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Selling to a neighbour without going to market - pros and cons?
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movilogo said:Go for it, after the sale neighbor won't be your neighbor anymore anyway
We sold privately and bought privately from friends in the road behind, so our buyer ended up as a neighbour, albeit only on the back lane. There were no problems, other than me wondering how my friend had ever gained a qualification in teaching design technology with some of the Heath Robinson arrangements we discovered!That was a long time ago now, but perhaps in areas like that, close to a major hospital, advertising within it and word of mouth via staff usually brought quick responses.We tried WoM again when we wanted to sell in late 2007and found buyers with a 'lie to buy' mortgage arranged with Northern Wreck, just before they folded. That didn't go so well!0 -
Get a RICS surveyor in.Better to have a professional valuing it.2
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