Leaflet dropping to find a house - first draft letter

HarriettPotter

I'm seriously considering leaflet dropping around the area I am interested in living in as nothing is coming onto the market and we have a buyer on our place. I have seen threads on this in the past and have put together something and would be grateful for your comments? I plan to put it on nice paper with a handwritten 'Dear homeowners', or similar, and also my signature on it. Do you think it sounds ok?


For the Attention of the home owner,

Please forgive our direct approach, but we are looking to buy a long term family home in this immediate area. We have been looking to buy locally as our family live here and we are looking to return home, but have not seen anything on the market that suits our needs to date. Therefore we are dropping leaflets in the xx area to try and find the right property.

We are currently in a position to move at your convenience. We have a solicitor and finances in place so can move quickly. We would be happy to deal with you directly to save your estate agency fees, or alternatively deal through an estate agent if you prefer.

We are a young family looking for 2/3 bedrooms with a reasonably sized garden. If you have considered selling your house, or you know someone in this area that might be interested in selling, then I would be grateful if you could either call us on xxxxx or email us at xxxx to discuss this further.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

*sign name*


Any improvements I can make?

HP

Judith_W

You don't need to have the line: There would of course be no estate agent fees payable if we bought directly from you. as this is repeating what you have just said. Also, makes it look like you are pushing for that option.

Apart from that seems fine.

HarriettPotter

I did wonder if I was going on a bit about that when I read it back actually! So thank you, I'll edit and omit.

SailorSam

I'm always a little reluctant to give my phone number out to people i don't know. I'd only write my Email.
But that's just me. Otherwise it sounds fine.

picklepick

Looks good to me Harriet. If it landed on my doorstep I wouldn't be offended and you sound like a serious buyer, which is what a potential seller would want.

Good luck with it!

EDIT: if you're concerned about the phone number, you can get a free sim from one of the service providers and use that solely for this purpose.

googler

You don't need

"Therefore we are dropping leaflets in the xx area to try and find the right property."

Anyone reading it will have just received the leaflet, you don't need to tell them you've just dropped it through their door - they know.

googler

Move the core purpose of the letter from the third para to the first.

"Dear Homeowner,

Please forgive our direct approach, but we are looking to buy a long term family home in this immediate area. Are you considering selling your house, or do you know someone interested in selling?

We have been looking to buy locally as our family live here and we are looking to return home, but have not seen anything on the market that suits our needs to date. We are currently in a position to move quickly, with solicitor and finances in place, but could easily accommodate a longer timeframe.

We are a young family looking for a house with 2 or 3 bedrooms and a reasonably sized garden. You can contact us on (phone) or via (e-mail address)

Thank you"

paddyrg

Please forgive our direct approach, but we are looking to buy a long term family home in this immediate area. We have been looking to buy locally as our family live here and we are looking to return home, but have not seen anything on the market that suits our needs to date. Therefore we are dropping leaflets in the xx area to try and find the right property.

A bit of duplication here! Maybe mix it up a bit? Just for style's sake?!

Have you considered a long-term let as another option you could suggest, and possibly stir up more interest (and get you moved quicker)?

glasgowdan

Make it as informal as you can get away with as anything that attempts to sound formal just comes across as a scam. Make it the way you would speak to your friends.

Curlywurli

Personally I prefer the more formal approach. The informal ones that we get around here sound like estate agents pretending to be buyers and I never answer them.

robatwork

Absolute maximum of 2 paragraphs. Most people will only skim read it anyway - I would leave out the details about estate agents etc and I *would* include a phone number - you can discuss all that when they call...