Hi
I am across the Tay from you in Angus! This is My recent experience.
I had a large, modern new build with 3 acres.
I got Graham and sibbald in Dundee to value my property. This cost approx £150, but when I went ahead to get the HR completed, the £150 was deducted from the HR price. So basically I got a valuation for free to give me an idea the figures I was potentially going to be dealing with.
With Internet exposure, I don't think it matters who your property is on with, be it a solicitor or an expensive land and grand company ie. ckd Galbraith, rettie, savills.
I fired my house out everywhere, on here and every Facebook house for sale page I could find. I kept renewing/refreshing. Put it on my face book time line and got all my friends to share it.
On Facebook property pages, you can word it as so...
Awaiting home report, just putting my property out there to see if it generates interest, put on photographs, if you know someone with a drone, get some Ariel footage of all your land.
Facebook is an excellent way to get your property out there. Join every house group, so I joined houses for sale or rent in Scotland, Tayside, Angus, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, small holdings for sale. And this advertising was all free. People like it, share it, tag people in it. So maximum free exposure. You have nothing to lose. Also if you can arrange a private sale then obviously you won't have estate agency fees. It is definitely the way forward, if you make the time to keep a track of all the messages.
Can I finally add, The folks that bought my house, saw my house on here, not in tspc, right move, zoopla, but on accidental smallholder forum!
Exciting times ahead, good luck