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  • trolleymate
    trolleymate Posts: 72 Forumite
    googler wrote: »
    Even more so now, I don't believe you're in Fife (as stated in your profile). Your first sentence gives it away.

    Yeah, go on - PM me their name.
    Have started a new thread and open poll with a more appropriate title, have just posted it and value any views you have in order to make sure the thread doesn't get clogged up. Would be good to have some more Agents from all walks of life have a say to help everyone make a more judged decision. After all as said before selling property is a very important and expensive decision for anyone. Have surfed through some other threads on the forum and found some pretty awful stuff.
  • viscione
    viscione Posts: 60 Forumite
    what is the thread title?
    :beer:
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    First line of the new thread; "It has been collectively decided to re-open this debate with a more suitable Title"

    What collective?
  • sunshinetours
    sunshinetours Posts: 2,854 Forumite
    googler wrote: »
    Even more so now, I don't believe you're in Fife (as stated in your profile). Your first sentence gives it away.

    Yeah, go on - PM me their name.

    Aren't they called Home Reports in Scotland not HIPS?
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    sunshinetours wrote: »
    Aren't they called Home Reports in Scotland not HIPS?

    (Tick!)

    MSE expects more than 10 chars in a reply, so....
  • trolleymate
    trolleymate Posts: 72 Forumite
    Sorry, don't know my HIPS from my Home Reports.
  • trolleymate
    trolleymate Posts: 72 Forumite
    edited 18 March 2010 at 7:49PM
    googler wrote: »
    First line of the new thread; "It has been collectively decided to re-open this debate with a more suitable Title"

    What collective?
    Has been discussed from #169 onwards, plenty of time for regular visitors to have an input.

    New thread if anyone interested is Titled : Fixed Price Estate Agents V's Traditional Estate Agents.
  • Squish_21
    Squish_21 Posts: 676 Forumite
    MissMotivation wrote: »
    I don't know whether they are just very trusting or very foolish!

    £1000 is still expensive considering they don't have an office. I do think that a physical office gives an agent a degree of credibility.....

    The main thing I want from my estate agent is for them to put my house on Rightmove, dont want to pay them more to sell my house just so they have premises. They also advertise in the local paper.

    I think its good they work from home and pass the savings onto customers, doesnt put me off. I'll give em a go when it comes to selling and see how it goes.
    Squish
  • MissMotivation
    MissMotivation Posts: 1,751 Forumite
    Squish_21 wrote: »
    The main thing I want from my estate agent is for them to put my house on Rightmove, dont want to pay them more to sell my house just so they have premises. They also advertise in the local paper.

    I think its good they work from home and pass the savings onto customers, doesnt put me off. I'll give em a go when it comes to selling and see how it goes.


    So you are assuming that everyone who wants to buy a house uses the internet or has constant access to the internet?? Believe me many buyers do not use the internet to search (older generation in particular)

    I would want an agent who has ALL bases covered......not just a one trick pony!
    My home is usually the House Buying, Renting and Selling Forum where I can be found trying to (sometimes unsucessfully) prove that not all Estate Agents are crooks. With 20 years experience of Sales/Lettings and having bought and sold many of my own properties I've usually got something to say ;)
    Ignore......check!
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    trolleymate wrote: »
    Has been discussed from #169 onwards, plenty of time for regular visitors to have an input.

    New thread if anyone interested is Titled : Fixed Price Estate Agents V's Traditional Estate Agents.

    Your decision to start a new thread is not a 'collective' decision.

    I can almost see the tumblewood blowing through that thread......
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