Thinking of selling?
Most estate agents will come round, walk through your house, and tell you a number. That number is usually optimistic, because telling vendors what they want to hear is how agents win instructions. A few weeks later, when the property hasn't sold and the agent suggests "adjusting the price," the original number turns out to have been a guess dressed up as a quote.
We try not to do that.
A valuation from a chartered surveyor
When you ask Bailey Bird & Warren for a market appraisal, Andrew Warren — our co-founder and a RICS regulated chartered surveyor — is involved in the assessment. Andrew has been valuing property in Norfolk for over twenty-five years. He knows the difference between what a property might sell for, what it's actually worth, and what a buyer will likely pay in the current market. Those are three different numbers and they matter at different stages of a sale.
This doesn't mean we'll always give you a lower figure than the next agent. Sometimes we'll give you a higher one. It means the figure we give you is the one we can defend, with comparable evidence, against any reasonable challenge. If a buyer's surveyor reduces the valuation later in the process, we'll already have anticipated it. That tends to be a better way to sell a house.
What happens next
If you decide to instruct us, the process is fairly standard: we agree a marketing price, prepare the listing (we'll write the description ourselves, having actually looked at the property), arrange professional photography and a floorplan, and put your property on Rightmove, Zoopla, and OnTheMarket, as well as on our own website and in our Bridge Street office window. Viewings are handled by us, not farmed out. Feedback after every viewing comes back to you, regardless of whether it's the feedback you wanted to hear.
Our fee is competitive but we don't compete on fee alone. If price is your only criterion, there are plenty of online agents who'll list your property for a few hundred pounds. They'll do exactly what you pay them for, which in practice is not very much.
What to do now
If you'd like a valuation, the form below is the easiest way to ask for one. We'll usually get back to you within a working day to arrange a time to visit. The valuation itself is free, takes about an hour on site, and comes with a written follow-up. There's no obligation to instruct us afterwards — quite a few people we value for end up not selling at all, and some go elsewhere. Either is fine.
If you'd rather call, the office is on 01328 864763.
Book a free valuation
Fill in your details and we'll get back to you within a working day to arrange a visit.