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Step 1
Prepare your house before selling. Fix anything that needs repairing such as rotted wood, flooring or cracks in walls or ceilings. Make sure your home is clean, paint walls and clean windows. Cut the grass and make sure the fence looks good.
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Step 2
Find a solicitor. This person will help you advertise your home for potential buyers and set up viewings. They can also handle the legal aspects of the procedure when it comes to accepting bids and closing.
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Step 3
Decide when would be the best time to sell. Typically, during the summer is the best time to sell a home in the UK. There are more people deciding to buy during this season. Also, if there are several homes for sale in your neighborhood then you may want to wait until they are sold since they are competition.
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Step 4
Take photos of your home. Once you have these done then give them to your solicitor so that he can display them with the information regarding your home. You will also want a surveyor to valuate your house in order to determine how much you want to sell the home for. The valuation should be carried independently through surveyors for accuracy of price.
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Step 5
Advertise and view home. Advertising will take place through the solicitor who will promote your house through their pamphlets, office windows and their website. Viewings can be scheduled through your solicitor or you depending on what you feel most comfortable with. The solicitor will have more experience on how to present your home and what to say to convince potential buyers to purchase your home.
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Step 6
Accept a bid. Take the highest offer. Your solicitor will be the one that communicates with you and the buyer in order to establish a final offer. Once accepting the highest offer proceed to closing. Be prepared to pay the solicitor a percentage of the final sale along with a Value Added Tax (VAT). In the UK, there is a required 17.5 percent of the fee you pay your solicitor that is given to the UK government.
