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express estate agency

hi,any one have any experience of selling their house through express estate agency....much obliged....

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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Don't know them, but they have nice flashy marketing:

    http://www.expressestateagency.co.uk/

    (that's not meant as a compliment!).
    Specialist in-house conveyancing team to progress sales quickly
    that's enough to put me off!
  • They're awful. Charge extortionate rates. Give reasonable selling rates at the start, making you think it's an OK deal, then within a fortnight start giving the hard sell to get you to reduce the price. You might as well reduce the price with a conventional estate agent and pay lower fees.
    Old Faithful we roam the range together,
    Old Faithful in any kind of weather,
    When the round up days are over,
    And the Boulevard’s white with clover,
    For you old faithful pal of mine.
    Giddy up old fella cos the moon is yellow tonight,
    Giddy up old fella cos the moon is mellow and bright,
    There’s a coyote crying at the moon above,
    Carry me back to the one I love,
    And you old faithful pal of mine.
  • lemontart
    lemontart Posts: 6,037 Forumite
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    heard nothing but bad stuff about them
    I am responsible me, myself and I alone I am not the keeper others thoughts and words.
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Plenty of previous threads on here if you search... there were some that got removed, too.
  • comeandgo
    comeandgo Posts: 5,895 Forumite
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    I was wanting some info on one of their properties and I had to jump through hoops to get even the basic stuff. That made my mind up to never look at other houses they are selling.
  • We wanted to buy a house they were marketing and they arranged to send us a home report but never did. When we called them to say we were still waiting for the promised email, someone else answered the phone and completely refused to provide a home report at all. From that point onwards, everyone we spoke to kept telling us that a home report wasn't required and therefore they wouldn't provide it.

    Dealing with them was an absolute nightmare. They would promise to call you back just to get you off the phone then they'd never call. Often when we would phone them to find out what was going on, they'd deny all knowledge of our original phone call, so you'd have to start from scratch.

    The whole process was just so stressful and I wouldn't have anything to do with them again.
  • dinkylink
    dinkylink Posts: 229 Forumite
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    Beefy seems to think they're decent though?!
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