Four things, done by two people
We do four things, and refuse the rest.
A brokerage that offers everything is telling you it has staff to keep busy. These four are what two partners can do themselves, in a year, without handing your house to anyone.
Selling a house
Twelve instructions a year, one partner each, twelve weeks sole at 1.5%. The house is measured, photographed in a day, written up in a hundred and twenty words and shown first to buyers we already know.
Included
Measured survey · one photographer for a day · the printed particular · the private list · a catalogue number · one portal entry from day twelve
Private acquisition
Acting for the buyer, on the houses that are never advertised. We ask on your behalf, we do not tell the owner who you are until you have seen it, and we are paid by you rather than by them.
Included
A written brief · approaches made by a partner · accompanied viewings · the measured area checked before an offer · the negotiation
Lot 03, photographed at nine in the morning, which is when that room is worth seeing
Valuation
An hour in the house with a tape, then one number in writing two days later with the nine comparable sales it rests on. No charge, no obligation, and no figure chosen to win the instruction.
Included
The visit · measured areas · the written figure · the comparables listed · the launch week we would choose
Estate advisory
For trustees, executors and families who need a figure they can defend rather than a sale. We write the valuation, explain what would happen at each of three prices, and say plainly when the right advice is to wait.
Included
Probate and trust figures · three-price scenarios · a written opinion a solicitor can file · an introduction to the surveyor if one is needed
And not these
The services we do not offer.
Lettings and management. Mortgages and insurance, which we would be paid to recommend. Staging, because we would be selling you furniture. New-build sales, which need a department. Auctions, which need a room.
Each one is a good business. None of them is compatible with two partners knowing twelve houses properly.
Where most people start
With an hour and a tape.
Whether it ends in a sale this season, a private approach, or advice to wait until spring, the first step is the same and it costs nothing.
Or call the private line on (805) 555-0142