"Keenly priced" and other EA jargon

pastmybest

Patr100 wrote: »

Really? Easier said than done. They won't have much of a choice if they have just signed up on a minimum lock in contract -
and they are obviously at the start of marketing.
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After reading this forum for a number of years it seems to me that there are too many that moan about shoddy servioce but do not take the right action against these types of companies. Too late for some that post once signed in but it more had of complained, in the past, perhaps the EAs in general would offer a better service?

Colincbayley

The one I always find funny on estate agents details is " Must be viewed "

Nah, forget it, here's a couple of hundred grand, who needs to have a look around the place!!

[Deleted User]

Yeah, I've never understood the 'viewing recommended' comment either - surely that's a no-brainer?

We're locked in with the EA for 12 weeks - we got our HIP cheap and if we take it off the market before the 12 weeks is up we have to pay the extra on the HIP that was discounted. It doesn't matter much to us - we've heard in the past few hours that we've got 7 viewings lined up for this weekend, and the EA has apologised for putting the property on the market without us approving the particulars (and has also corrected the errors).

In the spirit of getting this thread back on topic, here's a few more definitions and terms I've seen:

'Convenient position adjacent to popular commuting route' = 'backs onto railway line'

'low maintainance garden' = 'garden has been concreted'

'massive potential' = 'almost derilect'

'requires structual improvements' = as above

'away from the distractions of urban life' = 'isolated'

'efficient use of space' = 'everything's crammed into a small space'

Patr100

pastmybest wrote: »

After reading this forum for a number of years it seems to me that there are too many that moan about shoddy servioce but do not take the right action against these types of companies. Too late for some that post once signed in but it more had of complained, in the past, perhaps the EAs in general would offer a better service?

Many do complain and many just want to buy/sell asap and then move on with enough hassle and expense as it is .
As I said, it's harder to just drop an EA after signing up - so what is the "right action" in such a situation?

goldengirl28

This unique home - odd

Looby_Lou

Best description we saw was "a range of kitchen cabinets" - there must have been 6 different styles of doors !

Colincbayley

How about this one then. " Priced to sell "

poppysarah

I think the most twisted one of all is when developers have to build a certain % of houses for "affordable housing"... just stating the obvious that the rest of it isn't affordable ...

(And worse still when they affordable housing is silly prices still!)

LittleMissAspie

Yeah there's a house comes up in my search, PRICED TO SELL!! .... it's been on since August 2008.

"In need of updating" = needs refurbishing
"In need of refurbishing" = needs rebuilding

princessamy86

Colincbayley wrote: »

How about this one then. " Priced to sell "

Probably means just that: the vendor is obviously very keen to sell and have priced accordingly to tempt people in.