Browse Forums Real Estate Re: Selling your own home 2Jul 18, 2009 9:18 pm 'chelle We have a hand-over date...15/10...but I won't hold my breath! http://people-in-glass-houses.blogspot.com/ Re: Selling your own home 4Jul 18, 2009 10:49 pm http://take2-customdesigndownslope.blogspot.com 07-10-09 omg they have cut the block 14-05-10 we finally have the keys Re: Selling your own home 7Jul 19, 2009 2:19 pm Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Selling your own home 13Jul 29, 2009 10:07 pm Wow SuH, what a fantastic result. Were you in a high traffic area to get that sort of exposure so quickly? I have watched the market in my area (hobby of mine) for several years and at the moment houses similar to ours are selling really quickly - there is not much around, so I personally believe a house will sell itself (with no "sales" person and no huge commissions!). Give ME the MONEY$$$ Re: Selling your own home 14Jul 29, 2009 11:33 pm The benefit of selling through an agent is that they should be able to negotiate a higher price with buyers than you could. Not all agents are skilled in negotiation though and as a result yes you are probably better selling it yourself. A good real estate agent however should be able to get a higher price for your home than you could yourself. Moved in December 2010 Re: Selling your own home 15Jul 30, 2009 12:58 am Cleishy The benefit of selling through an agent is that they should be able to negotiate a higher price with buyers than you could. Not all agents are skilled in negotiation though and as a result yes you are probably better selling it yourself. A good real estate agent however should be able to get a higher price for your home than you could yourself. In our case, all of the agents we interviewed wanted to list the property at less than we actually achieved for it. They could be the most skilled negotiators around, but I don't know anyone who wants to pay more than the asking price! In our case, we felt they were just after an easy and quick sale, plus a nice commission. Re: Selling your own home 16Jul 30, 2009 7:50 am supasquirrel Wow SuH, what a fantastic result. Were you in a high traffic area to get that sort of exposure so quickly? I have watched the market in my area (hobby of mine) for several years and at the moment houses similar to ours are selling really quickly - there is not much around, so I personally believe a house will sell itself (with no "sales" person and no huge commissions!). Give ME the MONEY$$$ There were two open houses in our street the Saturday we put the sign out, and we do get a good traffic flow on weekends/mornings/afternoons, and it seemed that everyone wanted to live here...at that particular time. It was crazy, but great. The people who bought it, recently tried to sell it again (mortgage too high for them) and had no success for 6 months because now is the wrong time to sell, unfortunately they lost quite a bit. Our time was the right time Re: Selling your own home 17Aug 11, 2009 5:04 pm SuH, I think you're right. If you have a desirable home in the right market, it will sell with or without agent. I think that it is important to make a professional looking advertisement. I am not very convinced of real estate agents. Training is minimal, maybe they do training on the job, but when we bought our house from a reputed agency, the guy couldn't answer the simplest technical questions. Internet listings are often made in a hurry with blurred pictures showing the current furniture instead of the house, texts full of cliches like "hurry this will not last long" (and this text will not be changed for month). Doubtless there are some good ones and these really might you help to find the right price. Re: Selling your own home 18Aug 11, 2009 6:24 pm I sold my block of land by putting an ad in the trading post real estate section, sold the first day the paper was out! I had already listed it with an agent though so of course he took his cut Don't know if I'd have the guts to sell our house without the advertising might of a real estate agent though.... Caz & Co ALL MOVED IN!! Now comes all the hard work-decorating.... [b]Blog: http://cazoraz.blogspot.com/ Settling in Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36993 Re: Selling your own home 19Aug 15, 2009 11:46 am cazoraz I sold my block of land by putting an ad in the trading post real estate section, sold the first day the paper was out! I had already listed it with an agent though so of course he took his cut Don't know if I'd have the guts to sell our house without the advertising might of a real estate agent though.... Seems immoral they can take a cut when they didn't sell it - that's whats in the contract though when you signed it. Re: Selling your own home 20Aug 16, 2009 2:20 pm supasquirrel Seems immoral they can take a cut when they didn't sell it - that's whats in the contract though when you signed it. yeah i know, in the end i was glad to sell it so quickly, and since it was a small block his cut wasn't too large! Caz & Co ALL MOVED IN!! Now comes all the hard work-decorating.... [b]Blog: http://cazoraz.blogspot.com/ Settling in Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36993 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 22081 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 18351 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 41388 |