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Want to buy but not with a particular estate agent
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What's with the exclamation marks? Is there some rule against saying pædophile? I've looked in the Forum Rules and can't see anything....tried to sell me the house of a convicted !!!!!phile...Are you for real? - Glass Half Empty??
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Fruit_and_Nut_Case wrote: »What's with the exclamation marks? Is there some rule against saying pædophile? I've looked in the Forum Rules and can't see anything.
I think that the forum automatically filters the word, I wonder if it filters out the middle of the word S!!!!horpe too?0 -
Yep ,,,,,,,ilikewatch wrote: »I think that the forum automatically filters the word, I wonder if it filters out the middle of the word S!!!!horpe too?This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
Such diplomacy! But I learned something new from the rest of your post.
Of course it could be greatgimpo talking twaddle. The fact that s/he did it once and got away with it is not proof. In practice it will depend on the contract wording, how keen the EA is to sue, etc.
End of the day, Court would decide to what extent they have introduced the buyer, but if it was that easy a lot more people would be avoiding EAs and approaching the vendor directly.0 -
We advertised our house in a local paper, checked that the ensuing offer was good (they offered a ridiculous equal swap although ours had a 'value' difference of 20% less) and paid the state agent £1000 inc VAT to go away. I'm not sure if we needed to pay, but it eased our conscience a little, and meant that the EA wasn't out of pocket enough to kick up. So fair enough, we paid a bit, but only minimal. We had signed a sole agency agreement.Of course it could be greatgimpo talking twaddle. The fact that s/he did it once and got away with it is not proof. In practice it will depend on the contract wording, how keen the EA is to sue, etc.0 -
No EA would have told you about the vendor's past. All would have done exactly the same thing.
We had to deal with an EA that I already knew I disliked when buying our house. Grit your teeth and get on with it - don't miss out on the right house just because of the EA that the vendor has chosen, as much as it might grate with you.0
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