Choosing an estate agent in Dunbar

What to ask before you instruct anyone in Dunbar

Ask for the last five properties the agent sold in Dunbar itself, what they were marketed at and what they achieved. Ask who will conduct your viewings, and whether that is the person standing in your living room. Ask what the fee covers and what is billed separately — photography, floor plans, portal listing, brochure.

In Scotland you should also ask how they intend to handle a closing date, and how they will advise you on more than the headline figure: date of entry, conditions and the buyer's own chain all change what an offer is actually worth.

Lothian Property is not an estate agency and does not compete for your instruction. If you want one, we can introduce you to independent professionals who work in this area — you choose whether to proceed.

What sellers in Dunbar need to know

Dunbar's market is shaped by the station. A direct service to Edinburgh and onward to Newcastle brings buyers who work in the city but want coastal living, and the difference between a ten-minute walk to the platform and a fifteen-minute drive shows up in offers.

The town has absorbed a lot of new housing, which means resale sellers are usually competing with a developer somewhere in the same postcode. That competition is beatable — a resale house is available now, is landscaped, and has floor coverings — but only if the marketing states those advantages rather than assuming them.

Coastal exposure is a genuine survey issue here. Render, roof condition and window frames on seafront property should be looked at before the Home Report inspection rather than argued about afterwards.

What kind of property sells in Dunbar?

How should I prepare a Dunbar home for sale?

• Instruct the Home Report before you market. Outside Edinburgh the buyer pool is smaller and more deliberate, and a property that cannot be viewed and offered on in the same week loses momentum.
• Fix the approach: driveway, fencing, front garden and the front door. Beyond the city, most buyers arrive by car and form a view before they are out of it.
• Find the paperwork for any extension, conversion or new boiler now — building warrant, completion certificate, gas certificate. Missing documents stall Scottish sales after acceptance far more often than surveys do.
• State the commute honestly in the marketing: the station, the service and the realistic door-to-door time. Vague claims get checked, and checked claims lose viewings.

About Dunbar

Dunbar sits on the East Lothian coast twenty-nine miles from Edinburgh, with two harbours, Dunbar Grammar, Belhaven beach and a main-line station.

Dunbar seller questions

How should I compare estate agents covering Dunbar?

Ask each for recent evidence in Dunbar itself rather than East Lothian as a whole: how many they sold, what they achieved against the Home Report figure, and how long it took. Then compare the fee, the marketing included and whether they are a solicitor estate agent handling the conveyancing too.

Does Lothian Property sell my Dunbar home?

No. We are an information and introduction service, not an estate agency. We do not market property, hold viewings or negotiate offers. With your permission we introduce you to independent agents and solicitors who do.