If your property is on the market for sale and you can see your diary filling up fast with the pre-Christmas festivities then you might be feeling overwhelmed, thinking that you simply can’t fit in any viewings from potential buyers.

 

Nativity plays, shopping, present wrapping, and staff parties. It’s all go in the run-up to Christmas. There is so much going on at this time of year that preparing for viewings on your property, on top of everything else, could be enough to send you over the edge!

 

So, what should you do? You want to sell your home and move in the new year, so you want as many viewings as possible. Right? But how can you fit these viewings in?

 

When your diary is full of festive occasions, so is everyone else’s. Many buyers put a hold on their property search until the new year. Choosing to stop viewings and online searches until they have the time to view properties seriously and really consider their next move. If fewer buyers are looking for a property, then the likelihood is that there would be fewer viewing appointments anyway. So why not take advantage of this and take a break yourself?

 

 

Many people feel they need to take their property off the market altogether to enjoy Christmas in peace, especially as you don’t have the time to clean your home and preset it the way you like, and you have the tree and decorations up which, although it makes your home lovely and cosy, will make it feel smaller because there is extra stuff around. However, instead of removing your property from the market you can ask your estate agent to place you on “do not disturb”? This is not a withdrawal from the market, simply a pause on viewings until the new year. Any viewing enquiries during this time can be scheduled for the beginning of January, when things are not quite as hectic, and you have the headspace to focus on selling your home.

 

Please don’t worry that you will be missing out. You won’t be as most buyers have had their focus redirected to Christmas festivities, so they are not likely to be booking many viewing appointments. Serious buyers will be happy to wait until the new year and may even be relieved that you won’t be taking viewings from other buyers.

 

Want to find out more about Mishon Mackay’s customer focussed viewings service? Then call Chris Thew, our Sales Director, on 01273 416732 or email him at cthew@mishonmackay.com. He’d love to hear from you.