Leafleting to buy a house? UPDATED: SUCCESS!!!

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Really nice story Hope it all works out well for you.

azkaban420

silvercar wrote: »

Really glad it worked for you.

Actually quite surprised that people thinking of moving abroad didn't market the house themselves.

They weren't sure what to do at that stage and had thought of renting the place out. Then our letter came through the door and made the decision for them...also turned their dream into a reality as did ours. When we shook hands on the price, he told me my letter was 'fate'

Az

azkaban420

The_Drama_Llama wrote: »

Oooh...I'm very tempted to give it a go myself now.

Go for it, there's nothing to lose and possibly everything to gain

Az

DizzyDasher

What a lovely story! Thanks for sharing :T

WelshNic

And funnily enough I just spoke to my MiL and she said they'd been leafletted by a family that want to move to the area, seems there's a lot of it going on

Mexas

Az, would you be kind enough to post here what you actually put on the leaflet? I'm tempted to send one out myself, but haven't got a clue what to write.

azkaban420

Sure. This is what I put:


'Name
Mobile
Email
Date

For the Attention of the Homeowner,

I am contacting you with a view to enquiring about your house. I am looking to buy in the area as I have a child who attends xxxx school, but haven't seen anything suitable on the market as yet. I have decided to drop leaflets through to houses in the area in the hope that I may find the right property directly.

I have recently moved from xxx and am currently renting in xxxx through a friend so can give short notice to leave. I have a solicitor in place (insert name) and finances in place and a mortgage already approved so can move very quickly if I find the right house.

I am looking preferably for a 4-bed detached house for our family, or a 3-bed with scope to extend. If you feel you would be interested in selling your house directly to a buyer like myself, thus avoiding estate agents and their fees then I would be grateful if you could either call me on my mobile or send me an email to discuss this further.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Azkaban420'

Just printed 100 copies on plain white paper (nothing fancy) folded inwards, and posted directly without envelopes.

I got two responses - one from the seller, and one from someone thanking me for my letter and wishing me luck. They also added they'd lived a happy 12 years in the area so would highly recommend it, had no intention of moving but would keep my details in case their circumstances changed, which I thought was lovely that they made the effort to respond.

Hope this helps you

Az

Mexas

That's great! thanks.

azkaban420

Finally completed and got keys to our new house yesterday. So relieved and happy!


Thanks to everyone for your support and advice, it's been invaluable
Az

Gwhiz

Great news!!!

Azkaban - how did you agree on a price? Did they get an EA in to value or did you do it between you based on local selling prices or some other method?