Has anyone who has done this give me some advice?

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It looks like I have a buyer for my flat.

But there is absolutely nothing on the market just now that I would consider buying.

I know the areas I'm interested in/can afford, etc.

Has anyone had any success in popping letters through doors in their preferred area?

If so, what kind of thing did you write?

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We tried it. No success, but I know others who have. If you use the search function to look for leafleting you will find plenty of advice about what to include - at least, that’s what I did.

Good luck!

We had success with this but the house wasn’t for us after viewing sadly so I then felt really bad that we had got the sellers hopes up

We bought our house this way. It took quite a long while as there was no agent pushing it along so we went into a rental for a couple of months.
It is totally worth it now though as we got a house in a road we love, there was no stress of bidding against others and our vendors knew we were serious.

Tried but not successful.

Thanks for the replies.

I think I'll give it another few weeks and then
see how I feel. I appreciate it could be awkward if I end up not keen on something, after enquiring. I wouldn't like to get someone's hopes up.

But it's great to see that it can work out!

Tried this, had 3 responses out of loads of letters sent. Considering one of them seriously at the moment.

We did and found a property. Viewed it, loved it and they told us what they wanted for it. It was overpriced but we could afford it so went ahead. I was so happy and pleased that it worked after spending hours handwriting cards.

About 3 weeks down the line, unbelievably someone else leafletted it and offered a hell of a lot more money than us and we couldn't beat it. So we lost it. I couldn't believe that we got gazuumped on an off market house!