15 February 2008

Back again...

It's time to get on the market again. Hurrah! (not)

Having this week off has been great as I've seen four estate agents. It's amazing how each person sees the market. Two of them were quite realistic with prices similar to what we thought it should be (plus similar to the other flats in the area). One priced it WAY above what it ought to and another put at way below. So we'll see what happens. The biggest selling point for us will be the percentage that they try to get for selling our flat.

Putting it on the market will be tough. It means we live differently. We'll have to be super clean. We'll have to be very aware of where everything is and make our flat look as 'simple' as possible. We'll be living without some of the items we're used to as they won't fit well in our available storage (we're getting rid of a wardrobe & dresser). So we're hoping that we sell the flat quickly. Hmmmm...deja vu....same hopes as before.

In London, it used to be quite easy to sell a flat and get a great price at that. No longer. Which in some ways is good as perhaps more people will be able to buy. But for us, it may hurt our chance of moving up the ladder. It's not worth selling this flat if we can't move on to something better.

Good luck to anyone else who is trying to sell and to those who are trying to buy. It's NOT fun process.

1 comment:

Caitlin said...

No it is not fun or easy. And estate agents in the UK are useless...not to mention about 18 years old. So different from the US!

Make some cookies/bread when you have people coming to look at your place...they say the smell helps sell houses!