CONNING CONNELLS (withdrawal fee) see other thread

carolinehopkins

Because I had not read it

WebGuru

I think estate agent contracts are always a bone of contention.

sambuick

We used Connells to sell a property last year. We agreed terms and fees and signed the contract. A week later, I went to get a copy of the contract in order to examine it thoroughly as they don't give you a copy to keep yourself. I was shocked to see they had actually altered the contract AFTER we had signed it and without any discussion or agreement from ourselves. They had increased the amount payable by us to them if they sold the property. I showed the contract to my solicitor and she agreed with my instructions to only pay them the original amount on our behalf, which she did, on completion. We never heard from them again asking for the extra funds. BEWARE, be very aware.

DVardysShadow

sambuick wrote: »

We used Connells to sell a property last year. We agreed terms and fees and signed the contract. A week later, I went to get a copy of the contract in order to examine it thoroughly as they don't give you a copy to keep yourself. I was shocked to see they had actually altered the contract AFTER we had signed it and without any discussion or agreement from ourselves. They had increased the amount payable by us to them if they sold the property. I showed the contract to my solicitor and she agreed with my instructions to only pay them the original amount on our behalf, which she did, on completion. We never heard from them again asking for the extra funds. BEWARE, be very aware.

This amounts to attempted fraud on the part of Connells.

googler

Does anyone know if Connells are members of The Property Ombudsman's Code of Practice scheme?

From the code;

Signing
3t You must sign and date your Terms of Business before they are given to your client. The client should be asked to sign and be given a copy to retain. The client must be given sufficient time to read them before agreeing to instruct you (refer also to paragraph 3l above).

martinbuckley

carolinehopkins wrote: »

Because I had not read it

Congratulations - I've never seen a "double Necro Post" before. :j

googler

martinbuckley wrote: »

Congratulations - I've never seen a "double Necro Post" before. :j

OK, I give in - what's a "double Necro Post" ?

Colincbayley

googler wrote: »

OK, I give in - what's a "double Necro Post" ?

A necro-post is a new reply posted to an old inactive topic. The word necro means corpse and as such the act of necro-posting is replying to "dead" topics.
How old a topic has to be before it is considered necro-posting to reply to it depends on how busy the forum is. Generally speaking if a topic is still on the first page of the forums topic listing then it is acceptable to reply to it. If in doubt just read the date of the last post to the topic, if it is from 2003 then you shouldn't be hitting that submit button.
Necro-posting is generally frowned upon for the following reasons:

• It is confusing for other users when topics from years gone by re-appear.
• Frequently (especially on a political forum) the topic is out-of-date.
• The fact that the topic has been left for so long can indicate that it has been debated to death.
• An old topic with few replies may have already been debated to death elsewhere (use the search feature to check!).
• Dragging up old topics pushes current relevant topics further down the forum's topic listing.

princeofpounds

Watch for people bookmarking this thread with a reminder set in their calendars for 2012 ;-)