Eames Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 I'd tuned in expecting more of the same sort of discerning advice I'd got earlier and look what I get :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villamark Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Charging 1.5-2% (Kent prices) to stick a picture of a house in a window, plonk it on a website and say "well I don't think the vendor will accept that" Means they deserve all the shit kickings they get. Sounds about right, when you take into account all the costs involved, what would you expect to pay?. I am in the process of selling my house, I have no problem in paying my estate agent circa £4,000, i think they have earned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 I saw a couple of places yesterday, the first agent hinted the landlord would probably be open to negotiation. The 2nd agent told insisted the flat wouldn't be going for anything less than advertised, but came down after a few minutes and was also happy to lower the fees The only downside to the 2nd place is they want 3 months rent upfront on top of the deposit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Charging 1.5-2% (Kent prices) to stick a picture of a house in a window, plonk it on a website and say "well I don't think the vendor will accept that" Means they deserve all the shit kickings they get. Sounds about right, when you take into account all the costs involved, what would you expect to pay?. I am in the process of selling my house, I have no problem in paying my estate agent circa £4,000, i think they have earned it. :shock: Thats not working very hard though is it? When we moved last year I had a load of them round to give quotes. Half of them came round with 20 min powerpoints telling me how they were going to sell the house and what they would do. They got told to piss off. One woman wouldn't discuss her rates with me until I'd signed her contract. She got told to **** right off. I asked them 3 questions. 1) Whats the house worth 2) What are you going to SELL it for - not advertise.... SELL it. 3) How much do you charge. I negotiated with the agent I picked a 1% of sale fee. With an additional 0.5% for every 5k over MY asking price they sold the house for. Then made the agents life a misery on a weekly basis with phone calls pushing them to push the house. Sold for 10k more than I thought I'd get away with and ended up an extra 5k better off. Jobs a good un. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villamark Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Then made the agents life a misery on a weekly basis with phone calls pushing them to push the house. Sold for 10k more than I thought I'd get away with and ended up an extra 5k better off. and you have a problem with Estate agents for getting you £10,000 more than you thought you would get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Then made the agents life a misery on a weekly basis with phone calls pushing them to push the house. Sold for 10k more than I thought I'd get away with and ended up an extra 5k better off. and you have a problem with Estate agents for getting you £10,000 more than you thought you would get? When I have to put that much work in for a service I'm paying for. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockingbird_franklin Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Wow you guys pay very cheap rent!! £100 p/m for me. Tracker mortgage FTW then you'll spit feathers when i tell you my mortgage payment is £4.63 p/m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Wow you guys pay very cheap rent!! £100 p/m for me. Tracker mortgage FTW then you'll spit feathers when i tell you my mortgage payment is £4.63 p/m :notworthy: you win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 :shock: Thats not working very hard though is it? When we moved last year I had a load of them round to give quotes. Half of them came round with 20 min powerpoints telling me how they were going to sell the house and what they would do. They got told to piss off. One woman wouldn't discuss her rates with me until I'd signed her contract. She got told to **** right off. I asked them 3 questions. 1) Whats the house worth 2) What are you going to SELL it for - not advertise.... SELL it. 3) How much do you charge. I negotiated with the agent I picked a 1% of sale fee. With an additional 0.5% for every 5k over MY asking price they sold the house for. Then made the agents life a misery on a weekly basis with phone calls pushing them to push the house. Sold for 10k more than I thought I'd get away with and ended up an extra 5k better off. Jobs a good un. Loving this. Very cool customer I see. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 26, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I get the geeling I should be pleased I can't see the posted image......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Rent? Pfft, what's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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