{"id":12651,"date":"2025-10-20T10:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/?p=12651"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:57:37","slug":"selling-your-property-yourself-what-homeowners-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/selling-your-property-yourself-what-homeowners-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling Your Property Yourself: What Homeowners Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s quite possible \u2013 and legal \u2013 to handle the sale of your house or flat yourself. But here are a few \u2018home truths\u2019 about whether it\u2019s a good idea.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

DIY Selling Involves a LOT of Work<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

You\u2019ll need to get your house or flat ready for sale. Then you\u2019ll have to do all these tasks as well.<\/p>\n

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  • Value your property and determine an appropriate asking price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Write an extensive description (ensuring that you include all the legally required material information) and take lots of professional-quality photographs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Field questions, queries and viewing requests (perhaps at all hours).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Co-ordinate appointments and conduct viewings yourself (perhaps at all times of the day and evening).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Consider offers, evaluate them and undertake (possibly complex) negotiations with buyers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Deal with all the admin and paperwork that\u2019s involved yourself. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              DIY Selling Involves Extensive Marketing<\/span>
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              Exactly how are you going to find potential buyers?<\/p>\n

              You could try social media like Facebook and Instagram and make a \u2018House for Sale\u2019 sign. You could also advertise on local sites and in local papers.<\/p>\n

              However, all these methods have limited reach. They take time and aren\u2019t necessarily free.<\/p>\n

              When you sell your home yourself, you won\u2019t have a listing on the big property sales portals. These connect sellers with hundreds of thousands of potential buyers. You won\u2019t be able to advertise on estate agents\u2019 websites, in their window displays or have access to their registered buyer database.
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              After All That, You Might Not Get the Best Price<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

              Getting the best price for your home depends on promoting it thoroughly, generating a lot of interest, attracting viewings and ideally several prospective buyers competing to buy it.<\/p>\n

              This is the best way to establish its true market value, too.<\/p>\n

              The risk of DIY selling is that you won\u2019t be able to attract enough interest, viewings and keen buyers. And so, you won\u2019t attract strong, competitive bids.<\/p>\n

              In summary, while \u2013 yes \u2013 you can sell your house yourself, it\u2019s essential to be aware of the downsides.<\/p>\n

              If you are considering selling and would like to learn more about the many benefits of using a professional estate agent, please give us a call today.<\/p>\n

              Do you know someone who is thinking of selling? Please help them out by sharing this article.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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              It\u2019s quite possible \u2013 and legal \u2013 to handle the sale of your house or flat yourself. But here are a few \u2018home truths\u2019 about whether it\u2019s a good idea. DIY Selling Involves a LOT of Work You\u2019ll need to get your house or flat ready for sale. Then you\u2019ll have to do all these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-for-sellers","category-personal-advice-from-our-team"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12651"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12655,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12651\/revisions\/12655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}