Wards Estate Agent Fees - Negotiable?

Daniel172

Good evening,

I’m curious as to whether anybody has had success will negotiating fees with Wards Estate Agents?

They have quoted me with a fee of 1.5%. I’m quite keen to reduce this to 1% as I believe we have an extremely saleable property but am not brave enough to go with the likes of Purplebricks!

Many thanks,
Daniel

kinger101

The best person to ask is them. If they don't budge, there are plenty of other high street agents. To be honest, I used to despise Wards when I was looking to buy.

lisyloo

I negotiated with wards, but I think i got 1.35%.
They were great for keynsham.

eddddy

The negotiation technique I tend to use with EAs is to ask them to price-match another EA.

So see if you can find another local EA who only charges 1%, and ask them to do a market appraisal of your property - and use that as leverage.

Daniel172

lisyloo wrote: »

I negotiated with wards, but I think i got 1.35%.
They were great for keynsham.

Even this would save us £360. I just resent the fees so much considering how easy the work will (hopefully) be for them!

eddddy wrote: »

The negotiation technique I tend to use with EAs is to ask them to price-match another EA.

So see if you can find another local EA who only charges 1%, and ask them to do a market appraisal of your property - and use that as leverage.

I have got an agent coming round on Wednesday who are 1% commission - could be a starting point for negotiating with Wards.

kinger101 wrote: »

The best person to ask is them. If they don't budge, there are plenty of other high street agents. To be honest, I used to despise Wards when I was looking to buy.

Thanks for this, hadn’t thought of that