selling your property

• Free no obligation valuation
• Professional digital photographs
• Distinctive For Sale board
• Creation of 2D or 3D floor plans
• All inclusive advertising
• Weekly advertising in local press
• Extensive advertising on major web portals including :- Rightmove, Prime Location,
  Findaproperty and more
• Open 7 days a week
• Prime location offices
• Members of the ‘National Association of Estate Agents’
• Members of ‘The Property Ombudsman’
• Comprehensive property particulars including wall card, brochures and web presentation
• Totally independent
• Professionally qualified staff
• Members of the Guild of professional Estate Agents
• Comprehensive Sales brochure and Wall Card

 

 

Sales Services

 

Free no obligation valuation

Our Branch Valuation & Sales Manager (or someone else suitably qualified) will visit your property at a time convenient to you. During the initial meeting it will be explained in more detail how ‘Crofts’ offer you an exceptional value for money sales package, with a somewhat different approach to property sales. A discussion relating to your individual requirements will be conducted, an indication of the value of your property may be presented at the same time, if not a report will be forwarded to you the next day, if not earlier. Advice will be given regarding the condition of the property and fundamental guidance will be given how to prepare the property for sale.

Professional Digital Photographs

Our trained staff will visit your property for photographs on a day and time to suit you and take professional images from angles and positions to show the property in its best light. Many agents use sub standard equipment to photograph properties and often only capture a small fraction of a room, at Crofts we have state of the art equipment and software in the office to ensure that you are pleased with the final product. If you are not and you would like us to renew some images then we will happily return until you are satisfied.

Distinctive For Sale Board

A very distinctive ‘Croft logo’ for sale board will be displayed at a high visibility point outside your property unless it is not required. The For Sale board is a extremely under rated sales tool and it is strongly advised to have one displayed

We guarantee the rapid production of draft sales particulars, these will be forwarded to you for approval, and once approved, and any personal amendments have been completed the brochure will be prepared for reproduction. All brochures produced will be to a very high presentation standard on luxury 160g paper, resulting in a product that people do not want to just fold up and put in the bin. All brochures will have full colour photographs and floor plans (where applicable).

2 & 3D Floor Plans

In this more demanding world, floor plans have become not just a good idea but almost necessary to have. With buyers and people in general having busier lives and not wanting to waste time, having this facility allows buyers to see the complete layout of a house and how the rooms work together without having to visit the property, this can save time for both seller and buyer. The option of 3D walkthroughs is also an option that we offer here at Crofts.

All inclusive Advertising

Crofts always provide a number of free advertising spaces for our new listings and thereafter can include all adverts within the fee package that you choose, we will decide the best frequency and content of all adverts displayed in this publication to best market your property for sale. The adverts will be full colour with a brief property description and photograph where appropriate, the layout, style and colours used will present properties in a high impact manner.

Weekly advertising in local press

Crofts have always had a major presence in the local press ever since our launch in 2006 and still commit to a guaranteed full page every week in the Grimsby Evening Telegraph. Our easy to the eye layout coupled with strong branded advertising make us very distinctive amongst some of the plainer also runners. We lend a strong belief to branding and we believe that knowing you are placing your biggest asset to someone who is respectful of their own appearance and reputation will give you confidence in how we will look after your most valuable asset.

Major Web Portal Advertising

All properties on our own website are automatically uploaded to the leading national property website www.rightmove.co.uk this provides for greater coverage for your property. The site claims to receive over 9 Million hits on the site each month, and holds a 79% market share of the top four national property websites, and is ranked at number 4 for all UK based web addresses. With this in mind you know your property has the potential to be viewed by thousands of people both in the UK and worldwide. Your property will also appear on www.zoopla.co.uk another leading property website and the popular local website www.findaproperty.co.uk. All of the websites on which we advertise have full details and full colour photographs maximising the number of potential buyers that will consider your home for their next move.

Open 7 days a week and most bank holidays

Crofts have been standard bearers for all Estate Agents locally raising the bar when we opened in 2006 by committing to being open 7 days each week and have done ever since. There was really no choice in the matter and are still one of only two locally that do so, it took a full 2 years for the penny to drop elsewhere. It is purely common sense, if you consider most people who buy and sell houses are working during other agents opening hours. We are open when you need us to be, and yes we do conduct viewings, valuations, take ons and provide feedback each and every day.

Prime Location Offices

When Crofts opened we committed to being placed in a locality which would be good for footfall and give Crofts the sort of presence relative to the ambitions we have for the company. Now the Chairman has acquired the premises planning permission has been granted on a new shop front and complete office refit befitting of the corporate direction we are heading, coupled of course with a friendly and professional approach. Our showrooms are the largest estate agents offices in Cleethorpes, this provides for a bright, modern and inviting environment in which to advertise your property. In addition to large amount of quality advertising wall and window displays we have a comfortable seating area with coffee & tea available for our prospective purchasers. The extra comfort allows the prospective purchaser the opportunity to sit down, relax and look at your property details in comfort, there is always someone on hand to help if it is needed. If our clients or visitors have children we have even provided a children’s play area, to allow parents or guardians to concentrate on the more serious things in life in peace, without distraction.

Below is a computer image of how this will look, work is expected to start in 2010.

Targeted Marketing of ‘Your Property’

Any prospective applicants who register their details either in our office, online or by telephone on our database are automatically matched up with any new instructions that are taken, the database instantly pairs suitable people with suitable properties and a list of potential purchasers is produced, this also occurs after a price adjustment is made on a property and all suitable matches will be called not e-mailed (unless specifically requested) and the property will be discussed and if it is what the client is looking for then a viewing will be arranged. Our list of clients is red hot and is kept up to date at all time.

Guaranteed Regular Feedback

After we conducted comprehensive local market research amongst vendors’ one thing became instantly apparent and that was how disappointed they were with the service provided by the agents in regards to ‘lack of feedback.’ Nearly every person interviewed complained that they didn’t really know what was happening with their property as regards to potential sale and marketing. Many said that other than viewings the agents had not contacted them for weeks, leaving these vendors feeling vulnerable and uncertain. At Crofts we provide up to date feedback for viewings and more importantly when the market goes quiet we always keep you informed about the state of interest that your property has been getting and regularly have discussions to see which options we can do to attempt to speed up the selling process. The length of time between contacts can be decided by you, if you would prefer we just got on with then that’s what we will do, if you want to be called every week that’s fine too.

Escorted Buyer Viewings

Some vendors will be happy to escort potential buyers around their property and will assess for themselves the interest that is shown. Where this is the case wherever possible we will seek to obtain confirmation of an individuals identity before allowing the viewing to proceed, this is to ensure wherever possible your security. If you prefer all viewings can be conducted with an escort from our personnel who will have been suitably trained and well versed in presenting a property for sale purposes, the potential buyers interest will be noted and this will be used to provide feedback about the viewing.

Many thanks to you all for helping the sale of our house go so smoothly.

Thanks to Elaine for keeping us so well informed and to Kate for the negotiating.
Mr & Mrs Borrell

Just wanted to thank you for your support in helping us buy our new home. As we have suggested, we hope we don’t get the idea of moving house again in a hurry but should we do so, we will not hesitate to use Crofts as our Estate Agent. Elaine, you especially are a credit to the company and have helped to keep the stress of moving house to a minimum, with your honesty and upfront attitude. We will certainly go to great lengths to recommend you to anyone wishing to buy or sell a house. Thanks for making it all happen. Thanks again, it is much appreciated.
The Clarks