The path that i found to sell my house online that paid dividends.
If you choose to sell your property online or buy online it is of value thinking about the following points. With a few of the more customer responsive sites you are able to place the particulars of your private home sale directly onto the page that your property is being shown this means that if you are a bit of a night owl or work through out the day you are able to change your particulars as and when you feel like it rather than having to fit in with the providers schedule. This makes sure that you can change your details at any time be it sizes, descriptions or more importantly the price of your property. Normally there is some sort of waver saying that the information is all provided by the client and wont necessarily contain the full particulars.
When you are measuring up, make sure you give clear descripions of what dimensions you are giving, from a purchasers viewpoint it is always worth querying anything you arent sure of and most private sellers are more than pleased to answer any questions. The website that a property is being publicised on will not have carried out a appraisal on the property and it will as a rule be upto the purchaser to have a surveyors report done on the property before exchanging contracts. Always use a certified contractor to test the appliances and equipment in a property, this will allow you to discuss price if anything is wrong. As a seller it is of value having any service information available to enable you to negotiate a better price. Ensure you employ a solicitor to look into all legal matters relating to the property (e.g. title, tenure, planning permission etc) as these are specialist matters that will not be looked at by websites. A solicitor also sorts out with the seller what things (e.g. carpets, curtains, fixtures & fittings, sheds etc) will or will not be built into the sale.
In other words, you should verify for yourself all information before acting on it, in particular the current asking price, sizes of rooms, ownership, freehold, extent of refurbishments and any matters of specific importance to you.