No viewings in three weeks

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Your agent reduced the asking price without consulting you, makes the frankly incredible claim that a dividing wall on a floorplan that looks like it was drawn by an infant is the reason you've had no viewings and then suggests taking it off the market for two weeks to 'relaunch', like it's a video game on Steam or something. He's doesn't sound all there.

Here's what I personally would do. I'd go down there are say that because there has been a clear breach of contract - the lowering of the asking price without consultation - and because on top of that you are getting no business, you want to terminate the contract immediately. If they refuse I'd consult a solicitor, just half an hour to confirm that what happened is breach enough to end the contract. I suspect it is but if it's not, it's not. The market is difficult enough already without having a joker as an EA. As I say, that's what I'd do, but I'm not advising you to do this because I'm not a solicitor and you might be happy to continue with that agency.

Mulatinha

RHemmings said:

Out of curiosity, I did a Google search on Rightmove for steel framed properties. That tends to find older listings, and it's normal that many will be sold. Many of the steel framed houses I found were Sold STC. So, they can certainly sell. 

The houses I envsiage when I think of steel framed houses are like this: 



They sell, with this one selling for £211k, £11k over asking, in September 2022. That's not much of a discount from what I think a traditional construction brick house of the same size would go for in that area. 

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/70-keightley-road/leicester/le3-9ll/61315098/

I certainly find those houses visually off-putting. @OP, without posting a photo (which might give away your actual listing and hence your address), how would you describe the basic look of your house? 

My house looks pretty much like the ones on your photo

ReadySteadyPop

RHemmings said:

Out of curiosity, I did a Google search on Rightmove for steel framed properties. That tends to find older listings, and it's normal that many will be sold. Many of the steel framed houses I found were Sold STC. So, they can certainly sell. 

The houses I envsiage when I think of steel framed houses are like this: 



They sell, with this one selling for £211k, £11k over asking, in September 2022. That's not much of a discount from what I think a traditional construction brick house of the same size would go for in that area. 

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/70-keightley-road/leicester/le3-9ll/61315098/

I certainly find those houses visually off-putting. @OP, without posting a photo (which might give away your actual listing and hence your address), how would you describe the basic look of your house? 

They look like tens of thousands of houses up and down the UK, not really too bad to look at in my opinion, I wouldn`t pay 200k for one though.

ReadySteadyPop

[Deleted User] said:

Your agent reduced the asking price without consulting you, makes the frankly incredible claim that a dividing wall on a floorplan that looks like it was drawn by an infant is the reason you've had no viewings and then suggests taking it off the market for two weeks to 'relaunch', like it's a video game on Steam or something. He's doesn't sound all there.

Here's what I personally would do. I'd go down there are say that because there has been a clear breach of contract - the lowering of the asking price without consultation - and because on top of that you are getting no business, you want to terminate the contract immediately. If they refuse I'd consult a solicitor, just half an hour to confirm that what happened is breach enough to end the contract. I suspect it is but if it's not, it's not. The market is difficult enough already without having a joker as an EA. As I say, that's what I'd do, but I'm not advising you to do this because I'm not a solicitor and you might be happy to continue with that agency.

Time for a new agent I think, reducing the price is a smart move, but the instruction needs to come from you.