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Vendors not giving keys to EA

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  • tBagpuss_2
    tBagpuss_2 Posts: 103 Forumite
    Oh yes - worst of both worlds! I had a couple like that. Very awkward.

    I also did one viewing where the seller was cheerfully pointing out all the faults with the house while the agent tried to shut him up. Which would have been handy had I wanted to buy it, but ad the seller not been there I would have been saying to the agent within about 5 minutes that it wasn't the right house for me. As it was, I wound up spending about 20 minutes looking round.
  • euanT
    euanT Posts: 103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    beecher2 wrote: »
    That's a new one on me - certainly wasn't the case a few years ago, and still isn't the case where I sold in Ayrshire. Which EAs said they'd charge?

    Slater Hogg, and GSPC(A&S Ireland) both west End!!
  • PlymouthMaid
    PlymouthMaid Posts: 1,550 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary Combo Breaker
    I have never yet sold a house but I wouldn't be giving EA the keys because of my dog mainly but also they may not put the burglar alarm on when they leave. I think if they were coming for viewings I would take the dog for a walk for 30 mins or so so avoid the room to room scuttle as that is awkward (witnessed then when viewing homes with my daughter).
    "'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
    Try to make ends meet
    You're a slave to money then you die"
  • charleyroo
    charleyroo Posts: 460 Forumite
    room scuttling :rotfl: best verb ever....
    Spreadsheet-obsessed.
  • ognum
    ognum Posts: 4,879 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I have bought and sold many houses. the smoothest transactions have come with vendors I have met and people I have met to sell too.
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