Dropping a letter to an owner

brianposter

It would seem unwise to indicate that you are interested in a particular property. Far better to suggest that you have written to several properties.

Thrugelmir

In the current climate you'd imagine that many people would be extremely reticent to invite total strangers in the off the street for a "chat".  

Slinky

My friend sold to somebody who leafleted her cottage. She planned to move after she got married, so told the prospective purchaser she was interested but wasn't going to move until several months later. He was happy enough to wait, so it can work.

Swasterix

We bought our house in June last year. We’ve had 3 hand written letters through the door since then, one of which was on the day we completed the purchase and got the keys! As you can imagine, they go straight in the bin, but we don’t find it annoying, more of a compliment I guess. There’s no harm in trying!

silvercar

Our last buyers found us by putting a note through the door.

Competsoph

He who dares, wins. 

Sometimes!

NameUnavailable

When I was an estate agent I would drop notes into homes in streets where I had buyers but no homes. It sometimes worked but of course just depends on you 'hitting' the right home at the right time i.e. just before the vendors decide to instruct any agents.

The downside is that knowing you are keen to buy, they are likely to expect top money, so the tricky part is deciding on a fair price for both parties whilst keeping everything positive and amicable.