The Future of Selling Homes …
The recent Covid pandemic has brought the world to a standstill with many industries unable to operate their previous methodologies. Catastrophic operational consequences, financial struggles and lay-offs or staff furloughed has created a level of suffering unknown in the history of most; and even when some industries were allowed back into action, the property market had its own challenges that it needed to face in order to get back operating and support the surprising demand. Frustration grew as limitations on travel and social distancing rules were invoked and in turn this posed a question to one of our clients who then shared their thoughts with us: -
“if we can’t physically view a house, but still want to look to buy a new home, how can we have the same experience but without leaving our own space”?
Given the statistic that home moves are the one of the most stressful life events, Tonik formulated some strategic brainstorming sessions to build a more engaging experience. And we cracked it!
We unearthed a simple method that allows estate agents to get back to doing what they do best – selling properties at a personal level and delivering an engaging, locally knowledgeable experience – whilst at the same time allowing home hunters the chance to undertake a detailed search for their dream home. All of this, without losing time, but instead gaining some over the traditional trawl around the streets and without need for anyone to move away from the comfort of their own sofa. Instead, you can undertake the same task with viewing however many properties you like from an estate agency, all in one appointment. U-See Homes is undoubtably the future sales path for estate agents.
We created a brand strategy that provides a solid foundation for the business to grow from, before finalising a name to suit the brand – U-See Homes. It’s simple; U can SEE new HOMES whenever you like, wherever you like.
We designed and built a sophisticated, intelligent software platform that simply delivers an easy-to-use system for both estate agents and home hunters. Through a video call infrastructure, we enable an estate agent to connect with a home hunter in a face to face personal experience, showcasing their chosen properties through virtual tours, enabling them to share all the necessary documents typically presented at a physical viewing, with the home hunter being able to download and save them too . You’ll also be able to check out the local area through our interactive Google Maps facility.
We developed an in-built appointment facility so it’s easy to keep track of all viewings along with allowing a home hunter to either book an appointment via an estate agents website or if they call an office, an appointment can be easily made with confirmations being sent via email. What’s more is that if the home hunter really likes a house, then they can add it to their Wishlist so they can view the virtual tour, photos, floor plans etc at their leisure. Whilst the home hunter is busy looking at their new dream home, our system records statistics that will then be viewable by the estate agent – providing a more accurate and insightful understanding into their customers mindset about a particular property.
U-See Homes is designed to save everyone time, money and hassle; whilst delivering a face 2 face, personal experience for the property market professional.
We are very proud of the level of technology that we, at Tonik, have had to integrate, migrate and deliver to allow a platform of such intelligence and likely impact in its industry to be born. This software is a game changer for the property world and it’s only the start of a very exciting and potentially huge opportunity for all…
So, there U-See it – the future of selling homes!