and it is a good idea to do some research and make a decision before you put your property on the market. This will reduce delays.

We will provide you with local solicitors with whom we have worked and are happy to recommend.

Step Four: Presentation

First impressions are important and the presentation of your property is a key factor for a successful sale.

At the very least, add a fresh coat of paint where it’s needed; de-clutter and keep the house tidy for viewings.

All our staff are trained to take good quality photographs of your property and will advise at the time if anything needs to be moved to enhance the image.

Step Five: Marketing

Within a matter of hours of assembling sales particulars, photos and floor plans, we will have your property published on our website and all the major property portals below.

By this time, our experienced negotiators will have notified all potential applicants on their databases, either by phone or by e mail to encourage them to view your property. We will also erect a For Sale board at your property.

Step Six: Viewings

Our offices are open:

  • 9:00am-7:00pm Monday to Thursday.
  • 9:00am-6:00pm Friday.
  • 10am-4:00pm on Saturdays.

We accompany 99% of applicants on viewings and a great many of these are carried out after 5pm.

Step Seven: Offers

All offers we receive will be notified to you verbally and in writing, we will verify the buyer's financial position and chain by talking to their mortgage broker and estate agent before you make the decision to accept or reject the offer.

Step Eight: Offer Accepted

Once you accept an offer we will do the following:

  • Prepare the memorandum of sale
  • Write to all parties to confirm the agreed price
  • Ask you to confirm your solicitor's details

Once instructed, your solicitor will send out a draft contract and your property's EPC to the buyer's solicitor who will then carry out preliminary enquiries.

At this stage your buyer will be able to organise a tentative date for the survey on your property, the exchange of contracts and the preferred date for completion. We will advise you and negotiate on your behalf throughout this process, keeping you informed of activity.

Remember - you are NOT legally bound until contracts are exchanged.

Step Nine: Exchange of contracts

Exchange of contracts occurs when the following have been agreed:

  • Preliminary enquiries following receipt of the draft contract
  • Evidence of a good title
  • A specific issue highlighted in the lease, if this is relevant.
  • Local search queries
  • Fixtures and fittings to be included in the sale
  • The buyer's mortgage offer

Once the contract has been signed by both parties, the deposit (this is usually 10% of the purchase price) will be telegraphically transferred or paid in the form of a banker's draft by the buyer's solicitor, to your solicitor.

The completion date is then set by agreement. At this stage, you need to consider booking a removal firm or storage facilities and the termination of services such as water, gas, electricity, telephones etc.

Step Ten: Completion

This is when the balance of the purchase price (usually 90%) is transferred from the buyer's solicitor into your solicitor's account. Your solicitor will call you when the money has cleared in your account and will inform us to release the keys.