Top Tips for choosing the best estate agent

Top tips for choosing the best estate agent to sell your house

Trying to choose the best estate agent to sell your house is not easy and it can feel like a daunting task. Every estate agent will have a different approach so its important to know what to look for when choosing an estate agent to sell your home.

Find the agent selling most properties similar to yours

Choosing an estate agent with similar properties listed as the one you are selling means that the agent is experienced in selling these types of properties, and should have lots of buyers interested in them.

Ask for recommendations

Word of mouth is often a good way to find out who are the best estate agents, and who are the ones to avoid. Ask friends and family which local estate agents they have used to sell their property. We have always believed that a personal recommendation is the best form of instruction and this is the foundation on which Philip Martin has been built.

Read reviews

Googling a term like ‘estate agents in Truro [your local area]’ will give you lots of results, and you can read the feedback of previous clients through Google reviews.

Check industry credentials

Any credible estate agent will be a member of the Property Ombudsman Scheme. There are also a number of trade bodies with membership open to estate agents, including the Guild of Property Professionals, National Association of Estate Agents which is now Property Mark and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. We are members of all of these so you know you are working with qualified and professional estate agents.

Time to book a valuation

An estate agent will arrange a convenient time to visit you and your property in order to disucss everything about the sale of the property.

Ask plenty of questions

There is nothing wrong with interrogating estate agents! You need to be confident that you can trust them with the sale of your property. You can ask about Fees, who will conduct the viewings, where will the property be advertsied and whats the tie in period.

Time to decide - Choosing the best agent

If you have done all your research, asked for recommendations, checked out the online reviews, got your valuations and asked all the right questions, the time has come to choose the best estate agent to sell your house. Contact us to discuss a sale of your property today and book a valuation here.

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Having recently Sold my house with Philip Martin Estate Agents I cannot praise the whole experience enough. From the first telephone conversation to the last it has been impressive. Professional, Polite, Guiding, Encouraging. I do need to mention Jack Loader, no question or query was too much trouble, making the selling process a pleasure.

Having recently Sold my house with Philip Martin Estate Agents I cannot praise the whole experience enough. From the first telephone conversation to the last it has been impressive. Professional, Polite, Guiding, Encouraging. I do need to mention Jack Loader, no question or query was too much trouble, making the Selling process a pleasure. Totally stress free.

James and his team handled a complex sale (house and adjacent land owned by a third party) with great professionalism and innovation and determination to secure our sale. He was also cognisant of our time scales in that we had not secured an onward purchase or rental property. James is an extremely approachable agent who always worked with us to successfully achieve our goals and certainly went ‘the extra mile’ when required. We cannot recommend him highly enough.

Cannot recommend enough! We had a particularly complicated and problematic experience trying to sell a property recently and we were so(!) lucky we had Sean alongside us to guide and support. Sean was patient, efficient and super supportive throughout the entire process. I am genuinely confident we would not have been able to do it without him! Thank you as well to Aaron, I know he did a lot of work on this one too! You two are the best and we are so thankful for all your hard work getting this one across the line! I highly recommend and look forward to hopefully working with you both again.

Very efficient and personable service helped us find a perfect place. Trustworthy and effective. Thank you.

Dear Jack, I have moved into my new bungalow and it is very nice. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your efforts on my behalf. You have behaved rapidly and helpfully to assist me with all of the problems that arose for me in one of several difficult projects at once. Thank you very much.

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Top Tips for choosing the best estate agent