Top • Selling

Throughout 2011 our office sold more property in Brighton than any other, putting us in pole position when it comes to selling yours. (source: Vizzihome)

Properties sold by a single office in BN1 & BN2 2011.

Award • Winning

We ended 2011 as the only Brighton or Hove agency to be shortlisted in the Sunday Times Estate Agency of the Year awards. We’re pleased, but we’re working hard on our service to win gold in 2012!

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Higher • Offering

Selling a property is great, but ensuring the highest value is also important. In 2011, the properties we sold achieved 95.5% of the asking price on average. Compared to the UK average of 92.6%, that means we achieved an incredible £9,000 more for our typical vendors than the average UK agent would do.

Expert • Photographing

We offer really good photography, which is so important in marketing a property. So we have an expert to do ours, taking the time to choose the best angles, use lighting well, and even add a blue sky to the image if nature falls short that day!

Professional • Writing

Dull, formulaic property descriptions, loved by agents, loathed by buyers are forbidden here! We’re the first agent in the area to employ professional copywriters whose sole job is to write bright, engaging narratives which bring your property to life so buyers can better visualise themselves living there. They also write a two-word headline to grab the reader’s attention in press ads and online.

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Clear • Planning

These days, no property brochure is complete without a floorplan, to give buyers a clear picture of the shape, layout and size of the rooms – helping them imagine how they would live there. London buyers especially like to know the square footage, which we provide on all our details.

Straight • Talking

Here’s a clever thing that only we do. Imagine your property is, say, on a busy road, which might put off some buyers before they’ve even viewed it. So to avoid this, we mention this ‘downside’ on the property details, giving us a chance to ‘handle their objection’ and put forward some positives – that the property is less expensive as a result, for example, than it would be if not on the busy road.

Online • Searching

These days, having a wide internet presence is the single most powerful tool for finding buyers – especially those from outside the area – and vastly more important than being part of a chain of offices.

We’ll promote your home on all the biggest property websites, and email full downloadable details to all buyers on our database who are looking for a property like yours – usually around 1000 people – and telephone the really ‘hot’ ones.

London • Selling

60% of our sales are to people outside of Brighton & Hove.

Sunday • Opening

We go to great lengths to help buyers from out of the area. We quite often meet them at the station, and show off the area before a viewing. And because we’re open on Sundays too, we’re available to help buyers on a weekend property-hunting trip.

Regular • Updating

We’ll make sure you’re properly updated all the way. We’ll email you after each viewing to pass on the applicants’ feedback, and we’ll call you regularly to discuss progress. You’ll also have Jason Brand or David Vaughan’s mobile numbers should you want to discuss anything.

Vendor • Surveying

95% of Brand Vaughan’s vendors would recommend us, compared to the national average of just 72%. (sources: BV client survey, Oct 2011 and industry statistics.)

Sale • Progressing

Meet Amazing Annie – our own Sales Progression Manager. Having worked for a local property solicitor, she knows the conveyancing process inside out so has the tough job of chasing and cajoling any buyers, sellers, solicitors, mortgage brokers and so on in a property chain to make very sure your property sale completes on time.