{"id":87,"date":"2026-09-29T07:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/blog\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T07:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:02:17","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"87\" class=\"elementor elementor-87\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-276139ab e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"276139ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a53cb7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a53cb7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b36974 e-flex e-con-full animated-fast elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36b36974\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27360801 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27360801\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32f87ce2 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"32f87ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/home\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 26.207-9.998 36.204 0L192 312.69 432.095 72.596c9.997-9.997 26.207-9.997 36.204 0l36.203 36.204c9.997 9.997 9.997 26.206 0 36.204l-294.4 294.401c-9.998 9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home \/ Blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-566030c0 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"566030c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Notes from the office<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-433e01e7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"433e01e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h1 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Notes on selling, <span>and on the coast.<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262d2e13 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262d2e13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Short pieces written by the partners between viewings: what a figure did, what a survey found, and what we would do differently. No market predictions we would not print in the report.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44281d6f e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44281d6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4968f423 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4968f423\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41bb5ab8 e-flex e-con-full animated-fast elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"41bb5ab8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1c7aab elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d1c7aab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The notes<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c9bd9a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c9bd9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Newest first<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41982fbd post-grid-col-3 post-grid-col-tablet-2 post-grid-col-mobile-1 elementor-post-meta-divider-text pagination-left animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_posts_grid\" data-id=\"41982fbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gum_posts_grid.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-posts\"><div class=\"grid-post grid-col-3 image-position-top\"><article id=\"post-77\" class=\"post-77 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-surveys\">\r\n      <div class=\"post-top\">\r\n<ul class=\"meta-position-before posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <div class=\"blog-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-7-1.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-7-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n    <ul class=\"meta-position-after posts-meta\"><\/ul>  <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"post-content\">\r\n      <ul class=\"meta-position-top posts-meta\"><\/ul><h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/three-questions-a-surveyor-always-asks-and-nobody-prepares-for\/\">Three questions a surveyor always asks, and nobody prepares for<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"meta-position-mid posts-meta\"><\/ul>      <div class=\"content-excerpt clearfix\">The roof, the wiring and the drainage, in that order. Finding the three dates before the survey is booked has saved two of our sales this year.<\/div>      <ul class=\"meta-position-content posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <\/div>\r\n  <ul class=\"meta-position-bottom posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta date_meta\"><span class=\"meta-text\">September 29, 2026<\/span><\/li><li class=\"meta-divider\"><span>\u00b7<\/span><\/li><li class=\"list-meta category_meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/category\/surveys\/\"><span class=\"meta-text\">Surveys<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"grid-post grid-col-3 image-position-top\"><article id=\"post-73\" class=\"post-73 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pricing\">\r\n      <div class=\"post-top\">\r\n<ul class=\"meta-position-before posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <div class=\"blog-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-6-1.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-6-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n    <ul class=\"meta-position-after posts-meta\"><\/ul>  <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"post-content\">\r\n      <ul class=\"meta-position-top posts-meta\"><\/ul><h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/the-week-seven-price-cut-and-how-to-avoid-needing-one\/\">The week seven price cut, and how to avoid needing one<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"meta-position-mid posts-meta\"><\/ul>      <div class=\"content-excerpt clearfix\">A reduction is read as an admission. Of the houses we saw cut this half year, the median took a further fifty-one days and still sold under the<\/div>      <ul class=\"meta-position-content posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <\/div>\r\n  <ul class=\"meta-position-bottom posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta date_meta\"><span class=\"meta-text\">September 29, 2026<\/span><\/li><li class=\"meta-divider\"><span>\u00b7<\/span><\/li><li class=\"list-meta category_meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/category\/pricing\/\"><span class=\"meta-text\">Pricing<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"grid-post grid-col-3 image-position-top\"><article id=\"post-69\" class=\"post-69 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-photography\">\r\n      <div class=\"post-top\">\r\n<ul class=\"meta-position-before posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <div class=\"blog-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-5-1.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-5-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n    <ul class=\"meta-position-after posts-meta\"><\/ul>  <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"post-content\">\r\n      <ul class=\"meta-position-top posts-meta\"><\/ul><h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/what-a-dawn-photograph-does-that-a-drone-cannot\/\">What a dawn photograph does that a drone cannot<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"meta-position-mid posts-meta\"><\/ul>      <div class=\"content-excerpt clearfix\">Every house on this coast has been shot from the air. Almost none from the doorway at six in the morning.<\/div>      <ul class=\"meta-position-content posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <\/div>\r\n  <ul class=\"meta-position-bottom posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta date_meta\"><span class=\"meta-text\">September 29, 2026<\/span><\/li><li class=\"meta-divider\"><span>\u00b7<\/span><\/li><li class=\"list-meta category_meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/category\/photography\/\"><span class=\"meta-text\">Photography<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"grid-post grid-col-3 image-position-top\"><article id=\"post-65\" class=\"post-65 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-neighbourhoods\">\r\n      <div class=\"post-top\">\r\n<ul class=\"meta-position-before posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <div class=\"blog-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-4-1.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-4-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n    <ul class=\"meta-position-after posts-meta\"><\/ul>  <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"post-content\">\r\n      <ul class=\"meta-position-top posts-meta\"><\/ul><h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/summerland-is-no-longer-the-cheaper-montecito\/\">Summerland is no longer the cheaper Montecito<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"meta-position-mid posts-meta\"><\/ul>      <div class=\"content-excerpt clearfix\">At $1,120 a square foot it has closed most of the gap in three years, and the buyers arriving now are different.<\/div>      <ul class=\"meta-position-content posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <\/div>\r\n  <ul class=\"meta-position-bottom posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta date_meta\"><span class=\"meta-text\">September 29, 2026<\/span><\/li><li class=\"meta-divider\"><span>\u00b7<\/span><\/li><li class=\"list-meta category_meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/category\/neighbourhoods\/\"><span class=\"meta-text\">Neighbourhoods<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"grid-post grid-col-3 image-position-top\"><article id=\"post-61\" class=\"post-61 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-measurement\">\r\n      <div class=\"post-top\">\r\n<ul class=\"meta-position-before posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <div class=\"blog-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-3-1.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-3-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n    <ul class=\"meta-position-after posts-meta\"><\/ul>  <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"post-content\">\r\n      <ul class=\"meta-position-top posts-meta\"><\/ul><h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/square-feet-that-survive-a-survey-and-the-9-that-usually-do-not\/\">Square feet that survive a survey, and the 9% that usually do not<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"meta-position-mid posts-meta\"><\/ul>      <div class=\"content-excerpt clearfix\">We measure before we write. Across eleven houses the measured area came in 9% under the printed figure.<\/div>      <ul class=\"meta-position-content posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <\/div>\r\n  <ul class=\"meta-position-bottom posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta date_meta\"><span class=\"meta-text\">September 29, 2026<\/span><\/li><li class=\"meta-divider\"><span>\u00b7<\/span><\/li><li class=\"list-meta category_meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/category\/measurement\/\"><span class=\"meta-text\">Measurement<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"grid-post grid-col-3 image-position-top\"><article id=\"post-57\" class=\"post-57 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-private-sales\">\r\n      <div class=\"post-top\">\r\n<ul class=\"meta-position-before posts-meta\"><\/ul>        <div class=\"blog-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-2-1.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/09\/post-2-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\r\n    <ul class=\"meta-position-after posts-meta\"><\/ul>  <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"post-content\">\r\n      <ul class=\"meta-position-top posts-meta\"><\/ul><h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/havilon\/eleven-days-early-how-the-private-list-changes-the-first-offer\/\">Eleven days early: how the private list changes the first offer<\/a><\/h3><ul class=\"meta-position-mid posts-meta\"><\/ul>      <div class=\"content-excerpt clearfix\">Four of this year\u2019s eleven sales were agreed before a public entry existed. 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