Would welcome advice from other Edinburgh MNers.
For anyone who remembers me, we are finally getting ready to put the flat on the market (has been a long road). We've had three people round to give a quick valuation and quote for their services. But my head is spinning as to who to pick. We have two of them that we're considering but their costs vary by over £1,000 (for selling and buying, but the main difference seems to be the selling costs).
Company 1 - don't see their boards around much in the area, gave us a valuation based on what the flat over the landing sold for a year ago, and it needed a lot of work (currently being gutted), cheaper quote. Not sure if they will charge more if the home report comes back with a higher value.
Company 2 - seem to do quite a lot of business in the area, had lots of research done and gave us a valuation backed up by recent sales of similar flats they had done. More expensive, but also very pro-active at following up (I've requested home reports for flats they're selling before, and they're one of the few companies that actually follows up after this).
I moved from rented into my husband's flat, so I've never done the selling/buying thing before. How much do the solicitors actually do? I'm assuming that once we have the home report done both will price accordingly, and pretty much market through the same platforms. 2 bedroom flats here seem to be moving really quickly - does it matter which we go with? My gut tells me to go with the second one, but then I wonder if it will make much difference? We need to tie up getting a good price with getting this sold quickly (and then pray we can get a decent 3 bed, as they're all moving quickly too but less choice in the market just now).
I am possibly over-stressed about this, but we have had quite a time to get to this stage, and I don't want to make the wrong decision (husband says he has no idea which to go with). I may also be stressing over details because I have an OU exam to fit into the whole decluttering and showing schedule.