"Keenly priced" and other EA jargon

[Deleted User]

I'm not sure if this already exists anywhere, but is there a MSE thread which 'translates' EA-speak for property-listings?

e.g. 'cosy third bedroom' = 'tiny third bedroom that you can't swing a cat in'
e.g. 'restorable water feature' = 'algae-ridden abandoned pond'
e.g. 'close to local nightlife' = 'flat above a pub'

Our EA has just published our listing for our house and we don't think it sells it very well. He's said that it's 'keenly priced'. For me, this suggests that we've undervalued it slightly, but I'm not sure what he means by it!

foolishboy

I sincerely doubt he'd have let you undervalue it .. he's trying to make people who read your ad think that though and to rush along to snap up a bargain!

FB

Gwhiz

These can mean whatever you want them to mean tbh. Keenly priced to me means it's priced at the market to sell and the vendor is keen to go. It could mean something completely different to someone else.

At end of the day it's irrelevant anyway, Once someone has viewed they will know what your house is worth to them.

[Deleted User]

Yes, true. We're just a bit disappointed with the advert that the EA has posted. Not only has it got some pretty abysmal spelling mistakes ('cubical'?) but it just doesn't sell the property very well. They've missed our an entire room of the house. They've got the bedrooms muddled up and described one as having a bath when it doesn't...just very rushed.

poppysarah

I think they should ban the word detached for houses that you can't get a wheely bin round the side of.

Gwhiz

Deleted_User wrote: »

Yes, true. We're just a bit disappointed with the advert that the EA has posted. Not only has it got some pretty abysmal spelling mistakes ('cubical'?) but it just doesn't sell the property very well. They've missed our an entire room of the house. They've got the bedrooms muddled up and described one as having a bath when it doesn't...just very rushed.

Re-write it for them in a way you are happy with. I always do this with EAs

[Deleted User]

It would be interesting to create an MSE 'dictionary' of EA-speak - it could actually be quite humourous.

MissMotivation

Instead of complaining on here, why don't you contact the EA and get them to correct the details........this is something that the EA gets you to do before publishing them anyway.

I don't really understand your issue, you're complaining that the EA uses "EA speak" and also complaining that you don't feel that they are "selling" your property *confused*

[Deleted User]

MissMotivation wrote: »

Instead of complaining on here, why don't you contact the EA and get them to correct the details........this is something that the EA gets you to do before publishing them anyway.

I don't really understand your issue, you're complaining that the EA uses "EA speak" and also complaining that you don't feel that they are "selling" your property *confused*

Sorry - I wasn't complaining. I've already contacted the EA and they're correcting the listing. And - as it happens - they didn't contact us with the details before publishing them, which is what they had promised to do. The reason I was a little aggrieved was that I think our behaviour as buyers is pretty typical - we've trawled the property sites and haven't found one we particular liked, so we receive alerts on new properties that we accept/reject when we receive them. The fact it's gone out with incorrect details and mistakes means that for a lot of people receiving those alerts, we've blown that one chance to impress them - from now on - if they're like us - they'll ignore our property if it comes up in their searches because they've already seen it once and discounted it.

The purpose of this thread was just to try and decypher some of the commonly-used phrases that we see in the listings on a daily basis. Certain phrases - for me at least - seem negative, but others might view them positively.

For example, I won't even look at properties where the EA describes them as being a 'character property', because I translate that to mean that there's a very unique style to the property which means it'll probably only appeal to a certain percentage of the market.

Some people might like 'character' properties though.

googler

MissMotivation wrote: »

Instead of complaining on here, why don't you contact the EA and get them to correct the details........this is something that the EA gets you to do before publishing them anyway.

Yes, why are you posting this here rather than getting your EA to correct it...... spelling mistooks and all.

[Deleted User]

googler wrote: »

Yes, why are you posting this here rather than getting your EA to correct it...... spelling mistooks and all.

I have asked them and they have agreed to.

This thread was not about complaining - it was just a (light-hearted!) attempt to decypher some of the language they use.