I have this week looked at three properties that have been sold privately via web sites for a nominal fee and without thieving/useless estate agents pinching a % of your money in the process. In the interests of bringing this to your attention in case you are thinking of selling your home (or know someone who is) and also in the interest of helping to publicise the notion that you don't actually need an estate agent at all, I am providing some links to some of the sites where you can do this.
It is very simple, very cheap and it works!!
http://www.houseladder.co.uk/welcome.aspxhttp://www.thelittlehousecompany.co.uk/http://www.mypropertyforsale.co.uk/http://www.privatehousesforsale.co.uk/http://www.houseweb.co.uk/
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Why can't estate agents charge a reasonable fixed fee like everyone else..??
I mentioned in another thread about an agents fee of just over £69,000 on a £3.95m house.. how is that even remotely justifiable..??
<sits back and awaits excuses and changes of subjects.....>
(I'm not an estate agent BTW!)
Estate agents. Devils spunk
When I tried to sell my house they wanted 5% and that was with every agent I tried!
In the end I took it off the market and rented it out and they stung me for nearly £2,000 to find me a tenant. Then my tenant told me that they tried to charge him too (even though he'd been introduced through a property search co who'd already been paid!). Disgusting. The sooner they're regulated the better as far as I am concerned. When he stayed a second year they sent me another bill for over £1,000 - for doing nothing! He's actually stayed another year but I've told him to ignore their demands to go in and sign another agreement - there's no need and I've just put him on a monthly tenancy.
And when Kathy does come along, please be nice because I think she sounds honest and decent - it's the rest of the flippin' sharks that I'm moaning about.
My mate works in an agents in Cornwall and they sound much better than the London agents so I know there are a few good ones out there.
I think any % is just wrong...
When I sold my last house, I paid £235 to the property centre, £90 for printed brochures, and then another £35 for additional advertising.
Solicitor's fee was 1% of the sale price, plus search fees, but the solicitor restricted it to £500 because we were also using him to buy the new place.
Less than £1k all in.
However, that was after having the flat on the market for ages with another agent who just wasn't interested.
very easy to sell smaller low value houses without estate agents Id say.
Sorry DV but i wouldn't get out of bed for a 1.5% fee!
The house will sell itself.. they don't actually sell houses.. if fact, they don't actually do anything useful...
Oh yes of course it will DV :-)
This thread boinged for Mouse and anyone else selling their house.
Remember you don't NEED an estate agent!! They need you though.. they just want their commission....