Board or no Board? 20 February at 8:24PM in House buying, renting & selling 24 replies 1.3K views

shiraz99

What's the view on not having the EA's for sale board up?

I was given the option and choose not to at the moment, only for the reason that the only place for it would be on my front brick wall which would mean drilling into said wall, which I declined to have done. Am I making a mistake, are there any other compelling reasons not to have the board up or not or will I be be missing out on potential buyers.

born_again

Do you get a lot of people passing the house? Which to me would be the only reason. As most people will be looking online or visiting agents 1st.

MikeJXE

Before Rightmove a board was the way to go but not anymore except for locals who don't do the internet 

propertyrental

My house can be hard to find. Sat nav takes people passed it to village centre - I constantly get phone calls from delivery drivers asking: "Where are you?"

So a board is a no brainer.

UnderOffer

- Passing traffic, lots of walkers, great dog walking route? = definitely get a board. 

- If you are confident it would sell just being listed on Rightmove and don’t want the neighbours knowing = then don’t get a board. 

eddddy

It's useful for people who do 'drive bys' before contacting the agent to book a viewing.

Rightmove will usually tell them the name of the road/street, and the map might (or might not) give more help. Then a 'For Sale' board might help them to find the specific property much more easily - especially if lots of the houses look similar.

pramsay13

Does it really have to be drilled? 
When we bought our house the board was wedged into a window opening. 

user1977

eddddy said:

Rightmove will usually tell them the name of the road/street, and the map might (or might not) give more help. Then a 'For Sale' board might help them to find the specific property much more easily - especially if lots of the houses look similar.

Or agents/sellers could just put the flipping address in the listing, rather than acting like it's a big secret when they've published a photo of the house, and things like Streetview exist...

As for the board, it probably wouldn't help much if I was looking seriously, but I often spot them when out and about and look up a property afterwards. And I've also sometimes noticed the board going up before a property is listed online, so it might help buyers who want to get in quickly

Gavin83

It depends. We live on a cul-de-sac which is off of another cul-de-sac so the only people who would walk on our street are those who are there for a reason. In this scenario it would be pointless to put a board up. If you live on a busy road with a lot of foot traffic then it's likely a good idea.

dannim12345

Housers on our old street, which had no front gardens, had it zip-tie to a drainpipe or existing post so hopefully if doesn’t need to be drilled 

Alderbank

Gavin83 said:

It depends. We live on a cul-de-sac which is off of another cul-de-sac so the only people who would walk on our street are those who are there for a reason. In this scenario it would be pointless to put a board up.

My last house was at the end of a cul-de-sac off another cul-de-sac so no passing vehicles or foot traffic.
Like you, I asked the agent if there was any point in putting a board up.
He said that they get quite a few sales resulting from neighbours telling family members that a house has come up for sale nearby. He said a common reason for moving especially for older people was to be close to other family members.
Sounds reasonable.