Testimonials

What a great experience it has been selling our house through the forsalebyowner website. Right from the start Colin and his team gave us the right package,the confidence we needed and also gave us their utmost support during the whole process. The response to the listing was amazing and the house sold on the morning of the second open house.

We found that dealing directly with our buyer created a more personal approach which in the long term gave us a fantastic hassle free transaction , not to mention that we saved a lot of money not having to pay agent fees.

This has been our best real estate experience yet and we would definitely recommend anyone selling their house through the forsalebyowner website.

We want to thank For Sale By Owner for the professional package and assistance provided which allowed us to list and sell our home ourselves. Our homes are our greatest asset and when the time or circumstances require selling it can be both an emotional and happy or sad time. To be able to show your home to prospective buyers and answer first hand questions buyers ask and give a little bit of history of the home gives the buyers a better insight into both the location and features of the home.

We were realistic in price and given our location was in a rural area where sales were low we were prepared to wait and accept that we would not have buyers rushing to our door. With the only exposure of the listing being Real Estate.com and the For Sale board we were pleased with our responses. From our experience we were able to show our unique property at its best and with a realistic price we were able to achieve a great result for us and our buyer.

We would certainly use For Sale By Owner again and have recommended the service to friends and family.

We decided to try and sell our property privately. We were very scared. For Sale by Owner really helped us and gave us the confidence to sell our property. We took approximately 3 weeks to sell our house. Colin and Paul helped us with their expertise, their fast response to our queries and they seemed to be available whenever we needed them – even week-ends.

It was great to feel that you had control of the whole process. We met some really nice people in the couple of weeks that it took to sell. We were so impressed we decided to sell one of our investment properties through For Sale by Owner.

I would like to thank both you and Colin for all your assistance to enable us to sell our home without an agent. Your team was very quick to respond to our queries over the phone and via email, and provide advice or assistance.

The database available to us to manage and edit any changes of our property information, including the uploading of property photos was very user friendly. The electronic signing of contracts between forsalebyowner and us was also easy to process without long delays, or inconveniences due to living interstate. Our free brochure was professionally done and having access to free property reports was very helpful. Last but not least, having the property listed on the realestate.com.au and other domains was reassuring, knowing that we had a larger audience.

If any of our family or friends look to sell their property in the future, we will be recommending your company. Thanks again.

We were surprised at how simple the process was with For Sale By Owner having never sold a house before. They provided the tools and support needed promptly and things just flowed. It is so much better being able to manage the ad and photos yourself rather than relying on a 3rd party to make changes if needed.

Although selling a home is a stressful exercise doing it ourselves we knew exactly what was happening at all times and did not need to wait for agents to get back to us. A win-win for all parties as we weren’t having to factor in thousands of dollars in commission payments in sale price.

I would recommend to anyone to give it a go, who knows your home better than you!

Working with For Sale By Owner has been an extremely positive experience. Their customer service has been excellent and they’ve been more than happy to help negotiate and provide information in relation to the various issues involved in selling a home.

The ease of editing listings is also worth a mention, along with inundation of expressions of interest I received from potential buyers. This service is of immense value to anyone wishing to sell their own home privately (no agent), especially for first timers like myself.

Our experience with For Sale By Owner has been wonderful. Not only did we sell our house in 4 weeks, we received support at every step of the way.

It’s great to be able to take charge and sell your own property and know that there is a team of dedicated and helpful people behind you. Thanks so much, we couldnt be happie

I am so glad we have the opportunity these days to sell our own home, we were told by R/E agents we would have a lot of trouble selling because we were so attached to the home, but this wasn’t the case.

I love my home & I wanted it to go to another family who would love it too, and I DID! Thankyou for your time & help too.

We realised that our property was not going to be easy to sell because it’s in a rural area, it’s architect-designed and it’s at the upper end of the price range for the area. We invited three real estate agents to provide their assessments, but all of them thought that we were asking too much and all proposed charging us around $20,000 in addition to their marketing costs. We decided to use ForSaleByOwner because they provided a means of listing our property on the two main internet sites.

We found that the process was straightforward and Paul provided technical support on the few occasions that we required it. We were able to create our own text and upload our own photos and change both text and photos at will. Our buyers saw our listing and emailed to arrange an inspection. They were appreciative of the opportunity to talk to us as the owners. Following a second inspection they made an offer with which we were comfortable and which was well in excess of the amount that the real estate agents said we could expect.

Obviously we are delighted not only to get a good price for our property but also not to have to pay any commission on the sale. As a consequence we’re about $100,000 better off. Thank you Paul and Colin!

I recently purchased a property through forsalebyowner. It made me think of trying to sell my house with them also.

Well after about a week on the market, one open house, and selling for 30,000 more than the real estate agent`s guide, my contract has exchanged. What more can I say but thank you.

The team there were with me all the way answering my questions and checking up that all was ok. My house sold quickly and with no problems. I can recommend forsalebyowner.

I would just like to send quick thankyou to both yourself and Colin for your help in selling our properties. We have now sold two properties with forsalebyowner.com.au in the last 4 months and have saved an estimated $35000 in agents’ commissions.

The entire process, from my initial enquiries with you through to setting up the listings and managing changes, has been so simple. I have recommended forsalebyowner.com.au to all my friends and will definitely use it again if we are looking to sell.

Keep up the great work!

Colin, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your help and congratulate you on the effectiveness of your site.

I had my property for sale for nearly two years with agents with very poor response. With your site I sold my property in two days after putting the sign out and achieved my price also with the major advantage of saving $40,000 in commission.

I have recommended you to several friends and family as a proven method to sell their property. Many Thanks.

We couldn’t believe when local agents quoted us around $13,000 to sell a property they themselves said would “walk out the door”, receive multiple offers in the first week, sell within 3 weeks etcetera. Even if you allowed 4 hours for writing the listing, booking a photographer, attending three half-hour home opens, writing up offers and witnessing contract signing, that works out at $3,250 an hour! So we thought we’d give For Sale By Owner a shot and had:

* two buyers wanting to view the property prior to first Home Open because they were so keen
* three offers after the first Home Open
* the price we wanted and a contract signed in just 8 days

The people that came through the property all commented on how much they preferred dealing directly with the seller. And we have found, through the purchase of our new property interstate, just how annoying it is to deal with a real estate agent, who has to go away and check with the vendor to answer pretty much every question you have.

The only thing that has me puzzled, given how easy it was to sell the property ourselves, is why doesn’t everyone do this?? Am I missing something??

Thanks Paul the property has sold and I received an offer with the first home open. I cannot be happier. Your service was first class and your assistance with any issues I had was quick and accurate you made selling my house easy and enjoyable.

But most of all saved me over $10,000 as that was one of the cheapest quotes I had. Both myself and the Buyers won.

As I have other properties that I am considering selling soon I will be using your service again and I am and will be recommending for sale by owner to all my friends and family. I thank you dearly.

A big Thankyou to Colin, Paul and the team at FSBO!

The setup process was easy and straight forward. The websites & brochure were up and running in no time, the online and telephone support was exceptional!

The outcome was a fantastic sale price, no agent fees for us and one very happy buyer! Highly recommend this service and will never use an agent to sell a property again!

Neville and I have been very happy with your excellent service. You have saved us thousands of dollars in real estate fees.

The stress factor for this sale has been almost zero. In the past when we have sold houses through agents the experiences have mostly been very negative and stressful, costing us an enormous amount of money. You have been very helpful from the start, providing me promptly with answers to my queries in a polite and professional manner via phone or email assistance.

Dealing with forsalebyowner.com.au has been a totally positive one. I would not hesitate in recommending you to others. In fact I have already commenced doing just that.

Thanks again.

We were motivated to sell ourselves and save money so we thought we would give For Sale By Owner a try. The process was very easy with clear concise instructions given to set up the advertising. Everything you need is provided along with wonderful ongoing support.

We had success after 4 weeks and only 4 inspections! AMAZING! We would definitely do it again and would like to thank the team for their help. Do it! You won’t regret it!

I would highly recommend anyone looking at selling their property to try For Sale by owner.com this, if you work full time you can still organize inspections easily, I didn’t have a lot of inspections but the ones i did have were genuine buyers. No extra advertising costs and you are in control.

House sold. Thank you so much for creating the opportunity to sell ourselves. I would never use a real estate agent again now I know how easy it is to sell your own house!!

Great to have full control of the listing, great to be able to add to or change any details at any time and to see changes updated quickly. Great not to have to deal with real estate agent’s tricks and games – and of course to save thousands in commission.

I believe the people that came to view the property also found it a breath of fresh air to talk to the actual owners, it is much more informal, more personal and was great fun.

Would not hesitate to join up with you again next time and thanks for all your assistance and your quick responses.

The property was advertised over 5 weekends via the print media and Gumtree. We had the home open each Saturday and Sunday over that period. Our highest attendance on any one day was 2 and lowest 0 which was often.

On hearing about ‘forsalebyowner’ we set up with you to advertise through ‘Realestate.com and Domain.com’ under the same criteria as the previous 5 weeks, ie: open every Sat/Sun. On the first Saturday we had 8 couples visit the property and on Sunday we had 12 couples. We received an offer that Sunday which we were very happy with. With the money we saved by not using a real estate agent and the higher than expected offer we calculate we are about $25K better off.

When dealing with’ forsalebyowner’ we found the service to be efficient and friendly. We will be selling more properties over the next few years and would certainly use

‘forsalebyowner’ for them. Once again thank you for you service.