Acquisition
Acting for the buyer, including against us
A retained search across the six markets, with a standing instruction to tell you when the answer is no.
Selling without going public first
Private sale
Six weeks of preparation, a written view on value, and a release to the register before anything reaches a portal.
Most of what we sell on the west coast and in Elsmoor never appears publicly. That is not secrecy for its own sake — it is a response to a market where there are more registered buyers than willing sellers, and where a public launch that fails leaves a mark on a house.
A private sale starts with an appraisal and six weeks of preparation. If it has not found a buyer from the register by week ten, we discuss going public, and we say so at the outset rather than drifting into it.
How it runs
Appraisal
A written view on value with the comparable evidence attached, delivered within five working days of the visit.
Preparation
Six weeks: photography, measured floor areas, the survey we would want a buyer to have, and the paperwork that usually delays an exchange.
Release to the register
The house goes to matched registrations only. Viewings are accompanied by the partner holding the instruction.
Decision point
At week ten we review in writing: continue privately, adjust the price, or launch publicly. The choice is the seller's.
The other three
Also on the desk
Lettings
Long tenancies, small book
Twelve-month minimum terms, photographic inventories and a managed service that does not subcontract the handover.
Valuation and advice
A number, with the evidence attached
A written valuation for sale, purchase, probate or planning, delivered in five working days with the comparables in the appendix.