So to today's update. The update is that there is no update. We had both expected a phone call regarding the outcome of the meeting that the guy had with the financial advisor, just to say either that he could not raise the funds or that he was not interested or that he was thinking about or at least something. This is what we are finding most frustrating, the not knowing what is happening. I am sure they are working hard on it but we do not see this, we do not know what they are doing, we do not know what they are saying, we do not know what they are thinking.
Another day passes and no more viewings are booked in. This is the agent who said " we will sell that in two weeks for you", this was the agent who said " we have loads of clients looking for properties like this" - Estate Agents I just don't trust a word they say.
Still I have kept up with plan for this week of not calling them. I was so tempted to call or email after 5pm to find out what happened but resisted. This week I am just going to see what happens. It is not easy though, I am one of those people who needs to know what is happening on a regular basis, but I suppose that from that comes expectations, and from that disappointment. Let's just leave it to them to contact me when there are viewings or progress. It's going to be hard.
Having said yesterday that we had changed the price down to "offers in excess of 240k" I received an email about an hour later. It made me smile, it was from the first Estate Agent we had engaged. It said " hi Paul, I see they have already reduced the price. You see the grass is not always greener on the other side. When you are ready we will be pleased to try again to sell your property"
Well yes to a degree the grass is not always greener, certainley in terms of selling, but the new agent go the for sale board up within 2 days, they pass messages on in the office and return your calls, they got 7 people through the door in the first week, compared to 2 that the other agent managed, so generally I am happy to have moved. You do not know how hard it was not to reply to his email. Twice I had it drafted, and twice I deleted it. If I need them again in the future I will be the one making contact.
Did try one more thing. Bit of a long shot. The owner of the property next door, who rents it out, left me his mobile number when he brought it in case of any trouble. He owns a number of properties. So last night I sent him a cheeky text, asking if he was looking for anymore properties as ours was up for sale. Don't expect a reply, but if you don't ask you don't get.
Showing posts with label Estate Agent. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Friday, 10 February 2012
10th February 2012 - Afternoon
So that is me all over. Sitting here worrying when it has only been a week. I put in a call to the agent this morning to find out if we had any other viewings lined up for the weekend , Jerome answered and said they hd none planned. I was not too pleased with that, he then said he had feedback from the viewing on Wednesday. The guy had said that the front room was too small. I asked why he had not called me with the feedback and he just said sorry. Whilst on the phone I asked what was happening with the sale board which I was told would be put up last Monday, he did not know but said he would ensure it was put up over the next few days.
I was not happy, service is very important to me. I could feel a migraine starting. I put a call in to the senior manager who had initially signed us up, he was on the phone would I like to hold. I did, after 3 minutes I got cut off. That ended it for me.
I phone up another agent, one that I had wanted to go with purely because of the presence in the area and the amount of sold signs they had up. He said our property was bread and butter to them, and reckoned he would have it sold within 2 weeks ( we shall see about that), what he did say is that they had a number of clients on their books looking for this type of property, the other Agent did not ever say this.
Anyhow he came round, took some photos, had a chat and we signed up with them, and have two viewings booked for tomorrow.
I know it is only a week but the first agent really did not fill me with confidence, I may be wrong but there it is, you have to go with your gut instinct and mine told me they would be more hassle than I needed. They said they would prefer to put a smaller number of people through us knowing they were the right ones, well one of them was someone who said it was too noisy with the main road, ITS ON A MAIN ROAD.
I would much prefer 20 people to come round even if 19 were not suitable but the other was the buyer of our house than have hand picked ones which also were not interested.
Only a week in and I am not enjoying this process already.
I was not happy, service is very important to me. I could feel a migraine starting. I put a call in to the senior manager who had initially signed us up, he was on the phone would I like to hold. I did, after 3 minutes I got cut off. That ended it for me.
I phone up another agent, one that I had wanted to go with purely because of the presence in the area and the amount of sold signs they had up. He said our property was bread and butter to them, and reckoned he would have it sold within 2 weeks ( we shall see about that), what he did say is that they had a number of clients on their books looking for this type of property, the other Agent did not ever say this.
Anyhow he came round, took some photos, had a chat and we signed up with them, and have two viewings booked for tomorrow.
I know it is only a week but the first agent really did not fill me with confidence, I may be wrong but there it is, you have to go with your gut instinct and mine told me they would be more hassle than I needed. They said they would prefer to put a smaller number of people through us knowing they were the right ones, well one of them was someone who said it was too noisy with the main road, ITS ON A MAIN ROAD.
I would much prefer 20 people to come round even if 19 were not suitable but the other was the buyer of our house than have hand picked ones which also were not interested.
Only a week in and I am not enjoying this process already.
Saturday, 4 February 2012
4th February 2012
Ok so now it is done. The house is officially up for sale. The estate agents came round this morning, we signed and filled in paperwork, they took measurements and photos. Within a couple of hours, after we had approved the wording and photos, the property was listed for sale and on the Internet.
Yesterday however, we had already received our first viewing appointment, this Tuesday at 6.30. That put the wind up me being so quick, it all became quite real after months of planning.
It is totally different to the last time we moved house in 1998. Then I was in a hurry, we were on an estate, Craig was 2 and I wanted to get away from the noise and the problems we had there
Our shed had been set alight just beforehand and the neighbours were a right mixture, mostly fixing up cars out the front or playing loud music and making lots of noise. I remember having a go at the estate agent after only a week because we had had no viewings. In the end we sold it within the month and completed the move a couple of months after that.
This time, however, we need to drag it out as near to July as we can. Craig has his exams to do and we need Helen to work to the end of the summer term, so we get her pay through the summer holiday. So the quicker we sell the more time we will be with mum and dad, which I am sure neither party wants to be too long.
Have now finished packing all the stuff which was in the loft, along with other things which are non essential the box count stands at 39 and 3 rolls of parcel tape.
Now it all begins.
Yesterday however, we had already received our first viewing appointment, this Tuesday at 6.30. That put the wind up me being so quick, it all became quite real after months of planning.
It is totally different to the last time we moved house in 1998. Then I was in a hurry, we were on an estate, Craig was 2 and I wanted to get away from the noise and the problems we had there
Our shed had been set alight just beforehand and the neighbours were a right mixture, mostly fixing up cars out the front or playing loud music and making lots of noise. I remember having a go at the estate agent after only a week because we had had no viewings. In the end we sold it within the month and completed the move a couple of months after that.
This time, however, we need to drag it out as near to July as we can. Craig has his exams to do and we need Helen to work to the end of the summer term, so we get her pay through the summer holiday. So the quicker we sell the more time we will be with mum and dad, which I am sure neither party wants to be too long.
Have now finished packing all the stuff which was in the loft, along with other things which are non essential the box count stands at 39 and 3 rolls of parcel tape.
Now it all begins.
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