Picket Fence Preview

Specialties

For 23 years, Picket Fence has helped people sell their own homes and avoid expensive real estate commissions. Because the customer pays only for the advertising, the average amount saved vs. paying a real estate agent was $ 17,987 in 2015.

Picket Fence works so well because the free full-​color glossy magazine that advertises the properties is everywhere: almost 1000 separate distribution points throughout all of Vermont and the greater Upper Valley of NH. A total of 60,000 magazines per month. The associated website, Pick​et​Fen​cePre​view​.com, is one of the most popular websites in Vermont and presents the properties in a pleasing and attractive format. Real estate agents don’t have a comparable statewide publication.

Picket Fence provides all the forms, contracts and paperwork to complete the sale and their book, ‘How to Sell Your Own Home’, guide the homeseller step-​by-​step through the process.

Picket Fence gets results! In 2015, 3 out of 4 people who advertised sold within a 3 month period. How long does it take to sell? It took an average of 48 days for Champlain Valley properties to sell; 70 days in Northern & Central VT and 72 days in Southern Vt & NH.

Picket Fence Preview has helped tens of thousands of homeowners successfully sell by owner and save a fortune. Picket Fence is more than just a high-​quality magazine, fantastic website, helpful and knowledgeable staff… it’s a proven system that works!

History

Established in 1993.

We’re just like you! Homeowners who had a property to sell and realized that there must be a better way than using a real estate agent. We started this publication 23 years ago after a very frustrating time trying to both buy a home and sell our condo through the classified ads. We had been using an agent to help us find a house, and grew tired of being shown houses that just weren’t for us. We wanted to see color photos of the interior and exterior, and we also believed that if we could advertise our condo with color interior pictures, it would sell right away. We started the business to accomplish those goals! Necessity is the mother of invention.

We are not real estate agents. Conceptually, what we do could not be further apart from what agents do. The biggest myth in real estate is that you need an agent to sell a house. Obviously, that isn’t true.