Local solicitor estate agent exceeds seller expectations

A local solicitor estate agent, part of the ESPC network, recently achieved an exceptional sale for their client, indicating the strength of the local market and the importance of choosing the right marketing partner.

In Scotland, you need a solicitor to handle both the purchase and sale of a property creating a unique situation that places solicitors at the heart of a property transaction. This recent sale helps highlight the depth and experience that solicitor estate agents have in the local market and the advantages to choosing to sell with a local market expert with ESPC exposure as part of the package.

Susan and Richard Heggie’s home in Edinburgh went over the Home Report value after working with VMH Solicitors. The five-bedroom terraced townhouse in Bruntsfield sold in just 23 hours. The Home Report value for the property was £1,250,000 but it sold for £1,500,000 – £250,000 or 20% over the Home Report value.

Susan and Richard said: “There’s a reason we have been using VMH for the past 30 plus years. We want to say a huge thanks to the whole team at VMH for guiding us through the sale of our family home - we had help and advice from start to finish.

“Our property sold in 23 hours from going on the market! We still have many sales to go and we’ll definitely be sticking with the team at VMH.”

Kevin McLuskey of VMH Solicitors said: “I was delighted that Richard and Susan gave me the opportunity to sell their beautiful family home. I know how much the sale meant to them on a personal level. I was delighted to achieve a result which exceeded their expectations and which I don’t believe would have been possible without the property being advertised for sale on the ESPC."

Paul Hilton, CEO at ESPC, said: “The solicitor estate agency model ensures that a client has the best experience throughout their property sale. The access to ESPC marketing, which was key in this case to increasing the buyer visibility, is exclusively available to ESPC solicitor estate agents. This means that they provide their clients with unrivalled access to our marketing platform and our expansive network of active local home buyers that are actively engaged in the property hunt. Last month alone 12,000 local viewing requests were made via ESPC and over 700,000 property email alerts were sent out.

“Homes in Edinburgh sold by solicitor estate agents often exceed their Home Report valuation. The current average is 108%, and this is more so for higher value homes. ESPC solicitor estate agency typically achieved 111% of the Home Report value for higher value homes across the capital city which really shows the power of local solicitor estate agency expertise with ESPC exposure.”