Register, hear first, and get a straight answer about the house
Buying through us
Register what you are looking for and hear about matching homes before the portals, sometimes before the photographs. Viewings at times that suit you, a negotiator who will tell you what the vendor will and will not take, and help with mortgage advice and a solicitor if you want it.
We act for the seller, and we say so, but a buyer who has been told the truth about a house and its chain is a buyer who completes, and that is what the seller wants too. Register and we ring you first; view and we tell you what we know; offer and we tell you where you stand.
Tell us the area, the budget, the bedrooms and the things that matter (a garden, parking, a walk to the station), and when something fits we ring or message before it goes to the portals, which in a market like Penarth is often the difference. Viewings are accompanied and can be evenings or Sundays; we will tell you about the boiler, the lease, the neighbours and the flood map, because you would find out anyway and we would rather you heard it from us.
When you offer we take proof of funds and your position, put it to the vendor the same day and tell you honestly what they said. If you need a mortgage we introduce an independent broker who is paid by the lender, not you, and if you need a solicitor we send three local quotes. Once it is agreed we chase the same way we chase for sellers, weekly, and tell you where the chain is.
What is included
- Register once, hear about matches first
- Accompanied viewings, evenings and Sundays
- Straight answers about the house and the chain
- Offers put to the vendor the same day
- Independent mortgage advice at no cost to you
- Three local conveyancing quotes on request
What it costs
No fee to buyers. Mortgage advice through an independent broker who charges nothing to you; conveyancing quotes from three local firms on request. The landlords page has every lettings fee side by side and what each certificate costs; the sales fee is 1.2% including VAT, paid on completion, nothing up front.
Questions about buying
Will you tell me what other offers there are?
We tell you whether there are other offers and whether yours is the highest, not the figure, because the vendor has instructed us not to and because the other buyer is owed the same courtesy.
Can I use my own solicitor?
Of course. The quotes are there if you want them; we have no arrangement with any firm and take no referral fee, which we say because some agents do.
Book a free valuation. Two figures, the evidence, no pitch.
Ffion or Mark at your home within 48 hours, sales or lettings, free and without obligation. You get what we think it will achieve, what to list it at, the comparables for the last year, and a written valuation by email that evening. Or ring the office, 9 to 6.