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Alderport · Luxury representation, by appointment

Guidance · For sellers

Your house gets one debut. It should be rehearsed.

Across the last twelve months my launches averaged 18 days on market and +3.7% against asking. Those numbers were built in the three weeks before anyone saw a listing.

A staged living room in gallery white, sheer curtains drawn back to the skyline, ready for its dusk photography
Staged, lit and ready: where every launch stands before launch week

The timeline, printed in advance

From walkthrough to wire

  1. 3 weeks before

    The walkthrough and the punch list

    An honest hour in your house: the eleven small works that return more than they cost, a pricing range from my sold record, and my written opinion on quiet launch versus public debut.

  2. Weeks 3 to 1 before

    Preparation

    Staging installs, small works close out, and the written narrative is drafted while the house is dressed. Nothing launches with an apology attached.

  3. 1 week before

    Dusk photography

    Two to three evenings in the last forty minutes of light. You approve every frame before anyone else sees one.

  4. Launch week

    Private preview, then the debut

    My registered buyers see it first; the public launch lands mid-week, timed to search traffic. First offers usually form inside the opening weekend.

  5. Weeks 1 to 3

    Offers, on one ledger

    Every offer compared in writing: price, financing strength, timing, and the honest probability each buyer closes. I negotiate personally. There is no handoff.

  6. To the wire

    Contract to closing

    Inspections, appraisal, and the two dozen small crises that kill unattended deals, all handled. I stay on the file until the wire clears.

The method, chapter by chapter

Straight answers

The three questions every seller asks

What does it cost?

One commission, quoted in writing at the walkthrough, covering everything on the my-approach page, with staging, photography and the launch included. No marketing invoices arrive later, and no tiers exist to upsell you into.

Will you take my listing?

Only if I can serve it. I cap the year at eighteen launches and work four neighborhoods. If your home sits outside them, I will say so at the walkthrough and suggest the right agent, not the nearest one.

Quiet sale or public launch?

It depends on the house, and I will argue the unprofitable side if it is the correct one. Rare houses want an audience; discreet situations want a shortlist. The reasoning is yours in writing either way.

More seller questions, answered

Private consultation

Start with the number.

Run the valuation for an honest range from my sold record, then book the walkthrough that turns a range into a strategy.

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