Sell before you go public... Or go public with real buyer evidence behind you.
Most sellers list first and hope a buyer turns up.
We work it the other way round:
find your buyer first, then decide whether you even need to go to market at all.
Independent property consultancy and off-portal matchmakers
for East Lothian and Edinburgh.
Why Sell with Mowatt?
You could sell without ever going public.
Every Quiet Seeker on our Matchlist is a real, verified buyer. If your home fits one, you can agree a sale privately, before viewings, boards or Rightmove/ESPC portals.
Off-portal protects your price, not just your privacy.
Fewer viewings, no public price drops, no permanent online record. A private sale to a ready buyer often protects both your privacy and your price, before the noise of the open market ever starts.
One team, the whole journey.
Off-portal, Hush Home or a full Rightmove launch, you deal with Phil and Annabelle throughout. Same team, same fee, from first appraisal to sold.
Start with an Appraisal: we ask before we tell
A free, impartial appraisal that gives you a clear, realistic value range. No inflated figures, no agent agenda.
Before we talk about how we'd sell your home, we ask about your move. Your answers decide which route we take.
1. Have you found where you want to go next?
A sale without a next step is a sale under pressure.
2. What matters most?
Price, timing, privacy, certainty. You put them in order.
3. Who needs to know you're selling?
This sets how quietly we start and how quickly we move through the three routes.
4. What's the least you'd take?
The honest price conversation. We work within your numbers, not our fee.
5. If we can get you that result, what would you need from us to begin? The only question about us. It comes last.
After the visit you get a written report with our recommended route, a valuation range and an honest view on price and presentation. We sense-check every valuation with a trusted surveyor before we share it.
Then Choose
How you Sell:
Three routes, one plan.
Every sale starts quietly. We move to the next route only when it makes sense, at a pace you set.
Bite One:
Match your home to a Quiet Seeker
Before anything goes public, we check your home against our Matchlist of vetted buyers who have told us exactly what they want. You can browse the profiles yourself too. If there's a fit, we make a discreet, direct introduction. Quiet Seekers are motivated, decisive and clear on what they want. They are not browsers. Fewer viewings, no public scrutiny and a straightforward conversation with a buyer who's ready to proceed.
Bite Two:
Launch as a Hush Home
If there's no direct match, or you'd like to cast a little wider first, we launch your home discreetly as a Hush Home. An anonymised profile on our website and social channels, with the exposure you dictate, reaching serious, local, pre-qualified buyers. Enough detail to attract real interest. Not enough to identify your home. Home Report needed for this stage.
Bite Three:
Go Public ... armed
When the open market is the right move, you arrive with real buyer intelligence, a data-backed price and presentation that's already refined. We're Rightmove-registered, with the same reach as any high street agent. No guesswork, no wasted launch. This isn't a handover to someone new. It's the next stage of the same conversation with the same people. Bite Three is not a fallback. It is part of the plan.
What it Costs
One fee, whichever route your sale takes. Payable only on completion. If we don't sell, you pay nothing.
The Home Report is the only upfront cost. No marketing fees before they're needed.
We'll take you through the full fee detail at your appraisal. Click here for our Sellers' Guide
In their words...
Our clients' feedback is invaluable, showcasing our commitment to excellence and building trust through proven results.
"I was granted a much needed sabbatical. MOWATT secured an 8 month let for my family in idyllic North Berwick. 18 months later, Annabelle viewed a property to buy, on our behalf, in North Berwick (at that point I was in the US), arranging a live video tour and advising me on the offer process. My husband and I have just had our offer accepted! We are set to return to Scotland in July. Delighted."
"What can we say? It has been a total pleasure selling our house through Annabelle & Phil. From our first meeting right through to sale day, everything just went so smoothly. Great communication, completely stress-free and we feel so fortunate to have found Mowatt Move Smarter. Amazing service and thank you so much for everything."
"Mowatt found us our dream forever Hush Home within a matter of days and ensured the buying process went extremely smoothly. We then listed and sold through them which again went smoothly and with a great result. It was great working with a small team and we feel confident that Annabelle and Phil knew our home and wishes inside out."
"Thanks to MOWATT, I've been able to view several properties that haven't yet reached the open market, that meet my wish list criteria. Mowatt are able to present the benefits of opportunity to home owners who may be inclined to sell for the right price point."
"MOWATT have their finger on the pulse. They know local people, therefore they know the local property market. We didn't want to sell til we'd secured a smaller property. Their involvement took the stress out of downsizing for my wife and me."
"My bungalow in North Berwick wasn't ready for sale. Within a week, Annabelle and Phil had found me a Quiet Seeker buyer who'd been waiting months for a home like mine. Nothing was too much bother. It was the smoothest house move I have ever had."
Ready to Sell Smarter?
Book a free, independent appraisal. Bring your answers to our five questions, or bring the questions and we'll work through them together. You'll leave with a realistic value range and a clear route forward.
No obligation. No pressure.
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