selling privately

theGrinch

A friend of mine wants to sell his 1 bed london flat without the use of agents.

he is using gumtree, but what other sites are working at present to this end?

googler

Does using gumtree qualify as 'selling privately' ??

It's public advertising, isn't it?

Alternatives to gumtree - eBay, facebook, other social networks

Doozergirl

Sarah Beeny's website
http://www.tepilo.com/

Or a cheap internet based estate agent which IMO is the most effective way of selling cheaply.
http://www.housenetwork.co.uk/

Advertising the property in any way would mean a HIP is required - even Gumtree.

theGrinch

googler wrote: »

Does using gumtree qualify as 'selling privately' ??

It's public advertising, isn't it?

Alternatives to gumtree - eBay, facebook, other social networks

normally construed as without the (middleman) estate agent

PasturesNew

Advertisng on gumtree won't get him much exposure to serious buyers.
If he wants to sell it without using an EA, then there are a lot of websites where he can do this. List of Sell Your Own House Websites

Also, note what was said above, that he will need the EPC/HIP before he starts marketing it (marketing = any form of advertising, including Gumtree).

new_home_owner_3

Housesimple are good i used them, they do a 0.5% commission and get you on rightmove, i used them and they got me quite a few viewings, i think they are better than the housenetwork as they dont charge upfont.

Plus with the housenentwork now charge a renewal fee after so many weeks, if they dont sell your house and they curently have no commission only deals.

http://www.housesimple.co.uk/more_info.asp?current_id=91

i also used these to advertise for renting and was well pleased for 50 pound they got me on right move for renting and they got me loads of viewers aswell.

http://www.urbansalesandlettings.co.uk/

princess275

you sometimes dont even have to pay to sell privately. I once listed a property i wanted to sell with a load of free listing websites and guess what, i received calls. I still have the search that i used in my favourites and i scoured about 10 pages to list the property in about 50 sites I simply did this: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GPTB_en-GBGB291GB291&q=sell+property+online+free&start=0&sa=N

G_M

gumtree? must be a wind-up! No serious buyers there.

bramble1

Why do you want to sell privately? Serious buyesr would usually go through an agent to buy a property. Not sure how many serious buyers would try to go private?

Iconic

bramble1 wrote: »

Why do you want to sell privately? Serious buyesr would usually go through an agent to buy a property. Not sure how many serious buyers would try to go private?

I am sure serious buyers look at Rightmove. If they see a property they like I don't think a private sale would put them off!

knithryn

Iconic wrote: »

I am sure serious buyers look at Rightmove. If they see a property they like I don't think a private sale would put them off!

As a house hunter at the moment, using rightmove, mouseprice and findaproperty I would have no issues with a sale which does not include a traditional (ie high street style) estate agent.
I do however have an issue with adverts for private house sales where the phone is not answered or the advert is out of date and no longer valid. And I dislike the mouseprice Property Flirts where people put a price on their house as a 'if you pay me this I might maybe possibly consider selling my house' with no pictures etc.