Carringtons Estate Agent
What selling a home is really like — real stories from inside the sale across Kingston, Surbiton, New Malden & Kingston Vale, written every week by Alex McDonald.
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If you’re not genuinely prepared to sell unless the market hits your number... you’re not selling. You’re testing.
An interview with a buyer.
The highs and lows of property
There is never a "right time" to buy or sell, only your right time. Here is how to plan for it.
The market doesn’t give you months to “warm up”.
This line came from Richard Donnell (Executive Director of Research at Zoopla) in a live Q&A on MovingHomeWithCharlie.
Because the fear is obvious (and sensible): what if you find a buyer... but you can’t find the next place?
"Two months in. One viewing. Locked into a 20-week contract. And apparently the only option is... 'reduce the price'."
On Tuesday evening (21 April), both properties went under offer. With the marketing phase now complete, here's a factual summary of what it took — based on completed viewings only (cancelled appointments excluded).
Better information early on leads to better decisions later.
“I don’t mean to offend you, but how are you surviving as an agency? I checked your website and you have nothing ‘For Sale’?
It’s an age-old conversation: one buyer told us their months-long chain collapsed just two weeks before exchange.
