Vulgar Topic Warning: Using Flint Homes Saves Money

Using Flint Homes saves you money. There. We said it.

And it feels good to get it out.

We spend a lot of time talking about how Flint Homes allows you to ditch having to talk to estate agents, waste time making & re-making your viewing appointments & leaves you free to focus on the job in hand: deciding which of the first rate homes we show you, that you want to buy.

We talk a little about being able to get you access to “off market” properties – property not listed on the portals, but exclusively to you, Flint Homes clients. And that’s great.

We even talk about the deep level of emotional, practical & logistical support we offer you – 24 hours a day, seven days a week in many cases – throughout the house hunting process. Even our (unofficial) role as a marriage counsellor, psychologist or counsellor! All roles we are happy to do, as we genuinely care about our clients’ lives.

And we mention or imply the huge depth of local knowledge, top quality, trusted contacts & wonderful people we can introduce you to – making your move simpler, smarter & sexier.

It is what you know & who you know, you know!

Finding the right home can be stressful, irritating & disappointing.

And even when you do find it – getting successfully through the fusty British legal system, with an army of human beings & professionals getting involved in the process (vendors, estate agents, banks, IFAs, brokers, surveyors, builders, architects etc.) can easily de-rail the dream faster than a fallen tree on a train track.

One of our roles is to be endlessly positive for our clients. To help strengthen their resolve. To remind them of the bigger picture. To push on & on, in the face of challenges. To move trees off train tracks before the train gets there…

And of course one challenge is money.

In these constantly stressful times – rolling from one global or national geopolitical crisis to the next – where finances are being pushed hard, in the face of rising living costs, spiralling inflation & war, saving it seems every more valuable.

People are, understandably, cautious.

This is where Flint Homes REALLY kicks in.

Under the Property Ombudsman’s Code of Practice & the Estate Agents Act 1979, an estate agent has a primary fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of their client (the seller). Revealing a lower acceptable price without authorisation (which never happens) would be a breach of that duty & could lead to professional misconduct charges.

So, an estate agent is not legally allowed to tell a buyer what the vendor is prepared to accept for their property. And they don’t do it. Ever.

They can however be more open with a buying agent they have a long-standing relationship with, where the information exchange is more fluid between professionals – despite always acting in their best interests for either side of the transaction, buyer & seller.

This allows us to avoid the unnecessary dance & find that “magic figure” – the middle ground, between seller expectation, buyer hope & market reality.

And it works, if you have the right people skills, contacts & working relationships with the county’s top agents.

But it runs deeper than that.

Our market data analysis, access to & constant dialogue with industry professionals, & living & breathing property & the local price points, 24:7:365 gives us the best possible understanding of the local property market: boots on the ground & in the operations room.

This allows us to know how hot, warm, tepid, cold or damn right freezing the market is for our buyers – so we can make offers that are fair, accurate to prices properties are actually selling for, are likely to be accepted &, best of all, are going to save our clients money over listing price.

Lots of it…

Then there’s the time, which is money, right?

Hire Flint Homes & you aren’t the one scratching around on Rightmove, endlessly scrolling the same stock being reduced & switching agents. Or sifting through the “property matches” that get sent to you (a grotty bungalow in the wrong town when you want a mansion in the sticks etc.)

You aren’t chasing/struggling to get viewings, leaving messages, fiddling with a pointless app that isn’t working or working out how long it will take/how to get to & from A to B & onto C & D location. Let alone where to get a decent lunch & coffees to keep you fuelled up on the way.

Flint Homes does all of this for you: we find the homes that are laser focused on your (always evolving & sometime U-turning!) brief, which we got you to divulge in our journalistic conversations & razor-sharp interviews designed to drill PMs, not house hunters! (Don’t forget, Phil was a national news journalist…).

We line up your viewings into a suitable, enjoyable & stress-free tour – taking in the scenic route & places to visit & enjoy when you move here, en route. We even drive a lot of clients about personally, like top notch chauffeurs… whatever it takes to help make it easy.

And when we (always so excitingly!) find “the one” – we move accurately & negotiate, hard, on your behalf & save our clients £1000’s: In more than one case this year, more than £100,000 off asking – on properties underneath £1m.

Go figure…

Then the real value gets added: introducing you to a mortgage broker so sharp he will save you thousands too, an IFA who’s so smart, he will protect & grow you assets, a lawyer who is so meticulous, she will not allow you to make a costly mistake, removals firms who are so kind & reliable you will actually enjoy moving day, an outstanding architect & reliable builder, an interior design queen, gifted gardeners, wonderful woodsmen… the list of good people who we know, who you need, goes on & on. Your new life here, with Flint Homes’ support, will be a rich one.

Our little black book – to help make your new home purchase just as you want it to be: more added value, at no extra charge (unlike some buying agents nationally).

In our opinion (& of our clients who have used our services), that’s bloody good value for money… for a £795 + VAT initial retainer & small % commission on the house sale: far less than the money we have saved you on the purchase.

Just take a moment read our testimonials across this website to see what clients who have benefited from our skills say… or check out our Google reviews.

And reach out to us anytime for a free no obligation conversation…