Introducing Life's Little Manuals
Because the big things in life tend to come without one
Life has a habit of presenting you with complicated things at precisely the moment you least feel qualified to deal with them.
Buying or selling a house. Starting again. Making a big decision. Dealing with people who claim to know more than you do.
Life’s Little Manuals are short, humorous, practical guides to navigating those moments - written in plain English, with useful advice, a healthy suspicion of jargon, and the occasional raised eyebrow.
They're not definitive guides. They're not lectures. And they certainly aren't written by people who have never made a mistake.
Each manual is based on hard-won experience, distilled into about 100 pages and available whenever - or even before - you need it.
The manual below - Get Your House Sold Without Losing The Plot - is just the beginning.
There are plenty more occasions in life when a little preparation, some hard-won experience and a decent sense of humour can make things considerably easier.
Future Life’s Little Manuals will tackle other subjects in the same spirit: short enough to read, practical enough to use, and with an eye for the funny - because humour is memorable!
COMING SOON: MANUAL No. 2
Something else you'll wish you'd read six months earlier.
MANUAL No. 1
Get Your House Sold Without Losing The Plot
The practical guide to selling your home without losing your money, your sanity
- or your sense of humour.
Selling your house shouldn't require a nervous breakdown.
Selling a home is one of the biggest financial and emotional transactions most of us will ever make.
Yet we're often expected to hand the whole process to an estate agent, nod wisely when they mention "the market", and hope everything works out.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Get Your House Sold Without Losing The Plot is a practical, straight-talking and occasionally irreverent guide to taking control of your own house sale.
It takes you through the process from the moment you decide to sell to the moment you hand over the keys - including the bits nobody warns you about.
You don't need to become an estate agent.
You just need to become a better-informed seller.
What you'll learn
Find your killer USP
Discover the details, stories and quirks that make your house memorable - and give buyers a reason to choose it.
Target the right buyer
Stop marketing to "someone" or "everybody". Work out who is most likely to fall in love with what you've got.
Create a "human" brochure
Lose the "deceptively spacious" waffle and give buyers something specific, truthful and memorable.
Take photographs that actually sell
Show your home at its best without making it look like somewhere completely different.
Handle your own viewings
You know your house better than anyone. Learn how to turn that knowledge into a persuasive viewing.
Deal with the difficult bits
Slow markets. Lowball offers. Survey shocks. Buyers pulling out. Estate agents who aren't delivering.
Walk away with your sanity intact
By all means, aim for the highest possible price. But get through it without losing yourself along the way.
IMPORTANT!
This is NOT about doing everything yourself!
You don't have to become a photographer, negotiator, conveyancer, surveyor and estate agent overnight.
The professionals have their jobs.
Your job is to understand what they're doing, ask better questions, challenge what doesn't make sense
and make the decisions that belong to you.
That's the difference between using professional help and handing over control.
This book is for you if...
- You've just decided to sell and haven't got a clue where to start.
- Your house is already on the market and you're wondering why nothing is happening.
- You've received a cheeky offer and your first instinct was to take it personally.
- Your buyer's survey has produced a list of horrors and you're wondering how seriously to take it.
- You're beginning to suspect your estate agent isn't doing what you thought they would.
- You simply want to understand the process well enough to protect your interests.
Want to try before you buy?
Read a chapter from the book for free, with my compliments.
"Your Killer USP"
Because every house has one. You just have to find it.
Are you ready to sell without losing the plot?
You don't need to know everything about selling a house.
You just need to know enough to make sure that everyone else involved is working for you.
Get Your House Sold Without Losing The Plot
Available now on Amazon.