“I was very sceptical of not using a high street ......”
5 Star Review
Nov 30,2014
By:
'Mark'
Nov 30,2014
Branch: London, 121 Sloane Street
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £409000
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: HP5
Branch: London, 121 Sloane Street
Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £409000
Postcode: HP5
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I was very sceptical of not using a high street estate agent when I'd finally got the house ready to sell,in fact we had gone back to the agents that sold us the house 12 Years ago,they tried hard to get us to sign up with them and offered us a 1% deal if they were the sole agents, they came and gave us a price but the next day knocked £20k off and gave me the impression they were just trying to get a quick sale so they could get their hands on their 1% as soon as possible.
I decided to search the internet and see if there were any other options, this is where I found eMoov, as I said I was very sceptical of not using a high street agent so I looked into this in great detail, once I was happy there were no catches I got in contact and arranged a date for Paul (Taylor) to come and take the photos which were going to be used to advertise our house, I was surprised at the number of sites that we would be on.
Paul arrived on the dot and took some really good photos,we then discussed what price we wanted for the house and Paul agreed,he didn't try and get us to knock £20k off, the advert on the sites was really good as well and in no time we had our 1st viewing, the only difference between high street agents and eMoov is that you have to show the prospective buyers around yourself, for us this was ideal, Paul and Ben (Reeves) would always ring to let us know when prospective buyers wanted to come and have a viewing and this was then confirmed by email, the communication was spot on.
I had a phone call from Ben telling me that we'd had an offer and that he was going to let another interested party know, this led to the bids getting closer to the price we wanted and we finally accepted an offer that was a little below our asking price but we were more than happy to accept, this all happened within 2 months.
Paul then informed us that he could send us a list of solicitors that were chosen for the prices they charge and their efficiency of getting the sale through, we had the list and chose, it all went smoothly and I can't recommend eMoov highly enough, you will not find an easier stress free way of selling your house, the best bit is the fact that we made over £12k by going through eMoov rather than the high street agent when you take into account the difference in fees and the fact Paul agreed with our valuation rather than knocking £20k off it.
If we move again I shall be going straight back to them.
Comment on agent fees
Can't go wrong, the high street agent would have cost me ‚£4800, it's a no brainer
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