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How a Property Survey Can Help You to Sell Your Home

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Are you hoping to sell your home or property in the near future? Then you can aid your cause considerably by having a property survey carried out before you put your property up for sale. Although it is not necessary for you to provide a potential buyer with a property survey, doing so could help you sell your home faster and at the right price.

Create Instant Trust

The most important attribute a buyer looks for when looking at a property is the trustworthiness of the seller. If you can provide a property survey before the buyer carries out their own survey, they'll trust you immediately. After all, a property survey identifies every important detail a buyer needs to know, from property boundaries to property defects.

Fix Potential Problems

Not all buyers will do their own property survey. But if a potential buyer does carry out their own survey and finds defects with the property, they'll have leverage to lower your asking price. They might also go elsewhere if the issues are complicated.

But if you carry out your own property survey before you put your house on the market, you can fix problems before a buyer comes along. You'll then have a much better chance of selling your home at the right price.

Value Your Home Correctly

What happens if you place a value on your home only for a buyer to identify several defects during their property survey? Not only will they no longer trust you, but they will also have the negotiating power to bring down your asking price.

A property survey will identify problems and advantages so you can then value your home correctly.

Provide Detailed Information

If, while showing potential buyers around your home, you can give them detailed information on the technical and functional aspects of it, you'll create a good impression. Potential buyers tend to ask lots of questions, but if you provide them with as much information as you can even before they ask their questions, you can help to put their mind at ease.

Discuss Potential Additions to the Property

A great selling point of a property is potential additions. Your buyers might not even consider additions until you bring them up and explain how they are possible on your property. And if an eager potential buyer wants to consider the possibility of adding, say, a conservatory  to your property, you'll be able to tell them straight off if that's possible or not.

If you are about to sell your property, consider investing in a property survey to help you sell your property at the right time and price. Contact a property surveyor to learn more.


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