EA etiquete

havekidsamskint

Hi, help please...

I am selling at offers over £....I asked EA today to put house on market at fixed price and he said..........NO it should stay as offers over

how do i stand?

I am really p****ed off at them but to take house off their books I need to pay them £300+ vat..

friend in legal industry said this EA does not like FP as it looks like he could not sell the house

what can I do, i am really stressed and dont know which way to go

thanks guys

ps selling in scotland

advent1122

The EA is your employee.
You tell him what you want.

1jim

As Advent says you employ the estage agent, give him an instruction and expect him to do it, if not ask to speak to his principle/office manager etc
It might be that the ea is attempting to give you advice ie dont change it you will get more but has not made that clear but you are in charge, if he wont do it.... tell him that you will move estate agencies and that they will loose all claim to the fees as they have breached contract by not following your instructions (might be worth checking this bit with you legal friend though)
good luck
jim

N9eav

We have been looking at houses. A lot are now advertised as offers in excess of. It's just a way of hoping to get a higher sale. Usually because the EA has no idea what the house it worth, other that about this much. As a seller I would want a few quid more???

tonydee

I've recently viewed a house that was "offers over". I had a rough idea how much I thought it was worth and it was coming in at £10k under the offers over price.

I really liked the house but it made me walk away thinking that the price listed was the bottom price the seller was going to accept.

Jonny_B_3

£300 to take it off his books? That sounds very odd to me ?

maninthestreet

"I am really p****ed off at them but to take house off their books I need to pay them £300+ vat.."

Why should you have to pay them for taking the house of their books? Surely you haven't signed a contract with the EA allows them to make this charge?
Never, ever sign a contract with an EA that doesnt link payment to the EA to at least successful exchange of contracts between yourself and a buyer.

havekidsamskint

Yes, I did sign his agreement. didn't think it would matter as he seems to sell the houses fairly quickly.

i'll stew over the weekend and tackle it again on monday

thanks for all your replies:beer:

ukbondraider

As a buyer myself, I would advise that you simply abolish your offers over price unless it is significantly less than what you want i.e a house worth £300K using an offers over price should market it as offers over £280K (hoping that he/she gets the £300K). A £300K house should not be marketing itself as an offers over £300K house. It is totally off putting.

Fixed prices will never work either because as a buyer, unless the house is extremely desirable which will only be 0.0001% of the case then it will simply deter any buyer as we all like to think we are getting some form of discount in our purchase.

As regards to the EA, tell him whos boss and just be more firm.

peterg1965

Agree, you should be calling the shots here, not the EA.

Snow_Dog

The EA is only going to make his commission if he sells the house so you should point out to him that unless he begins to act on your behalf like he is meant to then you will ensure no offers are accepted until the agreement ends and you find another EA.