cliftyhanger
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 posted on 26/11/12 at 08:25 PM |
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DIY house sales?
We are moving soon (garage is one of the prime motivators) and need to put our house on the market.
Now, these days it seems nobody actually goes into an estate agent, they all look on rightmove and then contact the agent who has the property.
So......is it viable to advertise via a "web base agent" who will charge me a couple of hundred quid upfront and that's it, rather
than a local agent who will cost me several thousand pounds (saving enough to buy a nice motor, or indeed pay a large chunk of my garage build)
Anybody got experience? or is it a waste of time and cash? it is a shame I can't place an ad direct on rightmove, but it seems you just cannot
do that
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davidinhull
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| posted on 26/11/12 at 08:57 PM |
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Hi
I couldn't help with a DIY sale, but moved over the summer.
Used a local estate agent in hull (lime) - again not helpful to you, but they
Are Internet only, and much cheaper than any other quotes we had - fixed fee (£950) rather
Than a percentage of sale - hopefully there is something similar near you
D
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 26/11/12 at 10:22 PM |
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£950 is substantially less than we would be charged by the locals. And seeing the service we get from the agents we are buying though (and don't
get me wrong, they are friendly and helpful) I haven't noticed anything I couldn't do myself. Except get the advert on the websites....
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mark chandler
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| posted on 26/11/12 at 11:08 PM |
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We are moving for exactly the same reasons, when looking we just went for zoopla and right move on our searches, never bothered looking at local
estate agent windows so if you can get on their sites cheaply it has to be worth a go.
The one we are in now sold within 48 hours as we elected to sell for less than the agent recommended to get a quick sale, agents get £2,500+ on
this.
The house we are buying has been on the market for 4 years, we only saw this on zoopla.
Flip the coin the other way, I sold my house finally after 3 years, had over 50 viewings so the estate agent had to work hard but then got £4,000 for
the privilege but it only shifted when I set the price which was £25,000 less than they suggested as it bought it just under £300,000
In conclusion then I do not believe estate agents sell houses, set a realistic price and get in on right move and it will shift.
I personally feel the agents are busy trying to load up the prices again as banks are lending on safe bets, we were offered 5 x each wage !!! That,s
madness I was expecting 4 x best wage and 1 x other or 2.5 x each wage with 85% LTR.
Solicitors do the work once you have secured a buyer unless you are in a big chain.
For solicitors we have used Gaby Hardwick, local to you and have been excellent, fixed price and very good comms.
Regards Mark
[Edited on 26/11/12 by mark chandler]
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 27/11/12 at 06:56 AM |
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We know the value of our house pretty accurately. After many years of nothing coming on the market in our road, a few have appeared over the past 18
months, and split into "lived in and nothing done in he past 40 years" to "had a recent light makeover" except the one up the
end of the road that has been fully "developed" and is on the market and sold at a substantial premium (200k extra for an extension plus
loft conversion and upmarket fittings/kit/bathrooms  ). However, a few bits of plasterwork needed in ours after 20 years living here, plus a serious
declutter, and ours should sell as fast as all the others.
as to solicitor, we use the family one who is excellent, if a little slow sometimes. Very on the ball, and has done me a few favours at very short
notice (no, not down the "station" either!) at no charge. Guess he just adds it to the next proper job he does for us or something.
So, I will be making some serious enquiries after christmas, once we have got the keys to the new place (bring on the digger!)
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