Property Review - December 2024
Thank you Howard Davis for writing this article. Howard is Managing Directory of Howard Independent East Agents.
Downsizing?
Exploring how sci-fi can help a large group of house sellers replace starry-eyed ambition with more earthly logic.
Many of those old enough to remember the original Star Trek TV series may now be considering making a most important move - leaving their starship and downsizing. With no need for lots of space, which is expensive to run and increasingly difficult to maintain, an easier life beckons in more suitable accommodation.
This is a pivotal moment for people of a certain age who are preparing to boldly go and seek out a new life. The decision to downsize and move is not one to be taken lightly, as it involves significant amounts of money and the lure of a comfortable future lifestyle. The gravity of this choice underscores its importance.
For some help in this matter it is useful to adopt the logic and emotional detachment of Mr Spock rather than the unquestioning optimism of Captain James T Kirk. For instance, which is more important, that you move house cleanly, quickly and easily or you hang out for an arbitrary selling price you feel your home is worth or which has been suggested to you by friends and family? Without any doubt Mr Spock would advocate that moving is the more important outcome and that the price you achieve will inevitably be what someone else is willing, ready and able to pay. As Mr Spock once said in season 3, episode 9, “In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.”.
Adopting logic, dampening sentiment, and engineering sales are what estate agents do every day. They are the Spock and Scotty on board the Enterprise, indispensable to the process. Just as Capt. Kirk can’t do without them, sellers need the expertise of their estate agents to guide them through to their next voyage. Live long and prosper!
