Purplebricks vs local estate agent

JamesN

Thanks all. Really helpful comments. I’ve found some other threads and some were complaining of the post offer service as well. I want to run all the viewings myself. Is there another service that enables rightmove listings as that’s all I really want. Happy handling the other bits myself. 

Does anyone have much experience with yopa or visum?

robatwork

JamesN said:

Thanks all. Really helpful comments. I’ve found some other threads and some were complaining of the post offer service as well. I want to run all the viewings myself. Is there another service that enables rightmove listings as that’s all I really want. Happy handling the other bits myself. 

Does anyone have much experience with yopa or visum?

Did you choose an online EA? Or shortlist Emoov?

TheJP

My sister and brother in law are currently selling and have gone with PB and are carrying out the viewings. Well the 1 viewing they have had in 3 months. The PB agent wont return their calls to get feedback from the people who viewed (twice). In the end they are ditching them (£1k lighter i might add) and going with our local EA that has a strong reputation in the area.

Yes an EA can be expensive, last we sold we paid just over £2k but it was well spent, we had great pictures, virtual tour pictures, an EPC and someone who maintained the chain process the full way. I would never take on an agent like PB just to save £1k.

ReadySteadyPop

JamesN said:

dinosaur66 said:

at 500k i also would most probably go purple bricks route as well

i thought your property was about 200k so 2.4k estate agent fee

if purple bricks

get your own conveyencers and strip out all the things you can do yourself ie viewings / do not need aeiral photos /etc etc .

 

you want a nice picture of front of the house giving a good first impression for potential buyers to click onto without skipping over

and listed on the property portals

thats the main criteria to sell your house

i was a house flipper so wanted best price i could get / never had no chain and just simply turned down lowball offers flat / did not negotiate / did not worry/ you are selling a walk in .

my system has worked really well every time in a hot market and that is the only time i list as i am also a landlord and rent when its going down / currently we are inbetween going up slowly but still below 2022 / but the cheaper and WOW propertys still sell quickly    / and as an example my town in essex normally has 90 propertys listed and for the last year has 300 plus listed so harder for sellers property to stand out.

but if you need to sell you could see if any of your estate agents have a fixed 2k fee across the board price /i would not pay 8k either  .

 give 2 weeks notice for the open weekend to get as many viewings as you can / property that have a complete refurb and in a nice area with a high ceiling area price sell themselves as long as not priced out of reach or at the very top of the area price range.

Yeah our area is a bit unusual. There are hardly any houses on the market and so that also creates the problem of where we move to.  As you say it’s all about the timing. I kind of like the idea of purple bricks as I get direct contact with the buyer so don’t get an agent filtering or misrepresenting something. 

I’m quite good with negotiating so won’t have any worry turning low ball offers down. Good tip on the open house though. 

Any signs we might get closer to a hot market again? I think people are waiting for a couple of rate reductions. 

The signs seem to be pointing in the opposite direction at the moment.

https://www.cityam.com/brokers-expect-interest-rates-to-jump-by-start-of-2026/