In reality, this is how it works with estate agents, especially in today’s market: http://lloydreeves.co.uk/wp/selling-through-an-estate-agent/
You contact the agent and arrange a meeting. You then wait a week for
the agent to arrange to take photos of your property. The agent draws
up the particulars of the property once the photos and measurements have
been taken.
An efficient agent will have the property in the local newspaper
within three weeks. If you are lucky the property will also appear on an
internet site.
So five weeks or so after first contacting the agent you may begin to
get viewings. The home must be cleaned from top to bottom and any
refurbishments required must be taken care of which could cost you
anywhere from £50 to many thousands of pounds.
The average...