Goodbye to dodgy estate agents

Doozergirl

OMG! Is that real? You hear these things occassionally, I didn't think it would appear! :shocked:

LOL @ the for sale board. I just couldn't bring myself to do it :rotfl:

Jonbvn

Dg,

Somehow it does seem a bit tacky don't you think? I can envisage the "for sale board" board being a piece of 2x4 with Tesco plastic carrier bag stapled to it!!!

Dennis99

All I seem to get is an error when searching.

MissMotivation

Doozergirl wrote: »

Oh, they've started doing it *professionally* then, have they? :rolleyes:

I never mentioned the word "professionally" lol:rotfl:

jo1sexykitten

Yes the website has got error message everytime you try to look at anything.

Great launch Tesco!!

Dithering_Dad

jo1sexykitten wrote: »

I can't really understand all the excitement, there are lots of companies offering you to sell your house privately. All they are giving you is a for sale board and some where to advertise!

You will then have to do all your own viewings, negotiate selling price etc.

Also with Energy efficency tests coming in (you will have to pay the fee to get that done) Estate agents won't charge you for it........

It will be interesting to see how many people sign up and how many buyers want to deal direct with the owner. I hated the bloke we bought our house off!!

Is this an ironic post?

I can only quote from my own experience, but the estate agents I used were so inept that I had to deal with my own viewings, negotiate the selling price, etc.

I found that the estate agent was pushing for me to sell at a lower price because they wanted the sale to meet their targets, rather than because they felt the house was worth the initial offer. I held out and got an additional 5k on the sale. So much for their services :mad:

arthur_dent_2

Can they look into doing conveyancing for £200 as well?

Hereward

jo1sexykitten wrote: »

Yes the website has got error message everytime you try to look at anything.

Great launch Tesco!!

I think the error is caused because today is the sites first day and they don't have nay properties in the area you are looking at yet.

Looking at the search engine they are using, it appears that the are using the same technology as rightmove so there could be lots of competition in the near future.

lynzpower

interestingly they are doing buyers insurance for 69.99

wolvoman

This Tesco property website is awful.

Pictures are blurred and there are hardly any of them. No floorplans on any properties. And worst of all, whilst you can filter out sold properties you can't filter out those Under Offer.

I hope this is just a test site, otherwise I'll be sticking to findaproperty (incidentally vastly superior to rightmove anyway).