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Estate Agents - a happy tale
Hoopie1
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Estate agents are a much denigrated profession and I have done a fair bit of the denigration myself.
I have just exchanged on selling my flat. I shan't mention the agent's name unless anyone requests it, however they are a small (two branch) firm in East London.
Having seen a few agents, I went for them based on little more than gut feeling. Admittedly the market where I was selling remains reasonably frothy, but they:
1) Got me an agreed sale price in two weeks.
2) Sold it for more than the minimum they said they would.
3) Didn't shirk their responsibilities in chasing up the buyer and her solicitors.
4) Were generally a pleasure to deal with throughout.
So well done to them, I hope they keep up the good work.
I have just exchanged on selling my flat. I shan't mention the agent's name unless anyone requests it, however they are a small (two branch) firm in East London.
Having seen a few agents, I went for them based on little more than gut feeling. Admittedly the market where I was selling remains reasonably frothy, but they:
1) Got me an agreed sale price in two weeks.
2) Sold it for more than the minimum they said they would.
3) Didn't shirk their responsibilities in chasing up the buyer and her solicitors.
4) Were generally a pleasure to deal with throughout.
So well done to them, I hope they keep up the good work.
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Name and praise please!Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0
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It's such a rarity that you need to name and praise...credit where credit is due I think.0
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Knight Bishop (I was using the Hackney office).0
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My son has just bought a property in South East London. Estate Agents act for a seller so it is more difficult for buyers to be so fulsome in praise.
Nevertheless as a professional involved in the process on a regular basis I was impressed with Oliver Jacques who were the selling agents. We had to contend with a seller's solicitor who delayed in dealing with the requirements of HSBC's nominated solicitor - (not the dreaded!) and they helped to smooth the process.RICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0 -
Hi,
We have finally (after 5 years - yes 5 years!) managed to sell our house (well two barns actually) The agent who did this has only had the property for 5 weeks. They are Barton Fleming in Bicester and are the best agent I have ever dealt with0
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