Putting your home up for sale is a big decision. Perhaps it is an idea you have been toying with for some time, or perhaps it is something you have only recently started to consider. Either way, it is a decision that will have a big impact on your future and that of your family. That is why it can be a good idea to look into all your options for selling your home, so you can plan the most sensible approach. It also pays to consider which solutions let you sell your home most easily and, not least, at the lowest cost. In this blog post, we set out some of the different ways to sell a home, including selling privately and using an estate agent, and explain why you should consider Brikk as your agent when you put your home up for sale.
Selling privately
Selling privately is an option worth considering when you are selling your home. As the name suggests, it essentially means that you take care of the various stages of the sale yourself. In concrete terms, you are responsible for valuing your home, marketing it, holding viewings and negotiating the sale price with the buyer. Although selling privately can seem like a good idea and an obvious way to save a lot of money, it is important to remember that there are also a number of pitfalls to selling your home yourself. Read on to find out the main pros and cons of selling privately.
Advantages of selling privately
As described earlier, the biggest advantage of selling privately is that you could potentially save many thousands of kroner by selling your home yourself. This is, of course, because you avoid paying the estate agent’s fee, which at the traditional estate agency chains can cost 85.000 kr. on average. By selling your home yourself, you save this money and get the maximum return from your sale.
Another advantage of selling privately is that you are in charge of the whole process, and so decide how your home is, for example, valued, marketed and negotiated. This way, you can choose the approach that best suits you and your needs, without interference from an estate agent.
Disadvantages of selling privately
Selling your home yourself does not only have advantages. There are also a number of disadvantages to selling privately that it is important to be aware of before you choose this approach to your sale. First and foremost, putting your home up for sale is a big project. When you choose to sell your home yourself, you need to be aware that you are responsible for every part of the sale, from start to finish. Among other things, you need to work out how you want to market your home, as well as take photos and write a description of it. When potential buyers come forward, it is also your responsibility to stay in contact with them and to hold open house events to show the home. This means that handling the sale yourself can take up a lot of both time and resources.
It is also important that you familiarise yourself with the various legal procedures required for the sale to be lawful and valid at all. Without experience of property transactions, they can be hard to find your way around, and in many cases it is recommended that you bring in a property lawyer who can make sure that all documents and statements are correct. A property lawyer can cost anything from 3000 kr. to 20.000 kr., depending on which one you choose. It is also worth pointing out that it costs money to list your home on property portals such as Boligsiden and Boliga as part of the marketing. This is a relevant point, as it underlines that selling your home yourself is not free. You can of course save a lot of money by choosing a private sale compared with using a traditional estate agency chain, but the various steps still cost money.
Finally, it is also worth mentioning that a private sale means you are on your own with the various decisions and steps of the sale. For some sellers this is an advantage, but for others it can feel unsettling to go into a property sale without advice from an experienced, professional estate agent. And since a property sale is one of the biggest decisions you can make in life, it is important to feel secure throughout the process.
Using an estate agent
Another option when you put your home up for sale is, of course, to use an estate agent. A professional estate agent can advise you throughout your sale and handle the paperwork, to make sure everything is done lawfully and that the sale is ultimately valid. On top of that, drawing on their experience and expertise, the agent can take care of everything from valuation to negotiation in the best possible way. In other words, your estate agent will know which channels are best for marketing your home, how best to negotiate with potential buyers, and so on.
Today, selling a home costs 85.000 kr. in fees on average (Bolius). On top of that come plenty of add-on packages, for example for marketing the home. The fee can therefore reach 100.000 kr. or more. The fees at these chains are high because they are set on the basis of internal, structural factors that make it expensive for the companies to do business. In many cases, for example, you are paying for the estate agency chains to keep opening new shops and running their business. At Brikk, we think that is a bad deal for you. That is why we have built our company around the basic principle that you should pay for nothing other than what it actually costs to sell your home. So you do not pay for us to run our business or open shops, for example. Read on below to find out why you should consider contacting your local Brikk expert when you want to put your home up for sale.
Brikk as your estate agent
With Brikk as your estate agent, you know exactly what your money goes on. Our 2 packages, at 22.500 kr. and 34.500 kr. respectively, differ only in whether you want to handle the viewings yourself or let us do it. Either way, you know from the start of the process how much you will pay. All our services, including marketing your home, handling the paperwork and negotiating the price, are part of the base price and cost nothing extra. In other words, we offer an A-Z service at a low fixed price.
We also have local agents and experts all over the country with many years of experience in property sales. Our staff are some of the best in the industry and know exactly how to sell your home in the best possible way. Our goal is to give you complete peace of mind and transparency in your sale, so you can simply sit back and let us take care of everything. By contacting your local Brikk agent, you are guaranteed professional advice, an A-Z service, experienced local agents and a low fixed price, whatever your housing situation. We always try to meet your wishes, so that you get both a good sales process and a final deal that lives up to your requirements.
So if you are thinking of selling your home, it is a good idea to contact your local Brikk expert today for a free valuation. The valuation is, of course, without obligation and is an obvious way to decide whether or not you want to sell.
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