If you choose to sell your home online or buy online it is of value thinking about the following tips. With some of the more user friendly sites you are able to position the particulars of your private home sale directly onto the page that your home is being displayed this means that if you are a bit of a night owl or work through out the day you are able to change your particulars as and when you feel like it rather than having to fit in with the providers schedule. This makes sure that you can change your information at any time be it sizes, descriptions or more importantly the price of your house. Normally there is some form of waver saying that the information is all provided by the client and doesn?t necessarily contain the complete particulars.
When you are measuring up, make sure you give clear descripions of what measurement you are giving, from a buyers point of view it is always worth querying anything you arent sure of and most private sellers are more than pleased to answer any questions. The website that a house is being shown on will not have carried out a appraisal on the house and it will normally be upto the purchaser to have a surveyors report done on the house before exchanging contracts. Always use a certified contractor to test the appliances and equipment in a house, this will help you to discuss price if anything is amiss. As a seller it is of value having any service information available to allow you to negotiate a better price. Make sure you employ a solicitor to look into all legal issues relating to the house (e.g. title, tenure, planning permission etc) as these are expert matters that will not be looked at by websites. A solicitor also agrees with the seller what things (e.g. carpets, curtains, fixtures & fittings, sheds etc) will or will not be built into the sale.
In other words, you should make sure for yourself all information before acting on it, in particular the current asking price, sizes of rooms, ownership, freehold, extent of refurbishments and any matters of definite consequence to you.
