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Gemmalouiseward
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Can anyone advise, please...
We recently withdrew our house from the market having signed a contract with an initial estate agent who was then taken over by another firm. We were not happy that they were doing enough to sell our house and our circumstances have changed.
We have been sent an invoice for £200+VAT. I rang up the agency who said that the lines in the contract: "The Agent may recommend additional marketing activity for the Property and will make a separate charge for this of up to £200. The Agent will not commit to any additional marketing without asking and agreeing such costs with the Client first and in writing" meant that the invoice was correct.
However, we have not agreed to any additional marketing in writing. Do we still have to pay?
Thanks in advance for any help!
We recently withdrew our house from the market having signed a contract with an initial estate agent who was then taken over by another firm. We were not happy that they were doing enough to sell our house and our circumstances have changed.
We have been sent an invoice for £200+VAT. I rang up the agency who said that the lines in the contract: "The Agent may recommend additional marketing activity for the Property and will make a separate charge for this of up to £200. The Agent will not commit to any additional marketing without asking and agreeing such costs with the Client first and in writing" meant that the invoice was correct.
However, we have not agreed to any additional marketing in writing. Do we still have to pay?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Did you agree to any additional marketing verbally?"You won't bloom until you're planted" - Graffiti spotted in Newcastle.
Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind - Doctor Who
Total mortgage overpayments 2017 - 2024 - £8945.62!0 -
Not that I can remember...certainly not with the new firm, who have had very little contact with us. The contract is still what we signed with the original estate agents. What would "additional marketing" consist of? We haven't even had a 'for sale' board up. It has been advertised on the internet and in the local paper, but just the usual I'd say.0
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Dear Mr New Agent,
thank you for your letter of xx/xx/18 and the encosed invoice.
Kindy detail what additional marketing activities were undertaken, with dates.
Kindly also forward a copy of our signed letter in which we aurthorised these additiional marketing activities.
Yours sincerely,0
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