Buy to let property - selling

[tllm2]

Have a property that we bought as a buy to let investment that we are now looking to sell on (due to a change in circumstances) and want to at least try, in the first instance, to avoid using estate agents and incurring the associated fees.

Gumtree has been brilliant in the past for finding prospective tenants, but has been less successful in trying to find prospective buyers (although we've had lots of approaches from estate agents via gumtree).

Would welcome any suggestions people may have on other 'independent' avenues there may be or they have tried - bearing in mind the house isn't in Dulwich (but in Bromley), so the property section of this forum probably isn't appropriate.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/flats-houses/newly-refurbished-house-for-sale--bromley-common/111036129

[Gidget]

Ask Admin in the About this Forum section. They have let other people advertise property for sale on here that isn't in East Dulwich, one is in France. As long as you live here it seems to be OK.

[tllm2]

I've seen the same ads', but emailed Admin and got turned down for mine, as not in area.

[ClareC]

If its still let and let through an agent, check your contract with them. Often they include a clause where they get a percentage of the sale fee!

[tllm2]

Its not let at the moment and when it has been, have done it privately.

[Mick Mac]

There are ways of getting your property on to Right Move without using an agent and gives good exposure quite cheaply. Explore ...

[Gidget]

tllm2 Wrote:

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> I've seen the same ads', but emailed Admin and got

> turned down for mine, as not in area.

You're not in the area or the property? If they let someone advertise a house in France for sale, then can't understand why you can't advertise your house. Did you pm Admin or post it up on a thread?

Maybe try Southeast Central to advertise; the Sydenham Forum or SE23.

[tllm2]

On the basis that the house isn't in the area - as I understand it (I PM'd Admin).

Thanks for the Southeast Central suggestion - thats one that I'd not come across before.

[dulwichgirl2]

You could use a prop co to make your own website including floor plan and photos. It isn't dear, in fact my friends and I were amazed at what good value it was when we looked into it. I posted the name of the company in response to a thread by marmora man on a simir topic. You should also try a local paper or website in Bromley, surely?

[Loz]

There are online 'agents' that for a couple of hundred quid will list your property and this will get you onto Rightmove. Worth checking out.

[tllm2]

> You could use a prop co to make your own website including floor plan and photos. It isn't dear, in fact my friends and I were amazed at what good value it was when we looked into it. I posted the name of the company in response to a thread by marmora man on a simir topic. You should also try a local paper or website in Bromley, surely?>

For a one off exercise I wouldn't have thought a website would get enough exposure in its own right and I'm not aware of a EDF equivalent for Bromley (unless anyone knows of one?), certainly one thats as prolific anyway. Have thought that a private ad' in the Metro on property day, might be worth a go.

[ruffers]

Loz Wrote:

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> There are online 'agents' that for a couple of

> hundred quid will list your property and this will

> get you onto Rightmove. Worth checking out.

I'd have thought this is the way to go - once you're on Rightmove you're exposed to virtually all buyers.

[Pugwash]

I heard of someone who had a property to sell, she contacted local colleges and hospitals and put an ad either in their works newpaper or on their notice board. Got alot of enquiries and eventual sale. If there are any large employers in Bromley i.e. Churchill Ins? they may be worth trying.

I am having to sell my father and step mothers home now that they are both in care. Contacts in Sussex got 3 estate agents valuations which put the property in a ?160 -?165 k price range. We heard via the grape vine of contacts in Sussex that someone was interested. I calculated price of estate agent fees (2%)on both upper and lower prices, and got a private sale within 2 days.

[Gidget]

Sarah Beeny's website? Can't remember the name.