On the market
Mar 7th 2005, 7:28 pm
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Re: On the market
Originally Posted by scissors
Thanks and good luck to you too,whereabouts in brissy are you heading?
tracey.
tracey.
Look forward to hearing your updates on the house good luck!!!
Mar 7th 2005, 8:07 pm
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Re: On the market
Hi Tracey
Wishing you a very swift house selling experience. Hope you get the price you want. We are 4 months in now without a buyer in sight but I have to keep telling myself that at least all the house work is good for one thing - the waistline!!! It's just the comfort eating when you haven't had a viewing for a while that undoes all the good!
Keep positive!
Binbird
Wishing you a very swift house selling experience. Hope you get the price you want. We are 4 months in now without a buyer in sight but I have to keep telling myself that at least all the house work is good for one thing - the waistline!!! It's just the comfort eating when you haven't had a viewing for a while that undoes all the good!
Keep positive!
Binbird
Mar 7th 2005, 8:10 pm
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Re: On the market
Good luck with your sale tracey let's hope its a quick one
Mar 7th 2005, 8:19 pm
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Re: On the market
Originally Posted by binbird
Hi Tracey
Wishing you a very swift house selling experience. Hope you get the price you want. We are 4 months in now without a buyer in sight but I have to keep telling myself that at least all the house work is good for one thing - the waistline!!! It's just the comfort eating when you haven't had a viewing for a while that undoes all the good!
Keep positive!
Binbird
Wishing you a very swift house selling experience. Hope you get the price you want. We are 4 months in now without a buyer in sight but I have to keep telling myself that at least all the house work is good for one thing - the waistline!!! It's just the comfort eating when you haven't had a viewing for a while that undoes all the good!
Keep positive!
Binbird
Note to self: cross liver off donor card...
Mar 7th 2005, 8:24 pm
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Re: On the market
Yeah good luck with it, we're just putting finishing touches to our house before we get the agents round for a price.
Property seems to be moving locally
so fingers crossed!
Property seems to be moving locally
so fingers crossed!
Mar 7th 2005, 8:52 pm
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Re: On the market
Good luck with the house sale, ours will be on the market in a couple of weeks. What is the going rate for estate agents and how do you get them down?
Mar 7th 2005, 8:57 pm
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Re: On the market
Originally Posted by paulb
What is the going rate for estate agents and how do you get them down?
Get a few round.....once you have one price....you get another round and see if he'll beat his rival's rate....then you call the first one back and tell him his rival's beaten his....and can he beat it...and so on...
Good luck!!
Mar 7th 2005, 9:02 pm
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Re: On the market
Originally Posted by artep
going rate is whatever you can beat them down to with a big stick!!!
Get a few round.....once you have one price....you get another round and see if he'll beat his rival's rate....then you call the first one back and tell him his rival's beaten his....and can he beat it...and so on...
Good luck!!
Get a few round.....once you have one price....you get another round and see if he'll beat his rival's rate....then you call the first one back and tell him his rival's beaten his....and can he beat it...and so on...
Good luck!!
We bought AND sold about 5 yr ago and got a 1% deal with a very short tie in (2 weeks I think).
The big stick helps!
Mar 8th 2005, 7:32 am
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Re: On the market
Originally Posted by Dicko
Good luck Tracey, welcome to the nightmare and I hope you have better luck than us, I was hoping to go January (had visa since Sept) were still here, my story is well documented on here.
Anyway keep the chin up and don't let the b****rds grind you down
D,K,J,B,J
and I hope you have better luck than us, I was hoping to go January (had visa since Sept) were still here, my story is well documented on here.Anyway keep the chin up and don't let the b****rds grind you down
D,K,J,B,J
Good luck dicko...karma on its way
tracey.
Mar 8th 2005, 7:37 am
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Re: On the market
We've had two agents round so far. The one last night seemed really good but then my neighbour told me that they were getting rid of them because they hadn't had a single viewing in 8 weeks! They all sound really good when they come round but the actual experience is something else 
So now I'm going to ask a third agent round. How do you know who to trust? Oh, and I didn't get any good deals I'm afraid. First agent was 1.25% plus VAT, the second was a fixed scale charging £3,100 plus VAT :scared: It seems that quite a few agencies are now all part of the same group, Countrywide, and there seems to be a set way of doing things.
So now I'm going to ask a third agent round. How do you know who to trust? Oh, and I didn't get any good deals I'm afraid. First agent was 1.25% plus VAT, the second was a fixed scale charging £3,100 plus VAT :scared: It seems that quite a few agencies are now all part of the same group, Countrywide, and there seems to be a set way of doing things.
Mar 8th 2005, 7:42 am
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Re: On the market
We got ours to accept 0.75%
all relative really as we have just reduced by £10,000 to try and get it sold funny how the house you loved for so long can become a liability
anyone want to buy a 5 bedroomed house in the Heatons I have the perfect one
yes i will try anything to sell the bugger !!!
all relative really as we have just reduced by £10,000 to try and get it sold funny how the house you loved for so long can become a liability
anyone want to buy a 5 bedroomed house in the Heatons I have the perfect one
yes i will try anything to sell the bugger !!!
Mar 8th 2005, 7:45 am
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Re: On the market
Originally Posted by Sue from Manchester
We've had two agents round so far. The one last night seemed really good but then my neighbour told me that they were getting rid of them because they hadn't had a single viewing in 8 weeks! They all sound really good when they come round but the actual experience is something else
So now I'm going to ask a third agent round. How do you know who to trust? Oh, and I didn't get any good deals I'm afraid. First agent was 1.25% plus VAT, the second was a fixed scale charging £3,100 plus VAT :scared: It seems that quite a few agencies are now all part of the same group, Countrywide, and there seems to be a set way of doing things.
So now I'm going to ask a third agent round. How do you know who to trust? Oh, and I didn't get any good deals I'm afraid. First agent was 1.25% plus VAT, the second was a fixed scale charging £3,100 plus VAT :scared: It seems that quite a few agencies are now all part of the same group, Countrywide, and there seems to be a set way of doing things.
ive had 5 agents round and thats the best i could get,like youve said you dont know who to trust,i just hope ive made the right decision 
Good luck with yours,tracey.
Mar 8th 2005, 8:31 am
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Re: On the market
Originally Posted by scissors
hi sue,the best i could get was 1.25% most of them round here seem to be charging 2% one was 2.2% and they wouldnt budge at all,i had real problems getting 1.25% and i could only get that with a 16 wk tie in,im wondering now if ive done the right thing with that ive had 5 agents round and thats the best i could get,like youve said you dont know who to trust,i just hope ive made the right decision
Good luck with yours,tracey.
ive had 5 agents round and thats the best i could get,like youve said you dont know who to trust,i just hope ive made the right decision Good luck with yours,tracey.
If that was the best deal you could get then the decision was the right one. All you can do is make sure they earn their money. If you're really not happy with them, when 14 weeks are up you can send them their notice to terminate the agreement. Then their 2 week notice is served during the contract period and not after.
Fingers crossed for you!
Petra
Mar 8th 2005, 8:46 am
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Re: On the market
good luck Scissors...
It's waiting for someone to make an offer that is horrible for us right now.. we've had 16 viewings in the past month.. and not one bl**dy offer and we're not overpriced either..
It's waiting for someone to make an offer that is horrible for us right now.. we've had 16 viewings in the past month.. and not one bl**dy offer
and we're not overpriced either..
Mar 8th 2005, 9:20 am
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Re: On the market
Originally Posted by scissors
Put the house on the market today,managed to beat the estate agent down to 1.25% thats the best i could get i think he thought i was a dragon,lol, no comments please so here goes,the nail biting starts.....omg what have we done :scared:
tracey.
i think he thought i was a dragon,lol, no comments please so here goes,the nail biting starts.....omg what have we done :scared: tracey.
Hiya Tracey
Just seen your post....your now officially in the moaning house selling club
Good luck babe
Sue x.... fingers crossed for a quick sale!!