Houses for sale by owners?

[IceBoy]

Hi All,

Is there a website, where I can search for property for sale direct by the owner?

IceBoy

[Landlord]

http://www.sellmyhome.co.uk/home.aspx

Edit: Not used it nor even know if it's right, just a google result that I thought I'd heard of.

Edited by Landlord on Tuesday 30th March 11:25

[illmonkey]

Landlord said:

http://www.sellmyhome.co.uk/home.aspx

Edit: Not used it nor even know if it's right, just a google result that I thought I'd heard of.

Edited by Landlord on Tuesday 30th March 11:25

6 houses across the whole of the UK isn't too good, it must be very new.

I'd pickup the local papers and look in the classified and the end of the estate agents listings.

[Ow]

http://www.mypropertyforsale.co.uk/index.php

That seems to be the same sort of thing

More houses though!

[plover]

http://housenetwork.co.uk/index.asp seemed the best from my search earlier this year; shame Scotland not really covered. If you click on the map in the search option, gives you the number of houses in each region.

Edited by plover on Tuesday 30th March 11:41

[B16JUS]

http://www.homesontheweb.co.uk/

Owned by a friend

J

[shoggoth1]

Isn't Asda/Tesco doing something like this as well? I have a vague recollection of something on the news about it.

[scirocco265]

http://www.thelittlehousecompany.co.uk/

Not sure how accurate/up-to-date some of the listings are though.

[Simpo Two]

Surprised eBay don't have an 'eBay Houses' section...

[illmonkey]

Simpo Two said:

Surprised eBay don't have an 'eBay Houses' section...

wait... http://property.shop.ebay.co.uk/Property-/10542/i....

[Simpo Two]

Aha!

[andy43]

Wasn't Sarah bouncy Beeny doing a sell-your-own-house website..?

[Wacky Racer]

andy43 said:

Wasn't Sarah bouncy Beeny doing a sell-your-own-house website..?

I think she is involved in an internet dating site..

Sarah has her knockers, but personally I think she is OK......

[Bill Carr]

shoggoth1 said:

Isn't Asda/Tesco doing something like this as well? I have a vague recollection of something on the news about it.

Tesco did for a short while then were rapped by the OFT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/moneybox/704...

However, just read this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance...

So it might be back soon!

Housenetwork advertise on Rightmove but are essentially what you are looking for.

[aberdeeneuan]

This is Beenys one:

http://www.tepilo.com/

[OldSkoolRS]

Wacky Racer said:

Sarah has her knockers, but personally I think she is OK......

I wouldn't fancy selling my house on Ebay...imagine if after you've sold it Paypal took the money back out of your account due to a complaint.

[wiggy001]

Houseladder is another.

I bought my first house through a classified in the back of a local paper - PITA to be honest as there was no estate agent desperate for some commission to hurry things along a bit when the vendor was dragging her heels.

[fido]

Fish4Homes used to include private sells.

[Deva Link]

OldSkoolRS said:

I wouldn't fancy selling my house on Ebay...imagine if after you've sold it Paypal took the money back out of your account due to a complaint.

You'd probably get questions about how much the delivery charge is!

I've always thought it interesting that eBay says property auctions are not legally binding. Interesting because eBay normally says it's not an auction (which is correct) and that the legal status of wins on eBay is very unclear.

[Rude-boy]

Bill Carr said:

shoggoth1 said:

Isn't Asda/Tesco doing something like this as well? I have a vague recollection of something on the news about it.

Tesco did for a short while then were rapped by the OFT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/moneybox/704...

However, just read this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance...

So it might be back soon!

Housenetwork advertise on Rightmove but are essentially what you are looking for.

Hmm.

Tesco and Spicerhaart.

Ultimately I can see nothing good coming of this other than much lower agents fees and faceless, useless, call centres. I can see sellers being tied into using their legal service as well for the best fee rates (who will be paying reffereal fees, and other than that they will find their legals costing the same or more than a proper solicitor without the direct contact with the organ grinders.

For every client I 'lose' to the bargin bucket convyancers I seem to get two back saying 'never again!'

I am having difficulty in seeing how this will fare any better...