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AT HOME WITH

fantastic
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fast sale

in Fettes

Laura Piper tells us about the process of
selling her two-bedroom flat in Fettes in just
25 hours, using Exclusive to ESPC.

hen Laura Piper and her husband Neil were
selling their two-bedroom flat in Fettes they
Wthought it would take weeks to sell and
had made plans to move in with Laura’s parents while
viewings were taking place.

But to her surprise the flat sold within 25 hours during
the Easter holiday weekend. The couple already had an
offer accepted on a new house in West Lothian to be
nearer to family after having a baby. The photos of the flat had been taken starting at 4pm and just an hour later
the previous April when Laura was an offer was agreed for more than 6%
“We were nervous about selling during a cost-of-living originally ready to sell the property but above Home Report value.
crisis. It went live in the evening and in the morning we then she got pregnant and put plans
had a call from our solicitor estate agent Watermans on hold. The Home Report, draft The property was Exclusive to ESPC
saying people wanted to view it,” Laura explains. brochure and other marketing and was due to go on other property
materials were all ready to go when websites after three days but it was
The week before Watermans had sold a two-bed flat the property was listed at 4pm on only ever listed with ESPC as further
in Leith that had 115 viewings so Laura had prepared Thursday 6th April. The first round promotion wasn’t needed.
for that to happen, but their home sold in record time. of viewings took place the next day

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