Selling
Sell your house for free on HausMart
A standard HausMart listing costs nothing to create and nothing when you sell. You keep control of your price, your photographs, your viewings and your negotiation, and your home is shown to buyers whose stated requirements already match it.
In short
- Free to list, free to stay listed, and no sales commission when you complete.
- Your listing is matched to buyers by area, budget, bedrooms and lifestyle preferences.
- You still choose whether to instruct a solicitor, surveyor or photographer separately.
- Optional paid upgrades exist for extra photographs and more frequent promotion — they are never required.
What 'free' actually means
Most private sellers are used to two costs: an upfront advertising fee charged by an online agent, and a percentage commission charged by a high street agent on completion. HausMart charges neither on a standard listing. You create an account, build the listing, publish it, and the property appears in buyer match feeds and in local search results at no cost.
There is no minimum contract, no sole agency period and no withdrawal fee. If you decide to instruct a traditional agent halfway through, you can unpublish your HausMart listing the same day and nothing is owed.
The paid tiers on HausMart exist for sellers who want more photographs and more frequent promotion within buyer feeds. They are optional upgrades to a listing that is already live and already matching buyers — not a gate in front of selling.
How much commission you avoid
High street estate agents in the UK typically charge between 1% and 3% of the sale price plus VAT. On a £300,000 sale that is roughly £3,000 to £9,000, and on a £500,000 sale it can exceed £15,000. Those figures are usually deducted by your solicitor from the completion monies, which is why they can feel invisible until the very end of the process.
Selling privately does not remove every cost of moving. You will still pay for conveyancing, an Energy Performance Certificate if you do not have a valid one, removals, and any mortgage or stamp duty costs on your onward purchase. What it removes is the single largest discretionary line: the agent's percentage.
What you are responsible for as a private seller
- Setting a realistic asking price using comparable sold prices in your street and postcode district.
- Providing a valid EPC, or commissioning one before you start advertising.
- Taking or commissioning photographs that show every principal room in daylight.
- Writing an honest description, including anything a buyer would reasonably want to know.
- Arranging and hosting viewings, and confirming who is coming into your home.
- Receiving, recording and responding to offers, and checking a buyer's position and funding.
- Instructing a conveyancer once you accept an offer, and keeping the chain informed.
Building a listing that actually converts
Buyers on HausMart see a compact card first and a full listing second, so the first photograph and the headline facts do most of the work. Lead with the widest, brightest room rather than the front elevation, and make sure the bedroom and bathroom counts, tenure and council tax band are complete — incomplete listings match fewer buyers because the matching engine cannot confirm they meet a buyer's brief.
Write the description for someone who has never visited your town. Name the primary schools, the station and the walking distance to a shop or park, because those are exactly the lifestyle factors buyers pin when they set up their search. Then be specific about the property itself: the year of the boiler, the direction the garden faces, what is included in the sale.
Update the listing when something changes. A price reduction, a new photograph or a completed piece of work all refresh the listing's position in buyer feeds and give matched buyers a reason to look again.
From offer to completion
When you accept an offer, ask for the buyer's proof of funds or agreement in principle, their solicitor's details, and whether their own sale is agreed. A private sale runs on the same legal track as an agent-led one: your conveyancer prepares the contract pack, the buyer's conveyancer raises enquiries and searches, and exchange fixes the completion date.
Conveyancing must be carried out by a regulated solicitor or licensed conveyancer, and any mortgage or insurance advice must come from an appropriately authorised firm. HausMart is a listing and matching platform: we can point you to partner professionals, but the legal and financial work is provided separately by those professionals under their own regulation and terms.
Frequently asked questions
- Is it really free to list a property on HausMart?
- Yes. A standard listing has no listing fee and no sales commission. Optional paid upgrades add more photographs and more frequent promotion, but they are never required to list or to sell.
- Does HausMart take commission when my house sells?
- No. HausMart does not charge sellers a percentage of the sale price.
- Do I need an EPC before I advertise?
- You must have commissioned an EPC before marketing a property in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and it must be available to buyers. Scotland has its own Home Report requirements.
- Can I use HausMart alongside a high street agent?
- That depends on your agency agreement. A sole agency or sole selling rights contract may restrict marketing elsewhere, so check the terms you signed before publishing.
- Who handles the legal work?
- You instruct your own solicitor or licensed conveyancer. HausMart does not provide conveyancing or regulated financial advice.
Start your free listing
Create the listing in one sitting, publish when you are ready, and see which matched buyers engage.