FAQs

You need an estate agent you can trust who are looking out for your best interests, not theirs. At Moulton Estates, just like at Let Me Properties, our ethos is “Clients for life”. We know that looking after our clients’ interests over all else will result in a lasting relationship that in the long term will be far more beneficial to both parties than a fleeting one-time client who gets ripped off. Our aim is to grow our independent family business through word of mouth and quality service. Therefore, each and every client who instructs us will receive a quality of service to tell their friends about. Who needs rip-off estate agents who push their agenda on their clients, when you can rather work with Moulton Estates and have it your way every day!

We know that sellers have a lot of “cheaper” options out there, whether that’s online agents who claim to offer “High Street Service” or other agents desperate for business willing to reduce their fees to untenable levels. We’re not looking to sell everyone’s home and if fees are the number one factor you’re using to determine which agent to employ, then we may not be right for you. We know that by employing Moulton Estates, a quality experienced local estate agent, our clients will achieve better results and overall cost savings. However, on paper, we’re not trying to be the cheapest estate agents in St Albans, we’re here to be the best estate agents in St Albans. Our fees are fair and our terms are clear. We will work to achieve the best outcome for you and deliver the best service possible. Best of all, we work on a ‘No Sale, No fee’ basis.

We have partnerships with great local and national conveyancing solicitors with whom we work often. We will obtain conveyancing quotes for you early on so you’re able to budget ahead and shop around. However, we are confident that the solicitors we recommend will offer you fantastic rates that often can’t be beaten. Conveyancing regularly takes the most time within the process of selling your property and we will be on hand every step of the way. We will act as a bridge between both parties solicitors to ensure that they are communicating efficiently and cannot blame one another for lack of action. We will be on hand to assist you and answer your questions, provide office support such as certifying documents for you to send to your solicitor electronically, and generally, we’ll be there to walk both you and your buyers smoothly through the entire process.

Selling your property isn’t just about marketing it well and taking people around for viewing appointments. One of the key areas where good estate agents prove that they are great estate agents is during the negotiations of offers. We will negotiate to obtain the results you are looking for, whether that’s the highest price, the fastest sale, or a combination of both. Our team will ensure that we gather all of the vital information you need in order to consider the offers we present to you, including how the buyers will be funding the purchase, whether the buyers have a chain (and the details of any chain) and all the other valuable information you might need to know before you commit to accepting their offer. We will then communicate this detailed offer to you and present you with our advice on the offer, on hand to answer any questions you might have.

When demand is strong enough, we will often market your property by Open Day. This is where we will book a number of viewings to all be within a small block of time on a particular day. This is helpful for two main reasons. Firstly, because it shows that other people are interested in your property and that your property is desirable. Second, it means that any disruption to you is minimised because we can show a larger number of people your property in a shorter period of time. When the market is not as strong as it usually is and there aren’t enough potential buyers to hold a full Open Day, we will group our viewing appointments together, wherever possible, to form “Mini Open Days”. This has many of the same benefits and helps to make the most of slower market conditions.

In today’s modern world of selling properties, property portals are very important. A very large percentage of buyers will see their next home on either rightmove or zoopla before coming to have a look at it. This is why it is so important to ensure that your property is marketed in an exclusive way with attention to detail and top quality particulars by an estate agent who will list your property on BOTH rightmove and zoopla. Rightmove is the most well known of the two main property portals. However, zoopla has a very large following with younger professional buyers and in fact is often found to be the more trusted option of the two by professionals working in London. With St Albans and the surrounding areas being such a popular choice for buyers who wish to commute into London, it’s vitally important that you choose an estate agent who knows how to appeal to these types of buyers.

Our high street offices are based at the top of Hatfield Road on the intersection with St Peters Street. This busy intersection provides fantastic exposure for the properties proudly displayed in our window to both the thousands of cars driving past and the hundreds of people walking past each day. With excellent schools on our doorstep, we see a lot of local parents taking notice of our properties and coming in to ask for further information. We also receive a lot of interest from commuters who walk past our offices each day on their way to St Albans City Station. We’re in an excellent location to reach your target market, St Albans’ parents and commuters. Cheap online estate agents can’t possibly offer you the same local experience, expertise, and knowledge that we can. Very often the “Local Property Expert” that the online estate agents claim they’ll send you is responsible for a huge patch that could span 20 miles! There’s no way that they’ll be able to offer you the same dedicated local service and knowledge that a high street estate agent like us could.