Testimonials

I found the support and resources I needed to sell our house very helpful.

I was a bit nervous about putting my house up for sale privately even though I had sold privately in the UK and New Zealand.  I had a few discussions with Colin, the owner of the company, and I found him to be very encouraging and highly knowledgeable regarding the sale and purchase of properties.

The “for sale by owner” website is user friendly and when I needed support, Colin or another member of his team was on the other end of the phone.  The photographer he organised was excellent and he lives in Perth.  I would encourage anyone who is thinking about selling their property to talk to Colin in Melbourne and discuss selling privately. As well as saving real-estate fees, I found I had much more control over the selling process and and my husband really enjoyed hosting the open home.

On the first open home, we had 24 groups of people through and accepted the first offer. Overall, it was a stress-free and enjoyable experience. I have already recommended “for sale by owner” to other people.

Would definitely recommend using For Sale By Owner for selling your own home. Not only did we save $30K in comms we could be available to show any prospective purchasers at very short notice, something agents are always willing or able to do. We also have local knowledge about the area and know the home better than an agent ever could.

Thank you very much for all your help. Using your For Sale By Owner site to sell our home has been a very positive experience for us. You have been very professional but you also provide a very personal service with plenty of constructive advice and we would highly recommend you to anyone considering selling their home.

Not only do you save a significant amount of money but that saving can also translate to a better deal for the buyer and therefore a greater chance of getting a sale. Ultimately the homeowner is the one who knows the most about their home and the feedback from our purchasers is that they much preferred dealing with the homeowner rather than dealing with a real estate agent.

So thank you and hopefully, more people wise up to the joys of selling their own home through For Sale By Owner.

I wouldn’t sell property any other way. Saved us thousands of dollars in agents fees and the prospective purchasers are always happier dealing with the property owner than an agent anyway.

What’s so difficult about taking calls and helping with site inspections as needed. Solicitors can assist with contracts and holding deposits etc. You can do it!

Thank you so much for everything. Colin helped us he is a delight to work with.

With the tools provided by the Team at Forsalebyowner, we have been able to successfully market our Property for Rent to a wide screening audience and have been successful even during a pandemic and crisis situation. We have used real Estate Agents in the past but have found self-management to be more efficient and effective for both the Landlord and Tenant. By cutting out the middle man you not only save thousands of dollars but become more effective in managing your property by dealing with the Tenant and any issues directly rather than through at times an inefficient middle man/woman.

I have now successfully sold my house (for the asking price) in a challenging market that was affected by a sluggish economy and delayed by the effects of COVID-19 lock-downs. Initially, I listed my house with a local agent, but after 4 months I decided to use the services of “For Sale By Owner”. I was very happy with the choice of packages offered, all of which were realistically priced and relevant. The listing interface was easy to use, made setting up of my sale ad very easy, and allowed me to modify and adapt it whenever necessary. I was able to edit the wording of the ad (as I did frequently), adjust the sale price, and add or remove photos without any problems.

The updating process was rapid, and in most cases, the changes were reflected on the listing websites (forsalebyowner.com.au, realestate.com, domain.com, etc) within minutes, allowing me to actively manage my listing. It was particularly useful to be able to set or amend “Home Opens” whenever it suited me. The signboard arrived with 5 days and was professional and attractive and resulted in numerous enquiries from people driving past.

I achieved a far better result by being in control of the sale process and was much happier with progress. I saved $9,000 in agents fees and achieved a sale price $10,000 higher than the best offer the agents presented to me!

Thanks to Colin and the team. Without doubt, using “For Sale By Owner” was the smartest way for me to go.

We recently used the for sale by owner option to sell our property. We used the professional photography option which is worthwhile. We had enquiries and inspections booked a few hours after the listing was activated.

This property is my second that I have used For Sale By Owner, I found it extremely easy to do, my home opens were when I wanted them, I didn’t have to coordinate with an agent, people viewing seemed to appreciate the personal touch, selling when the industry was in a downturn but not having to pay commission, enabled us to drop our price to ensure a sale. I would certainly use them again.

A huge thanks to the For Sale By Owner team! This is our second home sold via FSBO.

We got the price we wanted and saved thousands in commission.

We recommend FSBO to anyone considering selling their own home.

We would like to thank the team at For Sale by Owner for their efforts in assisting us to sell our home.

From the beginning, they were very helpful when we were listing our property.  We were happy with our large For Sale sign which attracted a lot of attention, and the access to realestate.com and domain, together with facebook gave us excellent exposure to the public.

Very happy with the whole experience.

Thank you For Sale By Owner!

My wife and I couldn’t recommend FSBO enough! We decided to sell our apartment ourselves because other friends had suggested trying. The process was so simple. Once we set it up online, the photographer came within 2 days and the photos were stunning! 

We had it on the market for 7 weeks before we sold it! We choose the inspection days & times and the feedback we received from the people inspecting was extremely positive and professional. Not to mention saving over $20,000 in agent fees!

If you are thinking of selling, get in touch with Paul and the team! You won’t regret it!

We found selling our home through forsalebyowner.com.au simple & effective. Staff were prompt in responding to any queries. We enjoyed having the ease & ability with uploading photos & adjusting details when we required. Not having to pay unnecessary Commission was a bonus.

We had a fantastic experience selling our home using For Sale by Owner! The process was easy and amazing value. Our package included professional photography which made a huge difference to the quality of our ad. Our home was only on the market for a week before we held our first open house, and we accepted a great offer the following day.

After our ad went live we were contacted by a couple of local real estate agents offering to send us buyers in return for selling through them. Luckily we told them we wanted to give it a go ourselves and are so excited to have saved thousands in commission!

We had a great experience using For Sale By Owner, with a successful sale going through just 9 days after being listed!

Staff were very responsive to any queries and action items.

It’s a great opportunity to save some money on agent fees, but would only recommend if the seller:

– is capable and confident enough to field and manage buyer inquiries and the process of handling negotiations and purchase offers.
– has the time available to manage the above work.
– has absolute confidence in their asking price and done extensive research and monitoring of the market to ensure it’s accuracy.

The sale of a property does involve a lot of money after all and generally the biggest single financial transaction in people’s lives.

However, our experience was a good one, and I would recommend the service for those comfortable with the above.

I highly recommend forsalebyowner.com.au to sell your property. This is the fourth property we have sold privately after having two of these properties with real estate agents for over a year each with no success. We have used a different RE & Domain Advertising provider for each of these sales and my experience through forsalebyowner.com.au has been the best so far. The portal is easy to use and everything you need to action on your listing is in the portal. I have had issues in the past with other providers due to their internal processes where I had to pay to update listings, they manually put data in domain/RE and they listed it at an incorrect price, advertisement wasn’t removed until 6 months after the listing sold. I had no problems with forsalebyowner.com.au and as it was all online I didn’t have to speak to anyone to get what I needed done. The contract process is not daunting at all, our conveyancer prefilled out our contracts free of charge and wrote up easy to follow instructions so our contracts were iron clad and clear.

My suggestions for successful sales are to:

Know what price the market is prepared to pay and make sure that matches your expectations (this also means buyers valuation will come through).

Stage the property and make sure you remove excess furniture and clutter (this helps photos and also means buyers feel the space when they inspect).

Hire a professional photographer and pay the extra for twilight photography, it is worth it.

Using the 3 strategies above all four properties we have listed and sold were under contract within 2 days of the listing going live. The quickest turnaround for a contract I have had is twilight photos on a Monday night, received the files by email on Tuesday midday, listing was live by 3pm, buyer rang at 4pm, inspected at 5pm and a contract was signed that night. The quickest turnaround from listing the advertisement to settlement funds in our account has been 21 days. Whilst some buyers have enquired about the process of how to purchase with a private sale, any concerns they may have, quickly disappear when they realise that it is a standard sale contract and the deposit goes into our lawyers trust account.

They quickly appreciate the convenience of speaking directly with the owner so inspections date/times can be agreed on the spot, also it means you can literally have them walk through and sign a contract at the inspection because you can discuss and agree on the price there and then. I have found the people that buy make that decision pretty quickly (often because they have been looking for months) and are ready to sign there and then.