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May 26th 2004, 2:15 pm
#46
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Joined: Oct 2003
Location: East Kilbride, Scotland
Posts: 310
Originally posted by biggy
I think I must of been very lucky to find the Estate Agent that I have
They are first class...........
1% comission
£200 for 6 week advert in 7 newspapers and a couple of freebies
£149 for brochures(no limit to the amount printed)
They have done all the viewings for me, and when the first sale fell through, we were back on the market that night, 4 viewings the next day, and the house was sold again 6 days later.
I know it is there job and they are getting paid well for it, but there is one girl in the office who is going to get the biggest bunch of flowers I can find, when the house sale is complete.
She has done far more than she needed to, and even phoned me up yesterday, to ask how it went when the movers were here, and was I Ok......a wee gem she is
I think I must of been very lucky to find the Estate Agent that I have
They are first class...........
1% comission
£200 for 6 week advert in 7 newspapers and a couple of freebies
£149 for brochures(no limit to the amount printed)
They have done all the viewings for me, and when the first sale fell through, we were back on the market that night, 4 viewings the next day, and the house was sold again 6 days later.
I know it is there job and they are getting paid well for it, but there is one girl in the office who is going to get the biggest bunch of flowers I can find, when the house sale is complete.
She has done far more than she needed to, and even phoned me up yesterday, to ask how it went when the movers were here, and was I Ok......a wee gem she is
That is the difference from Scotland to England in real estate anyway as houses up here sell like hot cakes at the moment and Scottish people tend to only go with one estate agent where in England you can have as many as you you like and people do(correct me if I am wrong).
My neighbour recently put their house on the market (not because of me I may add) and the house was sold before the estate agent had a chance to put their board up and asked if they could put it up over the weekend and then put the sold sign up on the Monday to make them look good. They got a massive 25% over asking!
That is the other difference here in Scotland, if someone agrees to buy your house it is a legal and binding contract and you have the right to sue for all extra costs incurred,if they pull out.
Sorry for ranting on a bit but know a wee thing about this subject, (I am a builder and property developer)
May 26th 2004, 7:41 pm
#47
da Bonehead
Joined: Jan 2004
Location: Lion in da jungle
Posts: 22,767
Originally posted by S Oldfield
Larissa, We got them down to 1%, however I am not impressed. Took them a week to do the proofs, when they came back the girl had taken apicture(and included it on the flyer) of our toilet (with the seat UP) It wasnt even a picture of our bathroom. just the bog!!!
Larissa, We got them down to 1%, however I am not impressed. Took them a week to do the proofs, when they came back the girl had taken apicture(and included it on the flyer) of our toilet (with the seat UP) It wasnt even a picture of our bathroom. just the bog!!!
May 26th 2004, 7:50 pm
#48
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Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 7,613
Originally posted by ducatiandy
That is the other difference here in Scotland, if someone agrees to buy your house it is a legal and binding contract and you have the right to sue for all extra costs incurred,if they pull out.
That is the other difference here in Scotland, if someone agrees to buy your house it is a legal and binding contract and you have the right to sue for all extra costs incurred,if they pull out.
May 26th 2004, 8:15 pm
#49
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 7,834
That is the other difference here in Scotland, if someone agrees to buy your house it is a legal and binding contract and you have the right to sue for all extra costs incurred,if they pull out.
Re the above............this is NOT the case( i thought it was lol)
It is only a legally binding contract once the missive(or whatever it is called) is signed, which is usually done within 2 weeks of the written offer goin in, after which if either party tries to pull out then yes they can be sued
The reason I know this is becos...................it happened to us
buyers pulled out......but we sold again within a week so fingers crossed this time 
Re the above............this is NOT the case( i thought it was lol)
It is only a legally binding contract once the missive(or whatever it is called) is signed, which is usually done within 2 weeks of the written offer goin in, after which if either party tries to pull out then yes they can be sued
The reason I know this is becos...................it happened to us
buyers pulled out......but we sold again within a week so fingers crossed this time
