YOPA
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“Should have trusted my instinct. Just terrible....”

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Aug 05,2021
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I was initially afraid that paying up front for this type of thing would leave them little motivation to sell my property. What I hadn't considered was that this would continue to be a factor even after I had an offer.
Normal agents don't get paid until completion, and so they care about the deal getting done. I accepted my offer 3 months ago and no sight of exchange.
Agent doesn't care or respond, why would he he got paid months ago.
Other issues were already frustrating me - the ad pictures were terrible, the agent kept moving all my viewings to a single day (sometimes the following Saturday) so he didn't have to come out and do them in the week - that I felt was really poor even by estate agent standards. I tolerated this at the time as I thought, pay peanuts get monkeys.

Well it wasn't really that much cheaper than using a real estate agent and now I'm spending far more on storage and losing on lost rental income so this was all in all a terrible idea. Just use a normal agent. They are motivated to sell the property both at advertising stage and after the offer. They also care about increasing your offer, whereas my Yopa agent just wanted any offer I got to go through.

Basically the obvious issues with this model are real and present and I'm now paying for being so stupid as to pay an estate agent up front.

I also got a slightly cheaper rate from Yopa in exchange for using one of their referred solicitors.... Surprise surprise, they are appalling too. No replies for weeks, they don't seem to know what's going on.

Do not use this company, unless it's literally £4-5,000 cheaper than an agent you will likely regret it. I haven't saved anything in the end and the stress is definitely not worth it.

Shame, really wanted this to be the answer to having to deal with rubbish estate agents but I suppose it makes sense that the very worst of them end up in the fixed fee market. Obvious really.
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21st Nov 2024
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“This is specific to Yopa - Cambridge. The agent did not provide any feedback from the vendor on the offer ......”
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“They couldn't sell toffees in a Toffee Factory, disgraceful, please for your own sanity don't ask them to sell your ......”
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“Kenny, the local Yopa agent, was really efficient, responsive and provided great support and advice throughout the process!...”
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“Avoid or face paying them for doing very little...”

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Absolutely awful company please avoid. It’s very true you get what you pay for. Traditional estate agents are good at what they do for a reason do not use these cowboys. All they want is your money they have absolutely zero interest in selling ...
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I am of the view that this is a waste of time and I have committed to make payment with no feedback, no viewing absolutely nothing....
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“Offer not handled professionally...”

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May 28,2024
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This is specific to Yopa - Cambridge. The agent did not provide any feedback from the vendor on the offer made. She spoke with me on the phone after I made the offer (in writing) saying the offer is low and that she would communicate ...
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Dear Mohammed, I am sorry you felt the need to leave me a 1-star review, to explain again at the point of your offer, which is on our transparent YopaHub system and discussed with the owner at the time, the offer was too low and at this point, we discussed the opportunity to increase your low offer which you declined. We have now secured a full asking price offer on this property. However, I wish you all the best in your future home search. Kind Regards Leza Baldwin ...

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By: 'ANGELA'
May 13,2024
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They couldn't sell toffees in a Toffee Factory, disgraceful, please for your own sanity don't ask them to sell your house, they need to go back to basics and learn what a phone is, and learn that when a customer calls, ...answer it, because it ...
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Kenny, the local Yopa agent, was really efficient, responsive and provided great support and advice throughout the process!...
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By: 'Mr John Nelson'
Dec 20,2023
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All went well with Yopa with the local Agent Angela being helpful and efficient. The sale happened after a small 2 week hiccup and the the money was with our solicitor who paid us the balance after having paid Bill's including nearly £3000 to yopa. Problem being ...
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“extremely rude bad staff sheffield people not......”

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extremely rude bad staff sheffield people not use them please...
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“Once you have paid the buyers fee, service goes dramatically downhill...”

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Sep 28,2023
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We viewed a flat in Oxford which was marketed by Yopa and up for auction. The empty property had no chain, had initially been brought to the market a year earlier, and had two failed sales. We used the 'buy now' service on the site ...
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By: 'July Woolley'
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Going with Richard Fentum to sell my house was absolutely the best decision. Richard clearly is an experienced Estate Agent, whose honest and no nonsense approach was very refreshing. My house was sstc after just 4 days, and his advice on both my sale and with ...
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Aug 30,2023
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Felt completely conned by our agent who 1. Over valued the property massively leading us to put the property on the market - a realistic valuation would not have. Not only this bit he was more interested in a quick sale and not pushing for more ...
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“Terrible and completely unprofessional service from Phil Williams (Yopa Sheffield)...”

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By: 'Kam Bains'
May 17,2023
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Under no circumstances use Phil Williams (Yopa Sheffield) to sell your house. When trying to get your business he will appear friendly and professional. However, as soon as the contract is signed with Yopa to sell the property you will be staggered by his ineptitude (...
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“Yopa promised the earth but spectacularly fai......”

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Yopa promised the earth but spectacularly failed to deliver. The local agent was confident of selling in a matter of hours but, several months later, no sale and only 3 viewings. The approach is completely passive- take a few (unprofessional looking) photos, upload to the usual ...
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“Shockingly bad!!! Avoid at all costs. Neil Ch......”

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By: 'Carol'
Apr 27,2023
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Shockingly bad!!! Avoid at all costs. Neil Challinor (Gloucestershire) literally stopped returning our calls and messages once SSTC and we needed help. YOPA get paid either way so effort and care are zero both on a local and head office level. I have bought and ...
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Bad! I would rather have paid three times more and got looked after. P.S. You need an option for “I tried to sell a property”
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This person is hitting out at Yopa and myself due to a buyer of her property reducing their offer, following a survey which showed some major problems with the property, and would have cost a lot of money to rectify. It's a shame that some people write untruthful and inaccurate reviews due to situations that are not the companies or agents fault. As for our reviews, for Yopa, they are very high for 87% percent of customer, some of the highest in the industry, and my own some of the very highes ...

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Dec 09,2022
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AVOID YOPA Not worth even one star. Absoliute waste of time and money, nerves. Signed with them unfortunatelly in spring. Stockport,Manchester agent talked me into fixed price plan with them. Stupid me agreed as market was really good for sellers and had really high ...
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My local yopla agent, ian was very knowledgable and helpful when guiding me through the valuation process of my property ....
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“5* All the way...”

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Aug 29,2022
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Chris has been great from start to finish, couldnt ask for more. Saving a huge amount on Fees and the service has been outstanding I feel we are getting more for our Fee than what he previous agent did for over double (and didnt sell) 5*...
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“Thank you Chris!...”

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Aug 22,2022
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If Carlsberg did estate agents it would be Chris. Helped me from start to finish and no question was too big or too small, made me feel like I was his only client, so friendly and does everything he can to help you through the ...
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“Absolute SCAM...”

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By: 'Louise Lindsey'
Aug 17,2022
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hardly any viewings. Offers from people that don´t exist. Absolute scam Hardly any viewings. The property was on the market for 2 months with only 11 viewings. Apparently 3 offers but one of them hadn't even sold. The other 2 offers were way under the asking price. When ...
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“Don't waste your time and money...”

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By: 'Bhavesh Patel'
Aug 08,2022
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Don't bother with this company. The staff and agent we had was awful. They took shoddy photos, then 6 months later said they had a buyer, didn't tell us the buyer pulled out and took our listing off Zoopla and Rightmove, had complaints from potential buyers ...
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May 31,2022
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Great service, very quick to get it online and viewing request for same day. Paying £999 i was doubtful bit im so glad i didnt just pay the high street agents fee just because i thought that what happens Save a huge amount and worth every ...
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May 23,2022
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Great Service, Chris Killgallon was great with answering all my questions and made me feel at ease with whole process Recommended 100%...
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“So quick and Efficient...”

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Mar 19,2022
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So quick and Efficient, Agent Took my call at 7:45am on a saturday very impressed, couldnt get hold of any other agent untill after 9:45 Great Yopa account you can see everything Really impressed - Agent was local and really knew the location even my house 5*...
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“Avoid....”

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Mar 14,2022
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Useless and incompetent. Nothing more than an advertising portal. No sales progression - had to progress our sale ourselves and keep our chain together, which made things even more stressful than they should have been. Call centre beyond useless and unable to answer any questions ...
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“Avoid....”

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Useless and incompetent. Nothing more than an advertising portal. No sales progression - had to progress our sale ourselves and keep our chain together, which made things even more stressful than they should have been. Call centre beyond useless and unable to answer any questions ...
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“Atrocious...”

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Mar 05,2022
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Atrocious. I put in a request to view a property. They said the viewing was pending. I rang the a week later to find out what was happening. Only to find the vendor had accepted a offer. How was they to know I wouldn't have ...
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“Very profesional and they care...”

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Feb 02,2022
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My local agent Catherine Harris was amazing and very very good at her job from start to finish, i could not fault her, she did all the work which took alot of worry and stress off me, and talked to you like a person and ...
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“Great job, lovely photos and a Drone...”

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Dec 20,2021
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Great job, lovely photos and a Drone video Amazing, saved over £3000 compared to other quotes for the same work if not less work they offered Really happy with Chris—-5 Star!!!!!...
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Nov 24,2021
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Neil Ballard is a truly motivated Estate Agent Professional, giving nothing less, than the best for his clients. He worked tirelessly to make the selling of my house as stress free as possible. His communication with me and the buyer was faultless, he kept us ...
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“Diane please give all buyers a chance to purchase or make an offer on property...”

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Poor , interested in a property for sale near Pickering , property taken off market and sold a month later without been advertised again Diane is name of representative , obviously not interested in getting best price for seller...
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“Great agent so helpful...”

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Great agent so helpful. As a first time buyer this market can be scary as it mives so quick you dont het a chance to think about the property before someone takes it :-( Chris really good and had some great tips...
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