Feedback Refused

rumandcoke

Thank you all for your responses and I do understand what your saying. FlorayG seems to agree with me. I am 74, my home is very clean, modern,  and I am a minimalist. I am only selling as I have health issues and shall be moving in with my Daughter as I am unable to physically deal with the upkeep/jobs, that there being the reason I do not want to hear what they do not like or would want to see changed/ improved.  I am also not in a position to pay out to make changes I would otherwise not make,  for someone else's comfort. As the saying goes, ' it is what it is'

whizzywoo

I am 71 years old and have health issues.  Sold my house a few months ago.  In my opinion you are being silly not listening and the fact that you are asking on here means that you know you are.

I listened to all the feedback.  There was nothing I could do about the problems the house had.  BUT it was very reassuring to know what people thought and because of that I asked the Estate Agent to word the description differently and when I had to reduce the price I knew why I was reducing it.

david29dpo

rumandcoke said:

Thank you all for your responses and I do understand what your saying. FlorayG seems to agree with me. I am 74, my home is very clean, modern,  and I am a minimalist. I am only selling as I have health issues and shall be moving in with my Daughter as I am unable to physically deal with the upkeep/jobs, that there being the reason I do not want to hear what they do not like or would want to see changed/ improved.  I am also not in a position to pay out to make changes I would otherwise not make,  for someone else's comfort. As the saying goes, ' it is what it is'

Why did you leave this out of out of your OP??????
You are still being awkward

Tabieth

rumandcoke said:

Thank you all for your responses and I do understand what you’re saying. FlorayG seems to agree with me. I am 74, my home is very clean, modern,  and I am a minimalist. I am only selling as I have health issues and shall be moving in with my Daughter as I am unable to physically deal with the upkeep/jobs, that there being the reason I do not want to hear what they do not like or would want to see changed/ improved.  I am also not in a position to pay out to make changes I would otherwise not make,  for someone else's comfort. As the saying goes, ' it is what it is'

All that’s fine. I still don’t understand why you don’t want the feedback though. It’s useful information that you can use or not use as you choose. You control what you do with the information, it doesn’t dictate to you. 

I’d get the feedback. Ignore what you can’t change and what’s too expensive to change. But there may be some very minor changes that you can make based on the feedback that results in a quicker sale or a higher sale price. 

Flugelhorn

rumandcoke said:

Thank you all for your responses and I do understand what your saying. FlorayG seems to agree with me. I am 74, my home is very clean, modern,  and I am a minimalist. I am only selling as I have health issues and shall be moving in with my Daughter as I am unable to physically deal with the upkeep/jobs, that there being the reason I do not want to hear what they do not like or would want to see changed/ improved.  I am also not in a position to pay out to make changes I would otherwise not make,  for someone else's comfort. As the saying goes, ' it is what it is'

 agents give feedback as for a long time there never was any feedback and vendors complained that they didn't know what was going on. If 5 people tell the agent, "nice but a bit overpriced" then there is something you can do about that 

theartfullodger

rumandcoke said:

I am selling my Property and had my first two viewings last weekend. Today the EA rang me to share the Feedback he had received. I told him I didn't want to hear or discuss it. I am not prepared to do or make any changes/ improvements. I am only interested in hearing from my EA if there is an offer. Am I being awkward?

 I've bought/sold over 20 properties in my 77 years (regardless of health issues very very happy to be still alive etc).  Always (since getting over early daft habits) tried to be polite, friendly, prompt and helpful with estate agents if at all possible.  Mainly because it's the right thing to do and to try and ensure the agent regards me in a positive light, and they like dealing with me.  Almost whatever they say I smile, thank them etc -even if think it's wrong, unhelpful or already known.

May I humbly enquire, please, what sort of response the approach outlined earlier will likely have?

Best wishes to all. 

Herzlos

Whilst you don't want to make any changes to the house, hearing the feedback may help you sell it quicker or for a better price.

You don't need to do anything based on the feedback, but there's no harm in hearing it.

The more difficult you are with the estate agent, the harder it'll be for them to make the sale.

saajan_12

rumandcoke said:

Thank you all for your responses and I do understand what your saying. FlorayG seems to agree with me. I am 74, my home is very clean, modern,  and I am a minimalist. I am only selling as I have health issues and shall be moving in with my Daughter as I am unable to physically deal with the upkeep/jobs, that there being the reason I do not want to hear what they do not like or would want to see changed/ improved.  I am also not in a position to pay out to make changes I would otherwise not make,  for someone else's comfort. As the saying goes, ' it is what it is'

Listening to feedback doesn't mean you have to act on it. What's the harm in having the information - it might not be a physical change needed, but rather it doesn't fit a family, target sharers or whatever which could be changed in the ad. Or it doesn't have xyz which it does, so the agent needs to be schooled in the property. Or might be something that goes in one ear and out the other.. still no reason to be rude in what could be a polite, professional relationship. 

Mutton_Geoff

And resolving some of the issues brought by that feedback may be a no cost item. Although the agent works for you, if you set out your stall in this way, you can bet the agent now has concerns about how the whole sale process might go and bias their willingness to provide extra support during the process.

RHemmings

I agree with the above. I haven't worked as an estate agent. But, if I was the OP's estate agent, then this wouldn't make me think that the seller is very cooperative. Just listening to the feedback would show some sort of 'willing'.