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Express Estate Agency Scotland

Jade331
Jade331 Posts: 2 Newbie
edited 8 July 2013 at 3:44PM in House buying, renting & selling
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  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    edited 7 July 2013 at 5:06PM
    It's not illegal to market a property with a 2year old HR. What's incomplete about it?

    I thought they had at least one office in Scotland, last time I looked... EDIT according to s1homes, they're in Glasgow


    Express Estate Agency
    Tel: 0141 258 0404

    http://www.s1homes.com/selling/estate-agents/express_estate_agency/5991.shtml?results-page-logo
  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
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    As I see it, everything rests on the truth of this statement:
    Jade331 wrote: »
    As far as my solicitor is concerned they have no clue about Scottish law and no business selling up here
    If it is legal for Express to be the agent then you need to change your solicitor to one who is prepared to engage with the sale.

    If it is not legal, then you need to get the vendor to engage with putting the right representation in place.
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    As far as I'm aware, there's nothing to prevent an English solicitor from carrying out the transaction - the difficulty is finding one with the knowledge to do so competently ...
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