{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-07T00:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/what-happens-at-a-home-valuation\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:07:40","slug":"what-happens-at-a-home-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/what-happens-at-a-home-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens at a home valuation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A valuation is a visit from an agent who looks at your home and suggests a realistic asking price or rent. It usually takes about an hour, and it is a good moment to ask every question you have about selling or letting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the agent looks at<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The size, layout and number of bedrooms and bathrooms.<\/li>\n\n<li>The condition of the home, and any recent work such as a new kitchen, roof or boiler.<\/li>\n\n<li>Outside space, parking and how the home is positioned on the street.<\/li>\n\n<li>Recent sales and rentals of similar homes nearby, and how many similar homes are on the market now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to prepare<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note the improvements you have made, with rough dates.<\/li>\n\n<li>Find any documents you have, such as guarantees, certificates or plans.<\/li>\n\n<li>Think about your timing: when you would like to move, and whether you have found your next home.<\/li>\n\n<li>Write down your questions about fees, marketing and how viewings will work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A valuation is an opinion based on the market at that moment, not a guarantee of the final price. It is worth asking each agent to explain the evidence behind their figure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What an agent looks at, how they arrive at a suggested price, and how to get the most from the visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-haven\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}