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. We at Thomas James, aim to eliminate the stress and make the experience as easy as possible.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
Considering selling a home? Do you require a valuation? Please contact Thomas James for advice or complete the form.
Firstly, if you are selling, you will require a valuation. At Thomas 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 database of recent properties sold.
Having received your valuation, and provided that you are satisfied with it, we will then proceed to prepare full sales details of your property. With the importance of great presentation always in mind, we will arrange for our professional photographer to visit your home to capture high specification images, and where required, produce a 360 tour.
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 Thomas James 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:
Thomas James believe For Sale boards are the simplest but most effective marketing tool, available and visible 24 hours a day. The board can even serve to prompt interest from parties who may not have considered a move before spotting your property as they passed.
External and internal photographs will be displayed in our premises in order to optimise exposure to the market place. Our branches enjoy prominent positions which ensure maximum opportunity for footfall and high visibility.
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.
This is updated daily and full-colour details of your home are placed on our website as soon as possible. Besides the exposure on our own site, Thomas James is also affiliated with the most popular national property websites which will feature your home; including Rightmove, Zoopla, On The Market, Vebra and Primelocation.
At Thomas James, we pride ourselves on our conscientious sales management. Our dedicated team aim to keep you regularly appraised of your sales process right through to completion. They will 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.
Any offers we receive are promptly verbally notified and then followed up in writing. Our competent sales team will negotiate between you and prospective purchasers to ensure we achieve the best price from the strongest buyer.
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 point (if you have not already done so), you will need to instruct a solicitor and, should you require assistance, Thomas James 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 and PROPERTY INFORMATION 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 contract has been approved, it can be signed by both parties.
As long as the mortgage offer has been received and cleared funds placed with your buyer’s solicitor, mutually convenient dates can be agreed upon for the exchange of contracts.
