"Persistent
and determined. You seemed to know just when to get tough with the
selling agents"
A Sands Home Search client
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Q.
What type of properties do you specialise in finding, negotiating
and acquiring for clients?
A. Typically country, equestrian, farm, rural, listed, period
and waterside properties ranging in value
from £1million to £20million.
Q. Are you estate agents?
A. No. Estate Agents act for the seller which is why the unrepresented
buyer is very exposed in the market. We act exclusively for the
buyer to find and secure the best properties at the lowest possible
price ahead of the competition.
Q. Don't estate agents also do this?
A. No. Estate agents fees are paid by the seller and they therefore
act in the interests of the seller to gain the highest price for
the properties they sell, our services are paid for by the buyer
and we negotiate to gain the best possible price for our clients.
Interestingly, estate agents see us as a source of quality buyers
and renters.
Q. Do you search for rental properties?
A. Yes, for both individual and corporate clients.
Q. Do you have access to properties that we cannot find on
our own?
A. Yes. Many of the transactions that we are involved
with take place in the private market, where a large proportion
of the UK's most sought after properties change hands without ever
reaching the open market. In addition we will also directly canvass
and contact owners of potential properties which are not on the
open market on behalf of our clients.
Q. How then do you get access to the best properties
from this private market?
A. As one of the leading buyers' agents most of the selling agents
know us through experience and the numerous deals that we have been
involved with. This means that our clients are treated as serious
purchasers and are therefore able to receive details of and to view
highly sought after/ confidentially marketed properties, which are
often not made available to the unrepresented buyer.
Q.
How do you handle client confidentiality?
A. It is often a prerequisite that confidentiality is maintained
at all times. A large proportion of our clients and the sellers
that we deal with are very high profile and simply will not tolerate
any risk that their affairs become public knowledge. We have existing
confidentiality agreements in place with a number of private sellers
and selling agents and this is often a key reason why the unrepresented
buyer never gets to hear of the best properties.
Q.
How much does the Sands Home Search service cost?
A. To ensure no conflict of interest, our fees are only ever
paid for by the property buyer/renter - we never accept fees from
the property seller.
Our fees comprise a six month retainer fee plus a percentage of
the purchase price payable on exchange. Please contact us to discuss
further.
You may be interested to know that last year our clients saved four
times more than the fees we charged and 60% of properties acquired
were sourced 'off-market'; meaning the majority of our clients got
to purchase properties which they would not have found without our
assistance.
To benefit from the Sands Home Search service, please call in
confidence
on 01425 462 549.
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