Madison Oakley Estate Agents in Bath WHY CHOOSE US TO SELL YOUR HOME

NB - Please do ask if you have any particular wishes – we tailor make each of our marketing packages to both the property and the owner

Combining over 50 years of experience in Bath estate agency, Madison Oakley Estate Agents in Bath offer a unique blend of traditional and technological solutions to the modern day demands of the Bath property market. Properties offered for sale or letting are presented with the maximum impact to the widest possible audience. Our membership of various property portals, our dedicated websites and our regularly updated blog ensure our clients properties are displayed 24/7 to prospective buyers and tenants.

In addition, Madison Oakley Estate Agents in Bath boasts the most experienced team of residential estate agents and surveyors in the local area, with each of our partners having worked in both independent and corporate estate agents within the city for many years. Our offices in Oldfield Park and George St, Bath are ideally located in the heart of the BA1 and BA2 postcodes, with window displays offering the most comprehensive information in Bath.

Partners Willum Long and Carey Gilliland are delighted to showcase the very latest in estate agency technology, from video tours to the latest interactive floor plans, in order to enhance the presentation of each client’s property. However, at Madison Oakley Estate Agents we don’t lose sight of the more traditional approaches (all properties are provided with full colour details, floor plans, regular newspaper advertising and historical research as standard). We keep in regular contact with our property clients and pride ourselves on the testimonials we receive.

We aim to achieve the best possible price for our clients through knowledgeable and friendly advice.

LICENSED AND PROFESSIONAL

As fully accredited members of the National Association of Estate Agents, we offer expertise backed by the largest and most influential industry body in the UK. Licensing for estate agents was launched on Nov 17th 2010, endorsed by the Housing Minister, Grant Shapps. At the time, he said: "For years I’ve been calling for better standards throughout this industry, so I’m delighted the NAEA are taking matters into their own hands and launching a licensing scheme that will ensure their members become known for their professionalism and integrity. I call on all estate agents to sign up and make sure they’re not left behind when consumers vote with their feet. This is exactly the sort of measure the housing market needs – simple and sensible changes that are driven by industry and designed to deliver results. By ensuring they enjoy the trust of people buying and selling homes, estate agents will inject greater confidence and movement in the housing market. In future anyone looking to buy a home or sell theirs should ask the simple question of their estate agents - "are you licensed?"


If you would like your property to stand out from the crowd, call us for a valuation and we'll show you what makes us different to the rest.


EXPLAINING OUR FLOORPLAN TECHNOLOGY

When you’re looking for a house over the internet or leafing through estate agents particulars, what do you look for first? Pictures tell a thousand words or so they say, estate agents descriptions are often full of superlatives but a good old fashioned floor plan answers most questions with one glance.

New Homes companies have been using floorplans to successfully showcase their homes for over a decade yet many estate agents have only recently started to use them with any degree of frequency. In fact, research by Metropix recently concluded that only 51 per cent of available properties now include a plan.

Why is this? Estate agents are a famously old fashioned breed, leery of new technology at the best of times but buyers love floorplans – to the extent that a Rightmove 2009 study showed properties incorporating plans attracted up to 30% more interest than those without. We can all think of reasons why – does the kitchen overlook the garden so you can see the kids playing when you’re cooking or could you knock through the sitting room into the dining room to create that sought after open plan space?

If you’re a fan of plans, welcome to the new generation of marketing. At Madison Oakley Estate Agents, we are proud to announce our properties not only benefit from classic plans for every home (regardless of price or size of property) but now also enjoy interactive floorplans with inbuilt pictures (via Rightmove or available on this site shortly). If you’ve ever wondered where the photo was taken from or what exactly you’re looking at, our technology shows you in an instant. Click on our interactive plan and you’ll see camera icons in rooms, then;

• Hovering the mouse over an icon displays a thumbnail view
• Clicking the icon opens a full-sized photo
• Room-by-room, viewers get a real "picture" of the property
• On a separate tab - a full-screen, high resolution, slide show with text additions displays all pictures associated with the plan

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Latest estate agency headlines For the latest online reports, visit us at our blog, on our Facebook page or links are displayed via the Twitter feed at the top of this page.

Latest blog posts - Bath house prices - September update & Bath - caught in a bubble?

Search on our blog via categories (news and views) or tags (Bath, property, prices).

You may also wish to peruse articles published in Estate Agent Today or About Property

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Dealing with estate agents in Bath For the sake of brevity, we have placed many of our advice articles on our blog (follow sidebar link for blog access) - the most popular and extensive being "Questions to ask your estate agent on valuation". Alternatively, we have now published an 12 page guide to "dealing with estate agents", which contains a huge amount of insider information, hints and tips. Download our guide by clicking on the button on our homepage.

As always, there are several tips to bear in mind when considering selling in the city.

1) Pick your estate agent carefully - those with lots of property on the market will not automatically have more staff than others, so might struggle to give you their time ( although they won't say so on valuation!). Ask what marketing resources will be used on your property - a cheap fee often leads to a lower standard of presentation and thus less interest in your home.Also ask challenging questions like "how long on average are your properties on the market?" and "what precentage of your stock is sold?". Answers to these two questions will aid you in making the right decision.

2) Never assume the internet will serve to sell - Bath clients have always liked to flick through the paper, the city itself is a hotbed of gossip every Thursday AND visitors to town always pick up a Property Weekly. (For further information and case studies on the value of newspaper advertising, see our blog post on "Paper advertising vs property websites".

3) You're selling an ideal as well as a solid product. Visitors to Bath come here because it's such a beautiful place and much can be done to enhance the presentation of any home to fit in with their view. Take time to present each room beautifully and make sure the estate agent does the same in their particulars.

4) Buyers value local knowledge and experience. Make sure this is demonstrated on the property details, be swift and comprehensive in answers about schools, local services, shops and commuting.

5) Research the estate agent before the property - look on websites, read reviews and "inspect the merchandise" before you contact them. Read the small print and don't be satisfied with a "one size fits all" approach! Some Bath estate agents work in certain areas or price ranges so make sure your property "fits" with their stock.

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Investment Purchasing Student letting in Bath (especially in Oldfield Park) remains a hugely popular option for professional investors AND parents. We have had another extremely successful letting season, with rents increasing as well as contracts lengthening to 12mths. We are completely let out for the Sept 2011 academic year and anticipate demand remaining extremely high for the 2012 season. We'll start advertising our letting properties just before Christmas 2011 - join us on Facebook for priority notifications.

Please be aware of the imminent planning changes regarding Article 4 Direction - C3 to C4 usage will shortly require planning permission. For more information, search our blog for "Article 4".

If you are considering purchasing properties to let out, do ask us what we have sold in the local area - we may be able to give advice on historical letting values as well as sales figures.

If you are a landlord in the Oldfield Park area, do call in for a chat to see what we could do for you. Many of our current clients have been pleasantly surprised at the uplift in service and income they have received since switching to Madison Oakley.

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Blog Posts For the very latest estate agency articles, news and views, visit our blog (link in sidebar). At last count, we have over 128 estate agency articles, local Bath history notes and Bath photo galleries listed, as well as thoughts from our directors and updates on latest legislation.

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