About to put Casa del Vicente( between Fiveways and Preston Park) on the market and wondered if anybody had ever sold their house by having an open day/weekend, rather than people turning up all the time and having to keep the place permanently spotless. Good thing? Bad thing? Keen to hear any experiences. Thanks.
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Bake biscuits in your oven.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Nearly 3 years ago now, but yes. Estate Agent organised an open day on a Saturday which he ran and attended all day whilst we buggered off out for the day.
We had 8 or 9 viewings that day generating 3 offers, one of which was the one we accepted.
Compared to a couple of viewings a week over about 3 months during a previous sale, I’d definitely do an open day again in the unlikely event of us moving again.
We had 8 or 9 viewings that day generating 3 offers, one of which was the one we accepted.
Compared to a couple of viewings a week over about 3 months during a previous sale, I’d definitely do an open day again in the unlikely event of us moving again.
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This is what I wanted to hear, thanks! Much rather disappear for a weekend and let someone else run the whole thing.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Open Day all the way. And as it's in The Golden Triangle it'll probably sell itself anyway
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Does Preston Drove count as the 'Golden Triangle'
LamieRobertson
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With some fresh coffee perculating on the stove
friends of mine did this recently…..hooked a buyer straightaway ….didnt have to bother endlessly keeping the house tidy…….etc …found it less stressful
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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Does Preston Drove count as the 'Golden Triangle'
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Maybe best to avoid Saturday mornings. That's when @Tom Hark Preston Park's wine society meet on the bench in Preston Park 
B-right-on
Living the dream
Be interested to hear how it goes. Apparently the housing market has really slowed down at the higher end because of a lack of first time buyers not moving the chain along since the Reeves SDLT changes.
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Noted. Need to purge the area beforehand.Maybe best to avoid Saturday mornings. That's when @Tom Hark Preston Park's wine society meet on the bench in Preston Park
Have seen a number of these advertised over the years for immaculate bungalows on the foreshore at Shoreham Beach.
Every sale has resulted in demolition followed by building a three storey mansion on the plot.
Probably not a useful example for you
Every sale has resulted in demolition followed by building a three storey mansion on the plot.
Probably not a useful example for you
Maybe best to avoid Saturday mornings. That's when @Tom Hark Preston Park's wine society meet on the bench in Preston Park
Preston Park · Preston Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 6SD
★★★★★ · Park and Garden
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Where is the beach near Preston Park?
That could be the de-cider.Maybe best to avoid Saturday mornings. That's when @Tom Hark Preston Park's wine society meet on the bench in Preston Park
Well, if you want to make petty political points......Corrected for you.
And even so, the housing market down our way is very busy. My son works in the sector.
And yes, if Labour's change to stamp duty has done anything at all it is to help the buyer in a busy market:
Buyers’ property market looms in UK amid record numbers of homes for sale
Decade-high level despite rush to beat stamp duty deadline will push sellers to restrict price rises, says Rightmove
www.theguardian.com
Tom Hark Preston Park
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It's the healthier alternative to the Park RunMaybe best to avoid Saturday mornings. That's when @Tom Hark Preston Park's wine society meet on the bench in Preston Park
Did the open day thing to sell our house as we prepared to emigrate some years back. We went out for the day, the agent had a number of serious buyers lined up, we received offers from four of them. Agent went back to them a couple of days later and requested full and final offers, we actually got about 5% above our asking price. No brainer in my view.
Baked biscuits? Coffee smell? What worked?
Haven't done this myself, though a close relative did and said it was better for all sorts of reasons.
But let your agent know that you're open to doing your own viewings at other times too ( e.g. a weekday evening), in case a prospective purchaser can't make that particular day.
As a potential purchaser myself, rather than a smell of biscuits/coffee (and remember not EVRYONE likes coffee) it's more the LACK OF any smell of dog (or cat) that I appreciate.
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