We hope that you are all staying safe and well and enjoying the blue skies and sunshine.
For as long as we have been estate agents this is the strangest Easter that we have ever faced.
The good weather and the bank holidays looming means that we usually see an influx of properties and buyers to the market. Whilst that’s not happening at the moment, those days will return. We are making sure that we are ready for when they do.
We continue to work in the background updating images and reworking property details, working on and improving the ‘back office’ systems.
We are using this time to improve ourselves and our business. We use webinars and online training products to improve our knowledge banks and give us a more diverse look at what we are doing and how we can improve it.
Whilst we can’t continue with the day to day, we want to be sure that you and your property are marketed in the best light when the buyers do start browsing again. We are confident that the browsing will start before the lock down ends.
On week one everyone was like a startled animal in the headlights. No one quite knew how to react, and they were trying to get to grips with life without work or working from home. Property search or moving home was on the back burner.
By week two people had started to settle in to their new ‘normal’ and the good weather and focus of Easter has been a distraction. Property search or moving home is something to do after the holiday weekend, there’s loads of time for that!
As we enter week three, the dynamic will change again. The ‘to do’ list will have lost its attraction and people will have spent more time at home with family than they usually would do on a summer holiday. This will make people crave normality and hopefully drive them to ‘touchpoints’ of their more usual day time activities. Given that they can’t go out this will mean that the property portals, online shopping for larger ticket items and harvesting ideas on how they want their life to be moving forward. Anyone who has moving home on their mind will become refocused on it. As a business we want to make sure that we are ready to capitalise on this for you.
So that’s what we have been doing. We wonder if any of you have taken on any of the TOP TIPS which we sent out last week? Given the good weather we would say that you should be looking at the first and last of the tips on the list.
The first is CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN throw the windows open and let the light and the fresh air in, give you home a good spring clean.
The last is BOOST KERB APPEAL. It’s an ideal time toad a few potted plants or tidy up what’s already in the garden. Give the garage door a wash down and weed the driveway, all of the things which we never have time for.
We hope that you all have an enjoyable, although different, Easter break. Most of all that you all remain well and Stay Safe.
Kind regards, Jacqui & Mark
