Gardens generally look awful at this time of year; the grass is patchy, the flower beds are covered in leaves, and your patio is covered in some slimy stuff that you’re sure wasn’t there last year. In addition, family gardens may be scattered with unloved toys, a rusty barbecue, [...] Continue Reading…
When clients come to HomeTruths because they can’t sell their house, the first place I look for clues as to why this is happening, is their marketing. Now, anyone who has been reading my blog for any length of time at all, knows that property marketing is ‘my thing’ [...] Continue Reading…
You find a buyer, you negotiate the purchase price, you both agree on a figure that is slightly unacceptable to both of you (in other words, fair) and then the survey results come in.
Either he’s highlighted lots of work that needs doing (regardless of the fact you’ve lived there [...] Continue Reading…
Proudly listed as number six in their Top 10, I thought you might like to check out the other Top Tweeters.
1 twitter.com/househistorian
Those who enjoy old maps or leafing through census records should follow Melanie Backe-Hansen (the House Historian). She tweets intriguing morsels from her sleuthing around period buildings. Melanie [...] Continue Reading…
No, I’m not being personal, I’m talking about your online property advert!
Take a moment to find your house on Rightmove or one of the other property portals, and tell me what can see, without scrolling down the page. Web developers call this ‘above the fold’ and it receives far [...] Continue Reading…
“Price on application” is a tag applied to some properties on the market, the price of which, for one reason or another, the agent or owner wants to keep secret. The theory is that an interested buyer will make the effort to call the agent, to find out the [...] Continue Reading…
You may have seen some badges on your agent’s website, property details or in their window; but what do they actually mean, and do they afford the buyer and seller any protection? Here’s my guide to the organisations and schemes these badges represent, and what you can do if [...] Continue Reading…
I spoke to a lady recently who hadn’t had a viewing in six months; another gentleman seller called me who had been trying to sell his house for three years, and in all that time had only had three viewings. If you’re in that boat, you have my sincere [...] Continue Reading…
If you ask your estate agent why you haven’t yet sold your house, he’ll blame either your asking price (too high) or the market (too slow) or both. So what’s his answer? ”Drop your price”. This strategy, he assures you, will combat a sluggish market and bring previously hidden [...] Continue Reading…
More and more these days, the total floor area of a property is included on the floorplan, which can be very useful to a buyer when they are trying to work out how much house they are getting for their money. At HomeTruths, we compile a ‘Price per square [...] Continue Reading…
