How to save time when searching for a new home to buy

How to save time when searching for a new home to buy

Searching for a property to buy can take up hours of your life, but there are ways to save time, improve your search and find 'the one' property for you. Read on to find out how...

Searching for your next home is an exciting time. Each property that you look at in detail online can fill you with hopeful anticipation as you begin to visualise your new life in your new home. You might plan which bedroom is whose and where your furniture might go. You may envision a new interior design, wallpaper and curtains that will look fabulous. But searching through property websites can be as addictive as social media, and before you know it, you can have spent hours scrolling idly without making any progress with your search for your dream home.

You might even find yourself downloading brochures and have a desktop filled with PDFs without any viewing appointments being made. Or you could end up on countless mailing lists that you will inevitably have to spend more time unsubscribing from later down the line.

Property searching, at least in the early stages before compiling a shortlist and arranging actual viewings, can be futile. Whilst it is exciting at first, it can quickly become pointless, and many buyers will simply stop the endless scroll, viewing only the properties that they have seen.

Registering your details on each agent's mailing list can take ages, giving out your email address to find your inbox overflowing with irrelevant properties that just don't work for you. The search options are just too limited, with the only search criteria being price and number of bedrooms.

Whilst reaching this point in the process can be positive - after all, you are at the point of viewing properties in real life rather than just searching online - there is a very real chance that you will be missing out on new properties that are listed on the market, purely because you are sick and tired of perusing websites.

But don't worry, we have the solution.

By registering for our 'Head's Up' alerts, you can sit back and relax, and let our team and innovative technology find the perfect property for you. These alerts go way beyond the standard price, location and number of bedrooms, meaning the results are tailored to your needs.

Our alerts go out to suitable buyers before the properties hit the websites, so you can be confident that you are one of the first to hear. You can beat the rush of other prospective buyers, getting in there first ahead of the masses.

Also, there are many homeowners who do not want to publicly broadcast their property and opt instead for a quiet 'off-market' strategy. Our exclusive alert system is the best way to find these properties.

It's easy to set up; simply visit our website and input your own information, detailing precisely what you need from a new property. Tell us as much information as you can about what you are looking for, and the system will then send you available properties that are suitable, saving you time trying to figure out if a property will work for you and your family. Include information about your financial status (i.e., have you already got a mortgage in place or property to sell, or are you a cash buyer?), as well as when you would like to be moved in by. This information can help us find a property that would work not only with your needs but also with your timescales.

Then, simply sit back and relax, waiting for your next home to be emailed to you. This process is not only faster and more effective, but you can also rest assured that you will not be in competition with every other buyer looking on Rightmove.

So, don't waste any time. Visit our website and register your details today. We look forward to showing you your dream home very soon.


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