How a Buying Agent finds homes you’d never have considered
Middle Street in Deal Kent
In the age of endless property portals, it’s easy to think that everything worth seeing is online, and that with enough scrolling, clicking, saving and filtering, you’ll find the perfect home.
Or that you’ll need to drive round and round your chosen area looking for ‘For Sale’ boards or putting notes through doors.
But in Kent, where micro-locations matter and properties vary hugely from street to street, your ideal home might not be the one you think you’re searching for.
In fact, some of our best matches are the ones buyers would have scrolled straight past.
This is where a professional Kent buying agent like us makes all the difference.
People search with filters…we search with insight
Most buyers start with a rigid brief: “seaside location”, “walk to the station”, “three bedrooms”, “Whitstable or Deal”. But these filters can unintentionally shut out fantastic homes, that might suit your lifestyle far better than the ones you’ve got your Rightmove or Zoopla searches pinging you with.
As a buying agent, we approach your search very differently. Instead of relying purely on algorithms or keyword boxes, we rely on local knowledge, years of experience, and time spent understanding how you actually want to live.
Beth loves to ask questions – lots of them, but what she’s really doing is finding out all of the fine detail about you, your lifestyle, how you want to live, what’s missing from your current home, what’s important, what you can do without, what like, don’t like…she’s the small talk expert but it’s all for a reason!
For example, you might picture morning coffee in a balcony overlooking the sea, so you search only along the Kent coast. Yet the home that genuinely suits your family, your hobbies and your daily rhythm might be in a beautiful village like Bridge, Wickhambreaux or Ickham. Which then enable you to seaside daytrip very easily – the best of both worlds.
These places offer a peaceful pace of life, strong communities, good schools, and easy access to Canterbury or the coast - benefits you don’t always realise you want until you see them in person.
A client may arrive wanting “Whitstable, period, walk to the beach”, and end up completely smitten with a stunning converted barn outside Faversham, simply because it delivers the lifestyle they imagined with light, space, privacy and beauty, but in a location they never would have searched, or thought about looking into.
That’s where we come in – we know what each pocket of Kent offers, and are listening out to what you say to give you recommendations.
The property you’d never click on could be the one you love
Buying agents regularly show clients homes they admit they would have dismissed online.
Too far from the sea, too rural, not the right style in the photos, or simply not in the area they had shortlisted.
But once inside, they often discover:
Better natural light
More space for the budget
A stronger community feel
Easier commuting options
Better schools
More peace and privacy
A home that’s been beautifully maintained, even if the listing photos didn’t show it
These are things that don’t translate well in an online listing but are instantly felt during a viewing.
We ‘feel’ a house – and sometimes, stepping inside makes us realise it’s the one we want, or the one we don’t – even if we expected it to be a yes!
We’ve done the research many times…
Our clients don’t have time to learn every lane, village, catchment, traffic pattern or hidden problem spot. You don’t see which listings are overpriced, which are under-marketed, or which sellers are motivated. You might not be abreast of local news and issues. But as your buying agent, we keep our finger on every pulse!
We know why a house in Woodchurch offers better value than one 10 minutes away, perhaps closer to where you asked us to initially look.
We know which streets in Deal get full sun and aren’t swamped by day trippers looking for free parking in the summer.
We know the quietest parts of Whitstable, where the locals go, the most desirable pockets of Canterbury, and which villages give you the lifestyle you want. The more we talk to you, the more we’ll discover that lifestyle and property you want - even if you don’t yet!
The true value we bring as your Buying Agent
Our job isn’t just to tick boxes. It’s to understand your needs deeply enough to show you the homes and areas you would never have discovered yourself.
Often, these become the properties our clients end up loving the most.
And that’s the hidden value of working with us as your buying agent:
We don’t just find you a home. We find the right home, even when it’s not the one you expected.