How exciting it is to search for, view, tour and plan a move into a new construction home. A fresh start is right around the corner in a new neighborhood. Surely, this is one of the greatest transitions you’ll make in life.
The next step: Sell your current home. Our tip: Do it the new way.
Selling your home sounds daunting, but you don’t have to let the idea dampen your spirits as you’re getting ready to make such a happy life change. Obviously, home selling has been known to take a toll on homeowners; navigating the process while timing it just right to move into your new place and simultaneously sell your old one is traditionally a conundrum. On one hand, you don’t want to become homeless for a period, on the other, you’d prefer not to pay two mortgages at the same time.
So, what are your options when you’re getting ready to move into your brand-new home and working on selling the current one? You can work on selling early and move into a short-term rental or stay with family, given logistics like location and space work out. You can hold on to and continue to live in the old home until your new build is complete, in which case you can close on the sale after you move and deal with the two mortgages in the meantime. Or you can make the transition the new way: Sell your home to Offerpad, move out of it and into your new build on the aligned dates of your choosing.
Offerpad is here to help you enjoy the new home feeling without getting bogged down by logistics and the struggles of selling your old place. And to top it off, when you’re buying your new home from a builder partnered with Offerpad, you get added benefits that will make your move-in (and out) as simple as possible.
Here are 6 reasons to sell to Offerpad when moving into a new build:
1. An Instant Offer on your home
Offerpad is already known for making fast, comprehensive purchase offers on homes. When sellers are interested in what Offerpad might purchase their home for, they simply request a free offer on the Offerpad website and can expect to hear back within 24 hours. In possibly less time than it will take to tour a model home, dream up how you might furnish it and talk with the sales agent about your lot and potential move-in date, Offerpad can have your home offer to you.
2. A huge, flexible closing window
It is Offerpad’s primary goal to give you the freedom to move at your convenience. We typically allow sellers to stay in the home they’re selling for up to 90 days while they make arrangements and complete the move. Homebuyers moving into a new build get a nice and big closing window to rest assured that accommodations are taken care of while the builder works, and you move. Offerpad can give you up to 6 months! That’s right, you can live in your home for up to 6 months while you wait for your new home to be finished and you make the move from old to new. That means no lapse in housing, no double mortgage, no stress. All you have to do is stay excited about your new home and exciting adventure.
3. An extended stay after closing
We understand that every day matters. Selling a home is a big deal. It’s a place to live, grow roots, and build memories but it’s also a financial investment and legal agreement. There are serious processes that take place when you buy and sell a home, but we try to cut out the clutter and only have you deal with what’s most essential. One of these finishing touches on selling a home is closing. After you’ve stayed up to 6 months and your new home is ready and your old home is closing, you’ll need to be present to sign documents. But don’t worry! We’ll make that easy too and even make sure you don’t have to move out that same day. Offerpad provides home sellers the option of an extended stay allowing them to remain in the home up to 3 days after closing. Sign at closing and, for 3 days, bask in the certainty that your home is sold and closed. Conveniently move out of the old and into the new after that. No worries!
4. The move is on us
One of the final pain points we’ve found in moving families and individuals is the actual part of moving. So, we’re taking care of that, too.* Ever heard of Bellhops? They’re that cool tech-enabled moving company whose CEO gave a car to an employee upon learning he had to walk hours to his first day of work when his car had broken down the night before. They’re our partner. We’re proud. When you’re ready to make the move into your fresh new build all you have to do is box up your stuff. We’ll get Bellhops movers out to you to do all the heavy lifting. They’ll get your belongings carefully packed into the truck and unloaded at your new place. No charge to you. No stress for you. Offerpad and Bellhops are all over it.
5. More options, better choices
Offerpad is changing the way real estate is done, we’ve developed a formula customers love on how to sell your home. You should be able to stay excited about your new home purchase and you shouldn’t have to feel reluctant to buy a home because of the traditional difficulties in selling one. We’re here to provide you more options while at the same time simplifying the whole process. You pick your closing date and move out the date, and we work with you on making an offer for your home that you’re comfortable with. And you can do that all remotely online. You’re busy, we get it. Handle these things on your computer or phone, on your terms. We’re sure that you’ll appreciate the simplicity and freedom of the Offerpad experience because we provide you the options most important for you, it’s part of our core values.
6. Convenience meets real estate
Traditional real estate is known for its confusing and frustrating transactions riddled with real estate and legal jargon of which the average homebuyer and seller is not a pro. You may feel worried about being taken advantage of in terms of fees and charges from the many people and entities you’d traditionally have to work with. Offerpad absorbs that stress by allowing you to sell your home within days and at the same time avoid the confusion and frustration that used to be synonymous with real estate. The point is to provide you another option in selling your home, one that gives you a streamlined service, certainty, and ideal timing as you make a move into your new place.
Are you ready to skip the struggle? Request an offer from Offerpad.com and select “working with a current homebuilder”. Focus on the new construction home of your dreams and the exciting adventure it will be, leave the other stuff to Offerpad. We’ll help you get moved from your old home into your new one based on your calendar with a free Bellhops move and with more convenience than has ever been possible in real estate before.
So, go get that new construction home you’ve dreamt about! Get excited! Offerpad will worry about your old home so you don’t have to.
Homebuilders interested in working with Offerpad to provide a seamless transaction, with no contingencies can reach out to builder@offerpad.com.