FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - click on a question below for explanation.

I'd like to sell my home privately, how does it work?

I'm concerned about my personal details being exposed if I decide to sell my home through Premier Homes Direct?

What is the difference between using Premier Homes Direct to sell my house privately and using an estate agent?

If I decide to sell my home directly, how do I value my own property?

What if I am already with an estate agent, can I still sell my property with Premier Homes Direct?

How much does it cost to sell my home through Premier Homes Direct?

How can you offer a home selling service that is compared to an Estate Agent for such low prices?

What do I get for my money?

When selling my home online, can I make changes to my property details at any time?

When selling my house with Premier Homes Direct, how are viewings arranged?

What advice can you provide regarding handling and negotiating offers?

What happens once I accept an offer on my property?

How and when do I pay to use your Home Selling Service?

How soon can my property be advertised on www.PrimeLocation.com and your sites?

How long can I advertise my property online with Premier Homes Direct?

For a full step by step guide to using our service call one of our experienced advisors on 01425 462 553 or click here to email your enquiry.

I'd like to sell my home privately, how does it work?

The “private home sales” market is growing rapidly, with more and more people realising that estate agents do very little to justify charging you thousands of pounds for doing what you can do yourself.

With the help and support that Premier Homes Direct provides and in conjunction with our advanced, automated, marketing technology and friendly support staff, you can now sell your home privately from £499.

A typical agent will charge you 1.5% - 3%. We have no hidden charges whatsoever. Ask yourself the question “What does my estate agent do to justify the fee they charge for selling my home?” You will soon run out of answers and wonder why you have used them to sell previous homes for you! The concept is quite simple, the only additional “work” that you have to do is as follows:- (we're sure you'll agree that it's well worth the thousands of pounds that you'll save!)

1. Prepare the Property Marketing details of your property. You can send us your property details by completing our online form or alternatively contact us and we will post you a property marketing template which you can complete and return to us along with photos/digital images of your property. (You can have up to FIVE images of your property on your advert on www.PrimeLocation.com).
2. We will upload your property marketing details and images onto www.PrimeLocation.com usually within 24 hours of receipt. When we have received your signed terms and conditions along with your fee, if relevant, we will then be able to send you enquiries.
3. You will need to undertake all viewings and (hopefully!) discuss offers made on your home directly.

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Unlike most websites, Premier Homes Direct protects the identity of our all clients by personally talking to all potential buyers and passing on their details to you.

We NEVER release your contact details over the telephone and we certainly don't expose your contact details on-line. We believe that this adds security, and saves you time whilst protecting you from unwanted callers.

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Premier Homes Direct: Allow you to decide on the price of your own property. It is relatively straight forward to value your property, by simply comparing similar properties that are for sale in your area. You can find details of these properties in local papers, online, or in Estate Agents' windows.

2. Property For Sale Boards

Estate Agents: Will usually suggest that a "Property for sale" board is erected

Premier Homes Direct: Can provide a "Property for sale" board if you request one for a fee of £30. (highly recommended for quick sale)

3. Marketing your Property

Estate Agents: Will normally advertise your property through local newspapers, a Property Portal, maybe their own web site if they have one and via a display advert in their shop window.

Premier Homes Direct: Direct enquiries to your property advert via some of the most prominent Internet property websites coupled with advertising on the Premier Property Portal www.PrimeLocation.com.

4. Property Viewings

Estate Agents: Will call you to arrange a booking. Often you end up doing the viewings anyway. Do you always receive feedback post viewings?

Premier Homes Direct: Once we have taken full details of your potential buyer, we contact you personally to provide you with their information, it is then up to YOU contact the buyer to arrange a viewing of your property.

5. Offers on Property

Estate Agents: Will negotiate a price for you, which can sometimes be in their own interests. The ability of the agent to get the best price for your property is heavily dependent on the calibre of the staff that the Estate Agents employ. Can they really do this any better than you?

Premier Homes Direct: You handle price negotiations directly with any interested parties. Click here to view some helpful guides which you may find useful.

6. Save THOUSANDS ££££s by using our DIRECT HOME SELLING SOLUTION

Estate Agents: Will typically charge between 1.5% - 3% of your property value

Premier Homes Direct: From £499 - No commissions, no hidden extras

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Before deciding to sell your home online, you can easily do your own research into the prices of similar homes to yours, in your immediate area. You can do this in the following ways;-

a) Look in the local paper

b) Check the internet

c) Look in estate agents windows

You could also request a free valuation from local estate agents

The bottom line is that YOU have the autonomy to decide what price to put your home on the market for. Obviously you have to be realistic but at the same time you want the best price possible for your property.

When I wanted to sell my home online, I too was worried about the valuation. I discovered that home prices are driven by demand in a particular town. As long as you base your price on homes either just sold, or up for sale, within your area, you will be pricing your home in the same way as an Estate Agent would.

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What if I am already with an estate agent, can I still sell my property with Premier Homes Direct?

Premier Homes Direct are not Estate Agents. We merely provide an online service to help you sell your own property, privately. A Sole Agency Agreement only stops you from using an additional Estate Agent(s) to sell your property. Therefore, if you are already with an agency, they cannot claim commission if you find your buyer through Premier Homes Direct.

* If you are in any doubt please click here to view more information from The Office of Fair Trading *

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Be aware that the only way an agent will be able to try and claim their commission for selling your property, on top of our fee, would be if you had signed a “sole selling rights” contract with an agent. This means that they are the only people that can sell your property, which takes away your right to sell privately.

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How much does it cost to sell my home through Premier Homes Direct?

Advertising your house for sale with Premier Homes Direct means that you could literally save THOUSANDS £££s in Estate Agents fees.

We offer a choice of two different fee options which you can choose from:

OPTION 1: A one off fee of £499 payable in advance and NO COMMISSION on sale. (To advertise a property for rent = £199)

OR choose

OPTION 2: A fee of 0.5% of the sale price which is only payable should you sell your property through an enquiry generated by us. This fee would be payable on completion of your sale.

If you would like us to send you a Premier Homes For Sale board, which is recommended, this will be an additional £30 payable in advance.

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How can you offer a home selling service that is compared to an Estate Agent for such low prices?

Unlike Estate Agents we do not have expensive offices and the high overheads that they are burdened with. We maintain our home sale web site in-house and we pass these savings on to you, our clients.

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What do I get for my money?

Exposure of your house to a massive audience of potential buyers.
Internet traffic being directed to your property advert from some of the most prominent Internet property websites and your home appears on the Premier Property Portal of www.PrimeLocation.com.

We handle all incoming calls regarding the house you have on the market.
Unlimited helpline to answer any questions/advice you may have concerning the sale of your house.

Unrivalled personal service - whatever you want we will try to assist you

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When selling my home online, can I make changes to my property details at any time?

Yes... you can make unlimited changes to your home sale site at any time during your registration with us.

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When a potential buyer decides that they want to view your property, they must make contact with us. They cannot see any of your personal or contact details online, therefore protecting you from being hassled at inconvenient times or by unwanted callers.

When we are contacted by the potential buyer we take down their full personal details including their name, current address, email, telephone numbers and their current position / status, eg. First time buyer with a mortgage agreed.

We then contact you and provide you with all of the gathered information on your potential viewer so that you can evaluate them. The decision is then left with you to decide if you want to contact them to arrange a viewing of your house or indeed ask for further information OR you can decide that they are not suitable and choose NOT to arrange the viewing.

Our service is fully explained to all callers wishing to view your house.

We believe this method is both comprehensive and secure. You do not need to release your personal details at all, in order to sell your house and we handle the calls on your behalf. The last thing you want is for time wasters to be calling you up every day. Let us handle this for you

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The Premier Homes Direct service effectively removes the middleman from the price negotiation process, meaning that it will probably be a more transparent process. This is an advantage for both sellers and buyers, it is only human nature for the seller to want the maximum price for their home and the purchaser wants to pay as little as possible, this is where your negotiating skill will be called upon.

When negotiating a price with a potential buyer, you must consider all of the facts. Whether the buyer is part of a chain (i.e. is having to sell their property before they commit themselves to yours), whether they are chain-free (possibly first-time buyers) and whether or not they have good reason to offer less than the asking price (maybe their survey revealed the necessity for costly work). You must have an idea of what you are prepared to accept before commencing with negotiations. You do not have to accept an offer with which you are not happy after all you know what your property is genuinely worth.

Negotiating is about reaching a decision with which both parties are happy. If you cannot arrive at this point, then you are probably better off not to accept the offer.

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What happens once I accept an offer on my property?

The procedure is exactly the same as if you were using an estate agent. Once you have found a mutually agreed price, the first step is to exchange all the necessary details, this will be your Solicitor or Conveyancer also give the details of your mortgage broker or advisor, this will be needed later in the process so both parties can chase their sale.

They will now handle the sale of your house from here. However, we strongly advise that you regularly contact them to chase up the developments of the sale.

In addition once you have agreed a price with the buyer, you need to inform us that your house is sold so that we can then remove your property from further advertising. Should you sale fall through, simply re-contact us and we will ensure that your property advertising re-commences ASAP. (There is of course no extra charge for this)

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This depends on which fee option you signed up to.

OPTION 1: A one off fee of £499 is payable when you have approved your advert on www.PrimeLocation.com. (When we have received full payment we will then be able to provide you with enquiries from potential buyers)

Please note it costs £199 to advertise a property for rent, which would be payable when you have approved your advert on www.PrimeLocation.com.


OR if you choose fee Option 2:

OPTION 2: A fee of 0.5% of the sale price which would only be payable should you sell your property through an enquiry generated by us. This fee would be payable on completion of your sale.

If you would like us to send you a Premier Homes For Sale board, which is recommended, this will be an additional £30 payable in advance.

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We can either provide you with a Property Marketing template by post for you to complete and return to us along with photos or digital images of your property. Or, you can complete our ONLINE FORM to submit your property marketing details and email/post digital images or photos of your property. Following receipt we expect to have your property advert live on on our sites and on www.PrimeLocation.com within 24 hours.

When we have received full payment we will then be able to provide you with enquiries from potential buyers/renters.

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For Property Sellers : You can advertise for as long as you wish - there are no time restrictions on how long the property that is available for sale remains online.

For Property Owners with a property available to Rent: You can advertise for as long as you wish until the property has been rented out.

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