Step by Step Guide to Selling your Home
Step 1: Valuation
We believe our aim should be to sell your property at the best possible price in
the shortest possible time. Our valuers have an unparalleled knowledge of property
values in their specific areas resulting in us being able to consistently achieve
excellent prices for your properties.
Step 2: Select the Right Estate Agent
We think it important to select the right agent. You need to feel comfortable putting
your property sale in our hands. You must consider opening hours, the kind of advertising
exposure you will receive, their high street presence and how the viewings will
be conducted.
Step 3: Marketing
In order to attract buyers it is essential your property gets maximum exposure across
all ranges of media available. Coppinger Boston offers a comprehensive market package,
including the following:
- Exposure on our website.
- Full colour property details.
- The option to upgrade to professional brochures.
- Weekly regional newspaper advertising.
- Exposure to a range of national property portals.
- Option to have one of our renowned ‘flag’ for sale boards – instantly
recognisable in the local area.
We will be happy to organise your legally required Energy Performance Certificate.
You must commission an EPC in order for us to market your property.
Step 4: Viewings
Everyone leads a busy life that’s why we appreciate that it may not be convenient
for you to carry out viewings and to relieve you, we at Coppinger Boston have dedicated,
professional staff who will undertake viewings on your behalf.
We feel accompanied viewings give you an edge – having professionals using their
expertise to help sell your property. We have also extended our available hours
and do weekends when we know a large proportion of viewings take place.
Step 5: Negotiating and Agreeing an Offer
Once an offer has been received we will always promptly notify you of this both
verbally and in writing. We will fully investigate if there are any special conditions
and the prospective buyers actual ability to proceed all before we help to advise
you to accept an offer.
Step 6: Offer in Place and Agreed
Once accepted we will:
- Write to all parties concerned to confirm the sale price.
- Ask for confirmation of your solicitors details.
- Prepare memorandum of sale.
Your appointed solicitor will send out a draft contract to the purchases solicitor
who then begins preliminary enquiries. Dates for the exchange of contracts and the
proposed completion date can also be agreed.
Throughout this whole process we will advise, negotiate and guide you, keeping you
informed every step of the way.
Step 7: Exchange of Contracts
There is no legal obligation or responsibility until contacts are exchanged.
Before exchange of contracts can take place the following must have been agreed
and confirmed:
- Preliminary enquiries following the receipt of the draft contract.
- A ‘good’ title.
- Any specific issues relating to the lease.
- Local search enquiries.
- Any fixtures and fittings to be agreed in the sale.
- The purchasers mortgage offer.
- Once the contract has been signed by both parties the deposit can then be telegraphically
transferred or paid in the form of a bankers draft by the buyer’s solicitor to your
solicitor.
- The completion date is then set by mutual agreement.
Step 8: Completion
The phrase you are waiting to hear – This is when the residual monies are transferred
from the purchasers to your solicitors account.Your solicitor will call you when
the money has cleared in your account and will inform us when to release the keys.
Your property has now been sold!