Selling
Why sell through Hunt?
Here at Hunt Property Services, we are committed to being of help during every step of the process when selling your property. Unlike other estate agencies, our experts are always an email or a phone call away, ready to help you make the most profitable decision possible and find you a suitable buyer.
With a vast knowledge of the local market, we offer our vendors a free valuation with an appointed representative, we arrange an Energy Performance Certificate if necessary, advice on how to prepare for viewings, professional photography, online marketing and promotion of the property and the opportunity to refurbish and add value to their homes.
Our office is based in Woodford Green, in the London Borough of Redbridge, close to transport links such as Chigwell and Woodford central line tube station.
Here are a few guidelines of the process which we hope will assist:
VALUATION
Firstly, if you are selling, you will require a valuation. At Hunt Property Services we can offer you a free, no obligation factual and accurate appraisal of the current market value of your home. Hayley our Director or another one of our trusted valuers will provide you with a valuation based not only on their in-depth knowledge of the local area, but also utilising our extensive database of recent properties sold.
WE ADD VALUE
We are keen on offering refurbishment and remodelling advice when desired if you would like to add value to your home. We know that an investment into a property renovation isn’t something to be taken lightly. By working with an award-winning renovations specialist, you can be sure you are in safe hands. We work with property owners to ensure their investment in a renovation project is managed and maintained to a high standard. Hunt are regularly contracted to run property renovations and have done successfully since January 2016 including the full interior remodel of this property in Osborne House, Repton Park. Visit our renovations page to see more projects.
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 high-resolution photographs taken by our professional property photographers. We can also arrange an Energy Performance Certificate if necessary, and advice on how to prepare for viewings.
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 will be arranged according to your schedule and every prospect will be accompanied by one of our team.
Now your property is ready to market we will conduct the following:
WEBSITE – An in-depth presentation of your home will be displayed on our website within 24 hours of being placed on the market.
FOR SALES BOARD – The simplest, yet most effective marketing tool.
OFFICE AND WINDOW DISPLAY – External and internal photographs accompanied by your property's details will be prominently displayed in our premises in order to increase exposure within the local market.
FLYERS – These are made for select properties and are distributed within the local area to further increase local exposure.
BROCHURES – Every home we instruct is designed its own beautifully presented brochure, which displays the property's best features with high quality images and descriptions.
OUR MAGAZINE – This seasonal in-house booklet allows us to share our brand with the local community and showcase some of the spectacular properties we have on offer. Since
ADVERTISING – We advertise your property regularly in prominent local and national publications to ensure that your home is fully marketed including:
Property Mart.
West Essex Life.
EXTENSIVE DATABASE - We will contact registered prospective buyers as soon as possible after receiving your instruction and your property’s details will be forwarded to any new registered buyers immediately. Besides the exposure on our own site we are also affiliated with the following national property websites which will feature your home:
Rightmove.
On the Market.
UPDATING ON YOUR SALE
At Hunt Property Services, 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
Any offers we receive are promptly verbally notified and then followed up in writing. Our competent sales team will negotiate between you and your prospective applicant in order to achieve the strongest buyer. 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, this is when you should notify us and we will endeavour to satisfy your request wherever possible. At this stage, you should also provide your list of Fixture and Fittings which will be negotiated separately between the solicitors and forms part of the final contract.
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) and the buyers’ mortgage offer (if required) will also be subject to the results of the survey. 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 funds placed with your buyer’s solicitor, a mutually convenient date can be agreed upon for the exchange of contracts.
COMPLETION
The completion and your actual house move and take between 7 to 28 days depending on the buyers, sellers and their respective solicitors.
