Has anyone have experience of Home Property Lawyers

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eddddy said:

Statex2_2 said:

The small print is 5 pages and all sorts of terms and conditions. When i recntly spoke to the owner of another independent estat agent recently, he said that they will not enforce  any of it because it is too expensive to take anyone to court.

Hmmm.. so you're relying on the opinion of  a competitor estate agent.

I'd suggest that's not the most reliable opinion you could get.



So it sounds like your strategy is simply to not pay the £280, and hope that you don't get taken to court. I suspect you'll get lots of debt collection letters and phone calls.

And FWIW, the fee to take you to court would probably be £35 - so it's not that expensive.  https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money/court-fees

The economics of suing someone for a few hundred pounds depend on whether you do the work in house, and how much you value your time. It’s certainly not worth employing a solicitor, as you can’t claim the legal fees back, and the fees will be much more than you are claiming.

For £280, if there’s some ambiguity about the contract, it would probably not be worth trying. 

Statex2_2

eddddy said:

Statex2_2 said:

The small print is 5 pages and all sorts of terms and conditions. When i recntly spoke to the owner of another independent estat agent recently, he said that they will not enforce  any of it because it is too expensive to take anyone to court.

Hmmm.. so you're relying on the opinion of  a competitor estate agent.

I'd suggest that's not the most reliable opinion you could get.



So it sounds like your strategy is simply to not pay the £280, and hope that you don't get taken to court. I suspect you'll get lots of debt collection letters and phone calls.

And FWIW, the fee to take you to court would probably be £35 - so it's not that expensive.  https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money/court-fees

Had the estate agent done a good job I would not quibble but they performed pretty poorly.  They valued my house and marketed it and after 2 weeks dropped the price by 25k and after another 10 days wanted to reduce it by another 25k. After I was advise to accept an offer they said they would still carry out viewings as the buyers finance was not approved. Again they said that they would not accept offers unless the buyer had finance in place. However in that time they refused viewings. I do not believe that they obtained the best price for me.They are just lazy. 

Statex2_2

eddddy said:

Statex2_2 said:

The small print is 5 pages and all sorts of terms and conditions. When i recntly spoke to the owner of another independent estat agent recently, he said that they will not enforce  any of it because it is too expensive to take anyone to court.

Hmmm.. so you're relying on the opinion of  a competitor estate agent.

I'd suggest that's not the most reliable opinion you could get.



So it sounds like your strategy is simply to not pay the £280, and hope that you don't get taken to court. I suspect you'll get lots of debt collection letters and phone calls.

And FWIW, the fee to take you to court would probably be £35 - so it's not that expensive.  https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money/court-fees

The opinion of 2 others actually.