Originally Posted by Tiggs+Graz

i was quite happy doing my own viewings - as far as i am concerned noone knows my house better than me so i am in the best position to sell it

Originally Posted by walkermat

Still in Singapore - we did two nights to fully freshen up. Slight (VERY slight compared to all the woes on this thread at the mo) problem - got a Cold starting!!! OH brought it with her and suprise suprise i now have it. Eating lots of very spicy food to try and get rid of it (cold, not OH!! Although....). Sorry issy, staying at 'ParkRoyal on Kitchener Road' - had worst reviews ive seen for a hotel (Trailfinders auto-booked it :curse: We wanted to live it up in the Copthorne Waterfront!) but its ok actually. Nothing to write home (wherever that is now!) about but ok. Its good to stretch the legs and break the journey up and only £102 for the two nights.


Guys, you do seem to be having lots of EA probs! We went with a 'local' small EA in Cowes who was fantastic. OH got him to 1.25% and communication, viewings and help was great. My tip (Bushy, tell me i'm full of s**t if needed!) is to go with a very small but established EA as they have more to lose from bad publicity and tend to give a better service.

Ok, taking oar out again

Originally Posted by walkermat

and watching OH repack everything (i'm not allowed anywhere near packing, i just 'make a mess and do it wrong').

Originally Posted by Tiggs+Graz

it is a well known fact that blokes cant pack a suitcase - at least not if you want everything to arrive at the other end

Originally Posted by Tiggs+Graz

i dont know of any EAs around here who do viewings as standard
maybe it is different depending on where in the country you are.
might also explain why the EAs % tend to be lower around here ...

i was quite happy doing my own viewings - as far as i am concerned noone knows my house better than me so i am in the best position to sell it

Originally Posted by Tiggs+Graz

hi mat
when is your onward flight?
are you flying to sydney and then on to canberra?

i have heard a lot of people say that they get a cold when they have been on an aeroplane - something to do with the air con/recycled air.

i think that eating lots of spicey food probably has more chance of getting rid of your OH than of getting rid of the cold

adele x

Originally Posted by Bushman

We charge 1.5%. Some people like to be shown round by ea's as it takes the pressure off them. I though thats what you paid the ea to do. Hey what do i know?

Bushy the trainee EA.

Originally Posted by sloane46

I am getting charged 1.6% and they will do viewings if they really have to but only monday-friday 9am-5pm

Originally Posted by Fly Away

They won't do Satudays??????

Originally Posted by Fly Away

Forgot to say 1.6% AHHHHHHHHHHHH

For that they should be cleaning the house before the viewers come too!

Great business idea - houseviewing cleaners! Copy right Fly away! You read it here first!

Originally Posted by walkermat

Off at 9:30am local time, 02:30am tommorrow your time. Sydney then Canberra - no direct flights to Canberra

Hahahah, just before I read that (laying in bed writing this - resting!) OH said i stank of garlic so you could be right!

Mat and Pamela

Originally Posted by walkermat

Off at 9:30am local time, 02:30am tommorrow your time. Sydney then Canberra - no direct flights to Canberra
OH had the cold before we left UK. Reckon she got it from Brother-In-Law (still quizzing her about how close she was to him ). Still, on the plus side half the flight from UK probably has it now - we are bad people rofl: And i'll end up spreading it on the Sydney flight (folk really dont like it when i make 'bird flu' comments after sneezing ). Typical, i'm gonna end up arriving in my new home city full of the cold!! Got to be bad karma for being such a nasty piece of work

Hahahah, just before I read that (laying in bed writing this - resting!) OH said i stank of garlic so you could be right!

You all sound like you are having a hell of a time selling!! OH keeps asking me if yoo's have any good news and cant believe the cr*p you all are going thru. really do hope things go well soon for you all and we some real

Mat and Pamela

Originally Posted by Tiggs+Graz

yeah i found you cant do a direct flight to canberra - seems bizarre that you cant do a direct international flight to a country's capital city!

i have rellies in melbourne so we were thinking of flying there for a couple of days and then motoring up to canberra ... plus i still have to decide where to fly the dog to and how we get her the rest of the way

well at least if you stink of garlic nothing is going to disturb you from getting a good nights sleep