Part exchange

Park Home Moving Solutions

Posted on October 7, 2015

Park Home Moving Solutions

Gary Self, owner of Evolution Park Homes and Lodges, has seen increased sales since introducing Quick Move Properties’ part exchange scheme.

When Gary Self, owner of Evolution Park Homes and Lodges, was first introduced to Quick Move Properties’ part exchange service, he was nervous about how he would promote the concept to his customers. But just a year later, he says he has seen an upsurge in sales, an increase in traffic to the park and most noticeably a significant rise in the number of sales that go all the way through to completion.

Gary explains: “Using part exchange eliminates the risks and horror stories people hear about; things like sales falling through, buyers pulling out at the last minute, and renegotiations following a bad survey. When we sell a property using part exchange, we know that we’ve got a solid cash buyer, the client knows that they’ve got a solid cash buyer, and the dates always pull together, on time, without any delays.”

When Gary first started offering the part exchange service, he says some of his customers were a little resistant, fearing that they would only receive 75-80 per cent of the property value. But after help and support from Quick Move Properties he was able to put together an attractive package that works well for everybody involved.

“All of my customers have commented on how easy it was for them; there was no stress, there was no worry, they weren’t chased by any solicitors or buyers and that makes a big difference to their move.”

Mr & Mrs Davies benefitted from Quick Move Properties’ part exchange service when purchasing their park home.

Mr & Mrs Davies benefitted from Quick Move Properties’ part exchange service when purchasing their park home.

Now Quick Move Properties is helping leisure park operators to complete sales and get customers moved onto site before the end of the year, with its new Stock Support service. The service offers a range of new units from leading manufacturers that are ready to be sited throughout the year, without the usually lengthy lead times associated with ordering a park or leisure home.

Quick Move Properties’ Sales Director, Patrick Chambers, explains: “There are a lot of potential customers out there who want to move on park before the end of this year, but long lead times with park and leisure home manufacturers mean that many are unable to fulfil new orders until well into the New Year.

“Thanks to our new Stock Support service, we have park homes and lodges from Prestige, Homeseeker, Omar, Wessex, Tingdene and Pathfinder that are all available to site on your park before the end of this year. What’s more, units can still be tailored to customer specification and requirements with 12 weeks’ notice."

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Part Exchange Solution

Posted on June 26, 2015

Part Exchange Solution

Verna and Richard Culpeper part-exchanged their semi-detached house in Harrow for a park home in Pembrokeshire with Quick Move Properties.

Verna and Richard Culpeper part-exchanged their semi-detached house in Harrow for a park home in Pembrokeshire with Quick Move Properties.

Offering a property part exchange service can have a huge impact on sales figures and until recently it was a luxury available only to large house builders due to the financial risk and large balance sheet required.

But Quick Move Properties, the UK’s largest property part exchange company, are now looking to change that by offering a funded part exchange solution to park home providers and leisure home providers.

“Offering a part exchange service has several benefits for a park home or leisure home operator,” says Patrick Chambers, sales director at Quick Move Properties

“Firstly it removes the risk that a sale will fall through due to chain collapse, it also frees your customers up to commit to a purchase – helping to convert potential customers into proceedable buyers – and, because we use our own balance sheet to make the purchases, we are able to offer a great deal of flexibility.”

Quick Move Properties have also recently teamed up with Prestige Homeseeker, Omar, Tingdene and Pathfinder to offer a new stock support service.

Quick Move Properties.
Tel. +44 (0)1793 840917
www.quickmoveproperties.co.uk

Hassle Free Moves Add Up With Part Exchange

Posted on April 8, 2015
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When Verna and Ricahrd Culpeper visited Scamford Park with a view to investigating park homes, they knew immediately that it was the place for them.

Hassle Free Moves Add Up With Part Exchange

Verna and Richard Culpeper had lived in their three bedroom, semi-detached family home in leafy Harrow for 37 years when their daughter suggested it might be a good idea to move closer to her. As she lived on the west coast of Wales, she was worried that as they became older, with an eight-hour round trip between them, she wouldn’t be able to take proper care of them.

Having spent lots of time in Pembrokeshire over the years, Verna and Richard were familiar with the area, had friends and family nearby and liked the idea of being able to spend their retirement years there. They began to look at suitable properties and dismissed their initial choice of bungalows as they were either too expensive or needed a lot of work.

When they visited Scamford Park with a view to investigating park homes, they knew immediately that it was the place for them. Peaceful, friendly and with stunning views over the open countryside, the Culpepers could see themselves living a fulfilling and happy life there. They could also see that the park owner, Jason Hartley, took real care over the park and its residents’ well-being.

They immediately put down a deposit on the show home that they looked around, an Omar Colorado 44ft x 22ft and put their house on the market, expecting it to sell quickly as it had a big extension, thus making it one of the best properties on the street. At first, everything seemed to be going well and they soon accepted an offer. Unfortunately, the lady who had submitted the offer then became uncontactable and eventually they had to accept that she had no intention of going through with the purchase. Undeterred and with Jason being very understanding about the delay, they put the house back on the market.

Eventually they found another buyer, but unfortunately he messed them around several times, eventually pulling out of the sale as there was no planning permission documentation for the extension, despite the fact that it had been completed 50 years previously.

Verna explains: “We hadn’t sold a house for 37 years and needed some help. Unfortunately we felt that the estate agent was not ‘on our side’ and the situation just got worse and worse”.

Seeing the great deal of stress that Verna and Richard were under, Jason suggested that they might like to think about using Quick Move Properties to part exchange their house so that they could buy the park home.

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Part Exchange: A Win-Win Option

Posted on March 24, 2014
Peace of mind from the certainty gained was the main benefit of part exchange for Yvonne and Bill King, who are now happily enjoying their new lifestyle.

Peace of mind from the certainty gained was the main benefit of part exchange for Yvonne and Bill King, who are now happily enjoying their new lifestyle.

Part Exchange: A Win-Win Option

If you want to increase your park home sales, but are finding it difficult to secure buyers, part exchange could be the answer.
Quick Move Properties is the UK’s largest property part exchange company, allowing new home and park home providers to offer risk-free, hassle-free and guaranteed part exchange on their customers’ existing homes as an incentive for them to purchase onward.
“Usually, customers use our service if they need to sell a second home, an investment property or an inherited property in order to release capital to purchase their holiday home,” explains a spokesperson for Quick Move Properties. “Or, others are downsizing and use the equity released from their existing property to purchase a smaller property and a holiday home.
“We work with leisure parks, leisure home manufacturers and individual vendors. To date, over 5,000 properties have been purchased through Quick Move, with a total value of £725 million.”

MARKET VAGARIES
 Bill and Yvonne King were interested in using part exchange to avoid the vagaries of the housing market when selling their existing property, but didn’t think it could be as straightforward as it appeared. Bill comments: “I looked into part exchange and liked everything about it, particularly the speed at which a sale could be completed, even though at this stage I had no idea how high the service level would be.”
He adds: “I did my research, asked lots of questions and asked for an offer, I was aware that it would be below market value but I was pleasantly surprised. I worked out that although I may have achieved a bit more on the open market, when you then take out the £6,000 estate agency fees and the £1,000 solicitor fees that you don’t have to pay with Quick Move Properties’ part exchange, it suddenly became a relatively small price to pay for all the time, stress and risk we saved.”
Peace of mind from the certainty gained was the main benefit of part exchange for the Kings. They knew exactly how much money they were going to get and on exactly which date, with no worrying about the sale falling through.

Quick Move Properties
Email. px@quickmoveproperties.co.uk
Parks team: +44 (0)1793 840907
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www.quickmoveproperties.co.uk