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Ideal Home
Ideal Home
Lauren Bradbury

It took longer than average to get an offer on my house – these are the 6 selling mistakes I made that I definitely won’t be making again

Exterior of a cottage with white windows and an open front door, with a pathway and gravel garden in front.

On average, you can expect UK homes to receive an offer within 25-40 days of being on the market. Some can go under offer even quicker than that, and others can take even longer - including my house, which we’re currently in the process of selling. In fact, it took a whopping four months for us to finally get our first offer.

As we were previously first-time buyers, this is the first time we’re selling a house - and, let me tell you, it’s been a serious learning curve. The process hasn’t been helped by the fact that the housing market is currently in turmoil, but I can thankfully say that we’re now making our way through our moving house checklist to move into our new house within the next few weeks.

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