Safety When Selling Your House Privately

Ensure your safety and security while conducting the viewings of your property.

Once you have made the decision to sell your home privately it is important to take a common sense approach to safety whilst you are conducting your viewings. You may feel apprehensive about showing strangers around your home during viewings. Here are some simple steps that you can follow to ensure your safety and make you feel more confident.

If you are using a good internet estate agency to assist you with selling your home privately they will deal with your initial inquiries and it will be their contact number on your advertising. If you are going it completely alone do not put a phone number on your marketing, just use an e-mail address. When someone contacts you to inquire or set up a viewing, ask them for their contact number and call them back. Only give out your personal phone number when you know the prospective tenant is really interested in having a viewing.

If you live alone, it is well worth asking a friend or neighbor to be in the property whilst you are showing around potential buyers, this simple step really can make you feel more confident. If this is not possible be sure to let someone know that you are taking a private viewing and who with. During the viewing make sure you don’t reveal private information such as how your alarm system works etc. All this can be discussed once you exchange contacts. As a further safety step when selling your home privately you may find it helpful to have a code word with your friend or neighbor, so that if during the viewing, should you feel uncomfortable for any reason they will be aware of your feelings.

After you have taken a viewing it is standard to contact the potential buyer a day or two after the viewing in order to receive any feedback they may have. Again if you are using an internet estate agency to assist you in selling your house privately they will be able to make these calls on your behalf.

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Ensure your safety and security while conducting the viewings of your property.