Category: Reviews

Five recent sellers on doing it themselves: the hesitation, the favourite moments, the hard parts, and the advice they’d give you. In their own words.

Debbie and her partner sold their own home and kept more than $75,000 in commission and marketing costs. On buyers mistaking them for agents, and the offer they turned down.

Amanda and Heidi sold their Braddon home themselves for $1.5 million, under offer after eight days, and saved around $45,000 to $50,000 in ACT agent fees.

Cameron’s second private sale with us. On dealing with buyers direct at home opens, and a lower cost of sale that took a serious chunk off the mortgage.

Melissa was hesitant about selling while working full time, and had her Rosewood property sold in thirteen days. On going live earlier in the week, and leaning on family.

Jeff and Kerri sold their Walcha property without a computer, on a phone they were still learning, to a buyer from Sydney. On lowball offers, and holding their nerve on price.

Blair sold in Rosebery, NT for $30,000 above the agents’ appraisal and saved around $15,000 in fees. On showing your own home, and why buyers preferred it.

Agents told Robyn her Rye Park place would fetch $600,000 to $650,000. She sold it herself for $720,000 and calculates the whole exercise left her family $90,000 ahead.

Craig sold his Riverton property for $30,000 over asking and $40,000 above what an agent said they would list it for. His second sale with us, with six more to come.

Gabby and Lloyd’s buyers were renting across the road and only started looking once the sign went up. Fifteen minutes through the house, and an offer above asking.

Justine looked at agent commission, decided she could not afford it, and sold her Victorian home herself. The saving means she owns the next place outright.

Sally was hesitant, Brett was not. They pocketed at least $15,000 selling their WA home themselves, after paying an agent close to $20,000 on the last one.

The neighbours paid $100,000 in commission and marketing. Vicki sold hers herself in fourteen days, on the settlement terms she wanted, for a price she calls extraordinary.

Nevenka spent seven years trying to sell a Queensland commercial property through agents, then listed it privately. On pay-once-until-sold, and stolen signs.