We know that when you decide to sell your property you want to be confident you have the very best team working for you.
Nowadays, with so much at stake, it pays to choose the right agent for you.
If you are selling your home, we offer a full range of services, including general advice, valuations and marketing whether on or off market.
Step-by-Step Guide
Why Use The Purple Property Shop
If you think all Estate Agents are the same, you haven’t worked with The Purple Property Shop. We’re different. Everything we do will give you an altogether better experience of selling your property.
Property Valuation
Deciding on an asking price
There’s no right or wrong when it comes to valuing how much a property is worth. If you were to get a number of opinions on value there is likely to be quite a variation; from the realistic to the optimistic and all points in-between. What agents give you is more a view on “marketing price” than a valuation and, as such, the numbers can be very different. We aim to give you a range, an explanation and help so that you to decide on an asking price and the right strategy for you.
Our professional valuers have unrivalled local and market knowledge and our objective is to get the best possible price for you and there are different ways of achieving this depending on your circumstance and the amount of activity in the property market.
Getting Started
We are your representative and advisor
We are a team of talented and experienced individuals and we act as your representative and advisor.
Our aim is to represent your property as you would do yourself. The first thing we would do is visit your property and ask you questions, for example: Why did you choose to live here? Why this particular property? What do you like about the property and the area? The more we know about your property the better job we would do selling it.
We expect to spend in the region of 100 hours in total selling your property, there is a great deal of work behind the scenes which we explain below. Throughout the process we are acting as your representative and expert adviser, concentrating on getting the best price and a successful sale.
We would ask that you have a solicitor instructed as soon as possible so that we can be quick off the mark when a sale is agreed. We have a panel of approved solicitors that we can recommend.
First Impressions Court: Showing Off Your Property
Showing your property at its best
We’re all familiar with the tips about brewing coffee and baking fresh bread. Although you don’t need to go to quite those lengths, it does pay to present your property at its best. The more effort you put in, the better sale price you stand to achieve.
We have our own photographer but can also instruct a professional photographer if you prefer. In addition, a floor plan will be designed reflecting the space and layout of your property.
It’s all about exposure as the majority of buyers start their journey online and our online exposure is unrivalled locally, with our properties advertised on Rightmove and Zoopla, attracting buyers from across the country.
In addition, we have a Facebook following of approximately 3000 and with regular content across the main social media channels, we offer exposure through these portals, targeting both active and passive buyers.
Viewings are like a first date – we highlight the most attractive features of your property. To help with this ensure you declutter, make sure lightbulbs work, tidy your wardrobes (people will open them), plant bright flowers in the window boxes and hide the dustbins. It’s more about effort than expenditure but it never does any harm to critique your property through the eyes of others.
Thousands of Buyers
Creating Excitement
Our job is to actively promote property, creating a “buzz” and excitement, then from that momentum get a number of offers and in turn the best price for your property.
This doesn’t happen just by advertising and sitting back waiting for buyers to get in touch.
As a leading, family-run, Bolton Estate Agent we are in touch with thousands of buyers every week and we aim to speak to those that may be interested and generate demand for your property and viewings.
The point is that we aim to attract the right buyer, not necessarily the first buyer. That takes planning, regular communication and hard work.
During this time you can expect us to be in constant touch – we’ll put together a marketing plan and review it, keeping you up to date after each viewing.
We know that the small things matter. We’ll appoint a single, dedicated point of contact that you can rely on. You’ll never have to ask twice because we’ll always be one step ahead of you, anticipating your questions.
Proceeding with a Sale
Managing offers and the sale
Negotiating a sale is a skill and as your representative we manage the process for you. This is where we come into our own – it’s what we do every day. We have any number of strategies where we try to capture the best offer for you.
We’re here to reassure you, provide you with expert advice and to arm you with all the information you need to make a decision, be that accepting an offer or agreeing to a counter offer.
We are in a unique position when it comes to agreeing and setting up a sale and seeing it through to a successful conclusion. We are able to speak to both you and the buyer and your respective solicitors, finance providers, surveyors and advisors. Nobody else can do this and it allows us to look after your best interests and coordinate the sale to the agreed timescale.
We are alert to any warning signs – sometimes buyers don’t do as they promise and so we routinely have a back up plan so that if necessary we can move forward at pace with a replacement buyer. Not only that, but we will keep you updated right up until completion.
Completion of the Sale & Feedback
After sales service
Congratulations, contracts have been exchanged and we can now help with arrangements for the completion of the sale. With over 70% of our business stemming from recommendations and repeat business, it’s really important to us that we consistently do a great job.
Hence we will be chasing you up for feedback as we are keen to hear if we could do better and hopefully you will be recommending us to colleagues, family and friends!
