Hi there,
My partner and I have just done our first do-up, and have listed it privately. I have done my intro-to-real estate course so I have the S & P agreement ready to go and we have our advertising pretty sorted... except.. I know I am about to ask some ignorant questions:
We have had our house listed since Wednesday 7th Feb, as in we put it on Trademe (item no. 8729807, put it in the Waikato Times and in the Hamilton Press Wednesday and Saturday, and put a big homemade sign outside our house. We have decided not to have any more open homes as they were not too useful.
The first week was pretty hectic with heaps of interest but now we have only had about 4 enquiries this week, and we have had no real bites - the people that are looking are either people with kids or looking for a rental, which are not the right people for our house. Of course I have also had agents ringing a'plenty offering help which is starting to wear down my confidence a bit.... so what I would like to know is... how long before you think about going with an agent? Is there some other advertising medium that we haven't thought of? I would love to hear some opinions as I have no experience to go by.
Oh I forgot to mention - I also rang the people that have been through and asked for honest feedback about the price of the house and they all said that they thought it was a very reasonable price but it just didn't suit their needs, in fact one couple said they thought it was underpriced (a few people have mentioned that) but we are happy with our price.
So I would LOVE some advice!
Thanks for reading this,
Sarah.
My partner and I have just done our first do-up, and have listed it privately. I have done my intro-to-real estate course so I have the S & P agreement ready to go and we have our advertising pretty sorted... except.. I know I am about to ask some ignorant questions:
We have had our house listed since Wednesday 7th Feb, as in we put it on Trademe (item no. 8729807, put it in the Waikato Times and in the Hamilton Press Wednesday and Saturday, and put a big homemade sign outside our house. We have decided not to have any more open homes as they were not too useful.
The first week was pretty hectic with heaps of interest but now we have only had about 4 enquiries this week, and we have had no real bites - the people that are looking are either people with kids or looking for a rental, which are not the right people for our house. Of course I have also had agents ringing a'plenty offering help which is starting to wear down my confidence a bit.... so what I would like to know is... how long before you think about going with an agent? Is there some other advertising medium that we haven't thought of? I would love to hear some opinions as I have no experience to go by.
Oh I forgot to mention - I also rang the people that have been through and asked for honest feedback about the price of the house and they all said that they thought it was a very reasonable price but it just didn't suit their needs, in fact one couple said they thought it was underpriced (a few people have mentioned that) but we are happy with our price.
So I would LOVE some advice!
Thanks for reading this,
Sarah.
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