First a question on timing: we now have a target completion date on the house we’re buying of 30th August but want to actually move there around Christmas (we need to do some work first). We wouldn’t want to go into rented and want to finish the autumn term at the school we are (we’re moving 3 hrs away). We’ll have no chain. When would you start advertising the house? August, so people can see it while on holidays (also we’re away the last week of August so could leave the house tidy and hope to get first round of viewings done while we are out of the way!)? Or if we don’t want to complete until December is that too soon? It would be ok to complete later than December but we couldn’t wait for ages as we do need the money from the sale of our current house to do further work. And I feel October/ Nov/ December are bad times to list!!
second question is pricing: an agent who I would generally trust recommended guide price of £795 K but the highest ever paid for a house on our road is £750K in Dec 2022 - it was a very similar house in terms of size/ condition but ours is better positioned (south rather than north facing garden and 400 rather than 10m from a main road leading into town and a pub car park).
a similar house about 20 metres away (but 3 beds rather then 4 which ours is) didn’t sell at offers over £725K but sold quickly at overs over £700K. There is a very similar house on the parallel road to ours which just went on with the same agent we are planning to use at offers over £750K.
I hate offers over so thinking maybe list at guide price £765K and hope to get around £750K but is it silly not to list at £795K like the agent has suggested??
for context, the house we are buying was still going through probate and we didn’t expect that to come through until autumn at the earliest but it was granted last week so suddenly everything is moving.