Private Sale Marketing

Our Key Marketing Strategies

To attract UK buyers privately, we focus on professional staging, decluttering, and using high-quality photography and virtual tours to showcase the home’s unique features. Making sure all essential documents and diagnostics are ready, as UK buyers are usually meticulous and may want details like energy efficiency (DPE), asbestos, and termite reports. present & clear, the usual advice surrounding neutral décor and maintain curb appeal, as first impressions are particularly influential may be less true in France than would be back in Blighty . It can’t be anything other than helpful however many people have a very clear idea of the stamp they going to put on things when the property is going to become there’s and a lot of work ,usually conducted telescopically, can be costly and not achieve a return.

Where we advertise

all the usual suspects property portals:

French-Property.com: Popular with UK and other anglophone buyers.
Rightmove Overseas: Well known .
Green-Acres: Widely used for European international property searches.
FrenchEntrée: Focuses on English-speaking buyers and offers both online and magazine options.
Social media, Facebook groups, and expat forums focused on buying property in France to widen your reach.
This is particularly true if the property for sale as an additional dimension equestrian for example possibly carp fishing lakes… Villas and Château

Legal & Compliance Requirements

When selling privately, we ensure compliance with French laws by preparing all mandatory diagnostic reports (DPE, asbestos, lead, termite, gas, electrical, septic system, and natural risk surveys). Moving onto drafting contracts and handling legalities— not a requirement that we would argue have argued over the last 30 years that this provides UK buyers and sellers with reassurance.

We can arrange for transfers and indeed the entire transaction to be conducted in sterling with the agreement of both sides if not we transfer funds through our international accounts with Deutsche Bank at 0.003 from interbank at any one time the going out to Euro or coming back from full sellers of French property we have particular arrangements with very specific tax representatives ( since leaving the EU this has become an obligation) many clients selling also find it advantageous to understand their capital gains tax implication before putting the property up for sale.

Common Pitfalls we can assist you in avoiding

Underestimating the paperwork and compliance checks required— preparing all this early to avoid delays.
Setting an unrealistic asking price—research comparable and consult valuations from experts or agents.
Language barriers— we overcome this completely providing clear explanations of French process and documentation in plain English . With particular focus on ensuring that vendors declarations , your purchaser, if particular if they are French and know their own system only too well can lay pitfalls that the unsuspecting vendor …keen to sell… And with an agent that is focused squarely on ‘doing the deal’ and getting their commission regardless of your vending interests pushes something through without detail but later opens you up to claims… Purchaser had two years in which to claim undisclosed defect with vendors liability… Our advice always.the I cross the T that way when you conclude your sale you conclude your sale and don’t get a letter from the avocat 23 months later…

Private Sale Marketing