What can you expect when working with an estate agent? Part 1

Working with an estate agent can bring many benefits to the seller, the buyer, the landlord and the tenant of a flat or house alike. Of course, it must be a good agent with experience and commitment. Such a person can make every transaction considerably easier and ensure that every last detail is right and that it runs smoothly. In today's article we therefore present what you can expect from a professional estate agent.

Selling a flat or other property on your own is a tedious and tiring process. It is much easier to complete a transaction with professional support. Here are the greatest advantages of selling a property with an agent's help.

Realistic expectations

When deciding to sell a property, we often have a sentimental attitude towards it and overestimate its value, which can make it harder to find a buyer. The estate agent's task is to make us realise what price we can actually expect for a flat like ours, in this particular city and this particular area. Thanks to this, we will find an interested buyer sooner and strike a deal.

Knowledge of the sales process

When working with an agent, we can also count on a detailed introduction to the property sales process, step by step. This is especially important if we are doing it for the first time and have no idea what a transaction looks like from the inside.

Marketing strategy

A good estate agent will support us in presenting our flat or house in a favourable light. We can count on them for everything from preparing photographs of the interior, through properly drafting the advert, to placing it where there is the greatest chance of finding a potential buyer. The agent's broad marketing knowledge will make it easier to find interested parties and effectively encourage them to view our property by presenting the information most significant to the buyer.

Home staging

Few people realise how important a first impression is, even when selling a flat. Even though the buyer knows that most of the furnishings they see while inspecting the property will disappear along with the previous owner, it is still the interior as they first see it that will stay in their memory most. That is why it is so important to prepare the flat meticulously before a viewing. And it is not only about cleaning. Sometimes cosmetic touch-ups come in handy, making a potential buyer look at the property more favourably. Often minimal changes to the arrangement, a refreshed wall colour or hiding the owner's personal belongings can work wonders and speed up the transaction.

Photo shoot

Professionally taken photographs sell. And that is an undeniable fact. Thanks to the estate agent's professional approach, we can obtain photographs of our interior that will effectively support the sales process and interest the greatest possible number of viewers.

Negotiations

Negotiating the price of a flat is no easy task, especially for people who have never done it before. If we have signed an exclusive agency agreement (umowa na wyłączność) with the agent, we can entrust them with this demanding task. In this way we increase our chances of getting the most satisfying final price for our flat or house.

Analysis of the property's legal status

For some properties, analysing their legal status is not easy. It is therefore worth enlisting the help of someone who really knows the subject. A good agent will have no trouble verifying for us whether the sale of the property is possible and whether anything stands in the way of obtaining the best price.

A complete set of documents

Finalising the sale of a property involves a fair amount of paperwork. Few people know which documents need to be prepared, where to deliver them and by what deadlines. An estate agent will help us complete all the formalities efficiently and quickly.

These are the most important advantages of working with an estate agent for the seller. But the seller is not the only one who will benefit from a professional agent's help. In the next article we will present the benefits that buyers, landlords and tenants can expect.