Selling your home with us

If you're looking to sell your home, then look no further. Whether it's a large family home, an estate with land or a one-bedroom flat, our in-depth knowledge of market conditions means you can achieve the best result for your property.

Our full-time Property Manager, Karen Logan, has over 20 years' experience of the local property market and under her guidance we provide a comprehensive service to assist you with selling your property – from the initial marketing to final settlement of the sale.

As solicitor estate agents, we also offer a full conveyancing service and one of our lawyers will undertake the legal work involved.

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A guide to selling your home

Marketing your property

Karen and her team will be delighted to discuss how best to market your property, taking full advantage of the range of marketing tools at our disposal. During this initial conversation we will explain the whole process, including advice on the Home Report. We'll help you to complete the property questionnaire, carefully collate all the information required, take photographs and advise on how best to show your property. We will also provide you with an estimate of our fees and outlays for the transaction.

Home reports

Following legislation brought into force in Scotland in December 2008, properties have to be marketed with a Home Report. The Home Report is a pack of three documents.

Single Survey

The Single Survey contains an assessment by a surveyor of the condition of the home, a valuation and an accessibility audit for people with particular needs.

Energy Report

The Energy Report contains an assessment by a surveyor of the energy efficiency of the home and its environmental impact. It includes an Energy Rating in much the same way as there is for a new cooker or fridge, and also recommends ways to improve the energy efficiency. All properties for sale require an Energy Report, irrespective of whether or not a full Home Report is required. A copy of the energy report is held in the property and also at our office.

Property Questionnaire

The Property Questionnaire is completed by the seller of the home. It contains additional information about the property, such as Council Tax banding, alterations, and other important information that will be useful to buyers.

Home Reports can currently be obtained from local surveyors. We can arrange this for you if required.

Setting an asking price

Using our extensive experience of the local property market we will discuss an appropriate asking price with you, taking into account the valuation contained in the Home Report and current market conditions, with the aim of achieving the best possible price for the property. Properties are generally advertised at or around valuation, however, sellers are free to market their property at whatever price they wish. Properties are usually advertised at an “Offers Over” price, or sometimes at “Offers in the Region Of” as a general guide. Occasional we may recommend a “Fixed Price”, where the first firm offer received at the asking price is accepted.

At this stage we will require sight of the title deeds to the property to enable us to check everything is in order. If you have a mortgage the deeds will be with your lender. We will ask them to send the deeds on to us.

Initial title checks

Once the deeds have been received we will obtain an Ordnance Survey comparison report (“Land Report”) if the property is being sold for the first time since the Land Registration system of recording property ownership details was introduced to Shetland in 2003. Under this system, the title a purchaser receives is in the form of a Ordnance Survey map-based Land Certificate. The Plans Report compares the extent of the property as described in the title deeds with the OS map. If this highlights any discrepancies these may need to be remedied.

We will also ask you whether any alterations have been carried out to the property which would have required planning permission, a building warrant and / or any other consents. This is important because if not dealt with early on it can result in delays later.

If we have not acted for you before we will need to obtain proof of identity from you to comply with Law Society Regulations.

Karen Logan
Property Manager
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For full details and colour photographs of all the properties we have for sale or lease, please view our property list.

Useful links

Harper Macleod Personal Legal Services
Details of the other personal legal services we provide

Harper Macleod Services for Businesses & Organisations
Details of our commercial & public sector legal services

Registers of Scotland
Scotland's national land and property registers

The Law Society of Scotland
The governing body of Shetland solicitors

Crofting Commission
Regulators of the crofting system

  • Thanks to Harper Macleod for attending so efficiently to our business. Melanie, please pass on our compliments to Ian and Karen. It seems so long ago that our house was sold in a matter of days.
    Lillian and Bob Roach
  • Karen, thank you for the amazing service you have provided in the sale of my house, I really appreciate everything you do.
    David Koch
  • The friendly team at Harper MacLeod have been so helpful throughout the sale of my property. They really made the sale hassle free. They kept me informed of what was going on during the process and they were always available to answer any questions that I had. I am delighted with the service they provided and I would highly recommend.
    Siobhan Leen
  • A sincere thank you to you and the team at Harper Macleod for all your help with this! I have nothing but praise for the way everything was handled. It's a rare treat nowadays to work with people that do what they say they are going to do, call you back when they say they will and generally work in such a professional manner.
    John Wills
  • Karen, we just wanted to thank you so much for your help in securing a buyer. You went above and beyond and we found you to be both knowledgeable and approachable. Thank you again.
    Fraser and Judy Weller
  • We just wanted to thank you both so much for ensuring our purchase went so smoothly. We really did appreciate the regular, speedy and clear communications from you both. As I wrote to Shannon, the scariest and stressful part was transferring the money!
    Kathy and Phil
  • Delighted with the service - 5 star. Please thank all of your team on the conveyancing side. It has been minimal stress, lots of compassion and understanding which I am truly grateful for.
    Author undisclosed
  • I was very happy with the service - Everything was done smoothly and efficiently and both of you were very approachable and had a friendly but professional manner. Sandra Glashan. Legal Dept. I was extremely happy with the service - You were great at keeping in touch and keeping me informed during the purchase of my first property, I can't fault the service that your provided. As a first time buyer you made it a very smooth transaction. Thank you so much
    J Thomson
  • "Rebecca, Thank you for your efficient and prompt dealing with my house and for keeping me up to date with everything.
    Really appreciate you having this all ready for me early as it helped with a very swift handover."
    Lorraine Kemp
  • Rebecca, we thank you for your efficient, calm and very reassuring work, which considerably reduced that selling and buying property normally entails.
    Doug and Cherry Howie