FAQ's

Q. Is Booth & Co owned by an insurance company or bank?
A. No. Booth & Co is truly independent. We have a Halifax Bank Agency in our office, but we are not owned by the Halifax.

Q. Are Booth & Co a progressive company?
A. Booth & Co have invested heavily in both human resources and technology. Whilst keeping up to date with digital photography, email, high quality printing, palmtop computers producing floor plans for property particulars, use of colour and PC’s our biggest asset is our staff.

Q. Do Booth & Co value professionalism?
A. Yes. Integrity, honesty and professionalism are vitally important to us. We are members of the National Association of Estate Agents, the Guild of Professional Estate Agents and the Ombudsman Scheme for Estate Agents and as such we adhere to strict codes of conduct.

Q. Do you charge for advice and market appraisals?
A. No. We welcome the chance to provide you with an idea of the price you are likely to achieve for your property and other advice (such as enhancing your property ready for selling) free of charge.

Q. How do you value my property?
A. Valuing property is part art, part science! Booth & Co use a combination of recently sold comparable properties, local knowledge and instinct. This ensures that your property reaches the market at the best possible price.

Q. Will you tie me into a lengthy sole agency contract?
A. No. We only ask for 2 weeks notice to terminate a contract. We firmly believe that if we a doing a good job you will keep us. If we fail you in anyway then we believe we don’t deserve to be your agents!

Q. If my house does not sell, will Booth & Co charge me?
A. No. We offer a No Sale, No Fee service.

Q. Where do you advertise?
A. Booth & Co offers a wide and varied advertising schedule including a combination of local, regional and national press including: Wareham Advertiser, Dorset Magazine, Property Platform, Times and Daily Telegraph to mention just a few.

Q. Are you a member of other property websites?
A. Yes. Booth & Co are members of Fish4homes, Primelocation, Channel 4TV’s property website section, Property-Platform and are highly rated on most major search engines.

Q. Are you open on Sunday?
A. Booth & Co are open weekdays 9am – 5.30pm, Sat 9am – 4pm and have staff available for accompanied viewings on a Sunday.

Q. What happens when I receive an offer?
A. Once an offer(s) has been placed on your property and in order for you to make an informed decision; Booth & Co will take into account the amount of the offer(s), the proposed timescale of the prospective buyer(s) and whether this matches your circumstances, the buyer(s) ability to proceed by qualifying the financial background of the buyer as well as any related sale (chain) and we look to gain an impression of whether we believe the buyer will proceed to a satisfactory completion. Booth & Co will then base our recommendations relating to the offer(s) on the facts and impressions we have. However, the decision of whether to accept an offer is yours.

Q. What happens once Booth & Co has found a purchaser for my property?
A. From the outset Booth & Co aim to take the stress out of moving. Once a suitable purchaser has been located and a sale agreed, a trained sales progressor is appointed to deal solely with the after sales support for your property.

Q. Why should I use Booth & Co?
A. Booth & Co offer value for money coupled with a caring, honest, professional and successful approach. We are dependable, enthusiastic, well organised, knowledgeable, helpful, fair, trustworthy, straight forward, resourceful, competent, experienced, efficient, believe in what we do….

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