Estate agents fees

MissMotivation

confused31 wrote: »

youve been ripped mate, big long thread about estate agency fees, i dont think you will get much symapathy from googler, chimmug and miss motivator they are all estate agents or ex estate agents who are used to all these tricks estate agents use.

The Hip ones a good one, if you decide to leave them anytime you have to pay for the hip and i bet its over 300 pound plus vat, the only way you can leave them and not have anything to pay out is if they sell your house, and then you will have to pay a big fee, a lot of people by me got suckered onto that one.

You're like a broken record Confused!

giddingsno1

i have looked on my contract and no mention of time frame

googler

So, if there's no mention of time frame, where did the 12 week figure come from...? "the contract was only for 12 weeks", you said....

googler

MissMotivation wrote: »

You're like a broken record Confused!

I was thinking more of a 'stuck record', but unfortunately I'm at the age where that term is meaning less and less to the (younger) mp3 and iPod generation ..... (sigh)

confused31_2

giddingsno1 wrote: »

ok how long does a contract run for indefinitely it seems that no one knows thanks all the same .

Your contract runs until you either sell your house, or you pay for the hip and terminate the instruction in writing.

Even if they dont sell your house i think they may have something in the contract, that you have to pay for the hip in 9 months whether they sell your house or not.

The worse thing about it, is if you would have got your own hip, you probably would have got it for more than half of what your agent will charge you, and you can move from one agent to the other with no charge after a certain amount of time.

Remember though you will get to keep the hip, its just a very costly hip you have paid for.

confused31_2

giddingsno1 wrote: »

ok how long does a contract run for indefinitely it seems that no one knows thanks all the same .

I shouldnt be telling you the answers the esate agents in this thread should be telling you, but they are all too emabarresed to estate agents antics.

MissMotivation

confused31 wrote: »

I shouldnt be telling you the answers the esate agents in this thread should be telling you, but they are all too emabarresed to estate agents antics.

I've refrained from answering the question as quite frankly none of us know the answer, none of us have read the contract and are, therefore, not qualified to answer the question.

Of course, Confused, you pipe up with lot's of cliched, rubbish "advice", people are going to listen to what you are posting and I personally think this is dangerous!

Giddings.....the only correct answer you are going to get is either by posting the exact wording of the entire contract you have signed OR by taking it to a Solicitor.

And that is the best advice I can give without knowing the full facts!

MissMotivation

Seriously loving the fact that "Rewired" thanks every one of Confused post's.

Is he like a sidekick or something Confused??

confused31_2

MissMotivation wrote: »

Seriously loving the fact that "Rewired" thanks every one of Confused post's.

Is he like a sidekick or something Confused??

I dont know but he or shes great, just a shame rewired dont post as i would return the thanks.:T

Cissi

MissMotivation wrote: »

Seriously loving the fact that "Rewired" thanks every one of Confused post's.

Is he like a sidekick or something Confused??

I noticed this yesterday too - also loving the fact that "Rewired" turns up and starts thanking Confused at the same time that Confused starts posting again - and the fact that Rewired has never posted at all, his only purpose on the board seems to be to thank his best friend. Aww, bless!