Property people who tell you what your home is actually worth

Sellers pay estate agent commission, the compliance certificates, any outstanding rates or levies, and bond cancellation costs. Commission is negotiable and typically falls between 5% and 7.5% plus VAT. On a R2 million sale, total selling costs commonly land between R130 000 and R180 000.

Our guide to the cost of selling a house breaks every line item down with worked examples.

From accepted offer to registration in the Deeds Office is typically eight to twelve weeks, assuming the bond is approved promptly and the rates clearance and compliance certificates come through without delay. Finding a buyer is separate and depends on pricing: correctly priced homes in active suburbs often sell within four to eight weeks.

Deceased estates, sectional title schemes with arrear levies and municipal backlogs can push the transfer timeline out considerably.

Yes. Our valuation costs nothing and carries no obligation to list with us. You do not sign a mandate to receive it.

It is a comparative market analysis: we look at what comparable homes in your suburb have actually sold for recently, what is currently competing with you, and what buyers are responding to, then give you a realistic price band with the evidence behind it.

A municipal valuation is set by the local authority for rates purposes, often using an automated mass valuation across a whole area, and can be years out of date. Market value is what a willing buyer will actually pay today.

The two frequently differ by 20% or more in either direction. Neither replaces a professional appraisal when you are pricing a home to sell.

South African banks do grant 100% bonds, so a deposit is not always required. A deposit does lower your monthly instalment and usually improves the interest rate you are offered.

What you cannot avoid is the upfront cash for transfer duty, attorney fees and bond registration. These cannot be added to the bond. On a R1.85 million purchase they come to roughly R121 000, separate from any deposit.

We sell across the Western Cape and Gauteng. In Cape Town that includes the Northern Suburbs, Southern Suburbs, Atlantic Seaboard, City Bowl, Blaauwberg and the West Coast, the South Peninsula and the Helderberg, plus the Cape Winelands.

In Gauteng we cover Sandton and the Johannesburg north, Randburg and Northcliff, the old north suburbs, the East Rand, Centurion and Pretoria East. Our office is at 43 Old Oak Road, Bellville.