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Jan 08,2014
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We initially had our flat on the market with the Agent that we purchased it through (based close to a popular fried chicken retailer in Headingley). The property was listed with them for a long period of time and we were ultimately disappointed with their unrealistic pricing, lack of motivation in drawing attention to our property (despite our paying for a Premium Listing) and the scarcity of viewings they managed to achieve. As an example, on one of the few occasions they did bring viewers around, they did so without any prior warning and the property didn't even meet the viewers' basic criteria!
Moving to Preston Baker was, therefore, a real ¢â‚¬Ëœbreath of fresh air'. Gareth Newby's direct and honest approach at inception instilled us with the confidence that we would sell our property, even in what has been a difficult market...
A couple of standout mentions in terms of negotiators go to:
- Bryony Dewhirst for her work ¢â‚¬â€œ she kept in close contact with us from the start and didn't become despondent when we had to put marketing ¢â‚¬Ëœon hold' for personal reasons, which could easily be done. Even when ¢â‚¬Ëœoff the case', Bryony had a genuine personal interest in getting us moved. It's unsurprising then that she is ranked so highly.
- likewise, Omar El-Etriby's drive to ¢â‚¬Ëœrefresh' the property after the sale came off hold was a real boost. He took a real interest in attending again to inspect the property himself, even though it was already on the market. He went away but did not shy away from giving us his honest appraisal in terms of pricing to achieve a quick sale to meet our needs - after a little 'tweaking' this resulted in us achieving sensible offers at a reasonable level. When we accepted an offer on our property Omar then got to work on negotiating our onward purchase, using his experience to achieve a good price there too when we were away on holiday.
Our sale property was a new build and, as such, we didn't realise how important and instrumental a good Estate Agent can be to 'driving' both the sale and purchase when you are in a chain... We have now ultimately gotten a sale over the line - Omar was in near constant contact with the key stakeholders on all fronts to press to exchange and to keep us updated (with Bryony keeping us updated in any absences). Whilst we were enjoying Christmas & the holidays when the solicitors were closed, Preston Baker kept pressing our sale and purchase ahead. Communication was excellent from all in the Headingley office.
The difference is clear: where the previous Agent wasted time 'testing the water' with an unrealistic price, achieved few viewings and no offers, after a short period of time with Preston Baker (and in dire weather conditions) we had numerous viewings and two offers in... It came as no surprise when we finally got over the line with an offer we could accept.
I'd definitely recommend Preston Baker, Omar and Bryony moving forward - it's just a shame their office doesn't cover the area that we're moving to!
Moving to Preston Baker was, therefore, a real ¢â‚¬Ëœbreath of fresh air'. Gareth Newby's direct and honest approach at inception instilled us with the confidence that we would sell our property, even in what has been a difficult market...
A couple of standout mentions in terms of negotiators go to:
- Bryony Dewhirst for her work ¢â‚¬â€œ she kept in close contact with us from the start and didn't become despondent when we had to put marketing ¢â‚¬Ëœon hold' for personal reasons, which could easily be done. Even when ¢â‚¬Ëœoff the case', Bryony had a genuine personal interest in getting us moved. It's unsurprising then that she is ranked so highly.
- likewise, Omar El-Etriby's drive to ¢â‚¬Ëœrefresh' the property after the sale came off hold was a real boost. He took a real interest in attending again to inspect the property himself, even though it was already on the market. He went away but did not shy away from giving us his honest appraisal in terms of pricing to achieve a quick sale to meet our needs - after a little 'tweaking' this resulted in us achieving sensible offers at a reasonable level. When we accepted an offer on our property Omar then got to work on negotiating our onward purchase, using his experience to achieve a good price there too when we were away on holiday.
Our sale property was a new build and, as such, we didn't realise how important and instrumental a good Estate Agent can be to 'driving' both the sale and purchase when you are in a chain... We have now ultimately gotten a sale over the line - Omar was in near constant contact with the key stakeholders on all fronts to press to exchange and to keep us updated (with Bryony keeping us updated in any absences). Whilst we were enjoying Christmas & the holidays when the solicitors were closed, Preston Baker kept pressing our sale and purchase ahead. Communication was excellent from all in the Headingley office.
The difference is clear: where the previous Agent wasted time 'testing the water' with an unrealistic price, achieved few viewings and no offers, after a short period of time with Preston Baker (and in dire weather conditions) we had numerous viewings and two offers in... It came as no surprise when we finally got over the line with an offer we could accept.
I'd definitely recommend Preston Baker, Omar and Bryony moving forward - it's just a shame their office doesn't cover the area that we're moving to!
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Preston Baker
6 St Anns Road
Headingley,Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS6 3NX
01132249877
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| Services | Valuation Accuracy | Fees Satisfaction | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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| Sales | 93% | 86% | £65,000 | £650,000 |
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 4 | 127 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
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Nov 25,2019
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We have had a terrible experience with Preston baker. We just moved to the Uk on business with my husbands company. We were promised the rental would be cleaned before we moved in. But of course it was a total disaster. Then within the first ...
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Jan 26,2018
Jan 26,2018
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A complete waste of 9 months of our lives.
Having read positive reviews about the agency, we put the house on the market with them in early 2017. In November we received an acceptable offer but from a buyer we weren't sure was serious, after having viewed ...
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Feb 24,2017
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A team of incredibly helpful, hard-working and committed staff who help to make an extremely stressful experience go as smoothly as possible.
They are thoroughly professional and understanding and always up to date with feedback and viewings.
Jess gives 101% in everything she does and definitely ...
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Feb 23,2017
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Jess has been a great point of contact during the sale of my house, keeping me updated every step of the way.
She is friendly, professional and courteous and an asset to Preston Baker....
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Feb 21,2017
Feb 21,2017
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Gabby and Jess have been incredibly helpful throughout the process. Great communications; I haven't waited more than 1 day for either of them to get back to me....
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Dec 06,2016
Dec 06,2016
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Jess Fox has conducted the marketing and sale of our property in a very professional and understanding way. She has listened and treated us with both dignity and respect as we were going through a divorce and ensured that both of us were contacted at ...
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The agent fees are adequate for the sale of our property. Thank you Preston & Baker.
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Jul 14,2016
Jul 14,2016
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I have found Jess to be extremely professional, helpful and courteous in all works she has carried out on my behalf. It has been a difficult situation deal with and Jess helped to make it as stress free as she possibly could. Can not fault ...
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Good considering the personal service given.
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Jun 08,2016
Jun 08,2016
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Pretty dissapoitning experience. Gave the big sell- overvalued by £10k, massive fees (£2500) terrible viewers (most time wasters with no budget or landlords) staff not great at sales, just a really rubbish experience. Don't fall for the big sell!...
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Jul 15,2015
Jul 15,2015
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Mark was very helpful and friendly throughout the transaction process. He responded quickly to questions and liaised with the vendors well....
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Jun 24,2015
Jun 24,2015
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I have been searching for a property for some time and have dealt with Jess for predominantly all viewings and enquiries. She is completely professional and knowledgeable, and really goes out of her way to deliver. I felt comfortable being able to approach Jess with ...
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Jun 23,2015
Jun 23,2015
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Our Preston Baker experience was extremely positive. After previously having our property on the market with another agent and receiving bad customer service and a pitiful amount of viewings, we were keen to try another agent and see what they could offer, Preston Baker did ...
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Jun 22,2015
Jun 22,2015
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Along with everyone else at Preston Baker, Mark was super helpful in the sale of our property. We got a cracking price on the sale and top-notch service. What more could you ask for?...
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Jun 22,2015
Jun 22,2015
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Excellent service, a pleasure to deal with, always kept informed!...
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Jun 05,2015
Jun 05,2015
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I was very impressed with the way the whole process was handled, by showing us the property to all the paper work. everyone in the office were helpful and very friendly....
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All the fees were fine
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May 25,2015
May 25,2015
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Gareth was very helpful, courteous and informative at all times and prompt to return my calls. He has been sensitive to the nature of my house sale and has assisted me with certain issues that needed to be dealt with in order to speed up ...
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Mar 27,2015
Mar 27,2015
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Generally very informative and willing to act as go between. Some mix ups on completion day although understand this wasn't a fault of Preston Baker...
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Mar 24,2015
Mar 24,2015
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My house went up for sale with Preston Baker on Boxing Day and Mark Kay had sold it within the first week of January, what was remarkable about this is that it had been up for sale over a year with other agents with no ...
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Very competitively priced
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Mar 01,2015
Mar 01,2015
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After finding a property Preston baker headlingly had listed we decided to go ahead with the purchase of the property. Preston baker was great from start to finish although the process didn't run smoothly through no fault of Preston baker they always did there best ...
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Feb 24,2015
Feb 24,2015
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This was my first time using Preston Baker Estate Agents & I would definitely use them again. I have found them to be extremely helpful. They would continually update me on everything that was happening & answered any questions I may have had. I found them to ...
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Feb 23,2015
Feb 23,2015
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I cannot recommend the wonderful staff at the Headingley branch highly enough. I used the agency for the sale of a property which belonged to my parents after they had both passed away. This was a highly emotional time for me but the whole experience ...
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Feb 13,2015
Feb 13,2015
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Jess showed me round the property in which I put an offer in for and since then has just been the most fantastic estate agent to deal with. Jess always spares time to speak to me, whether it's by email or phone, and just really ...
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Feb 10,2015
Feb 10,2015
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Jess met us at the property for sale on time. She did not hurry us is any way and answered all our questions efficiently and thoroughly and sold the house and features very well. It was obvious she was well prepared with all the positives ...
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Feb 08,2015
Feb 08,2015
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Jess took on selling my property when I had been with another agent and had failed to get many viewings. She endured that more people walked through the front door as we both felt that someone would fall in love with the property as I ...
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Feb 04,2015
Feb 04,2015
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The staff was very helpful and supportive. They dealt with the sale in a very professional maner. I will certainly recommend them to whoever is looking for properties to buy/sell.
Many thanks again to all the team....
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Feb 02,2015
Feb 02,2015
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I have owned the house I am selling since 1992 and as this is the only one I have owned I am a "first time seller....!" I didn't know what to expect but Jess explained everything really clearly, updated me on progress continually and made regular "...
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Jan 28,2015
Jan 28,2015
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Communicating with Jess Fox in the purchase of my property has been a very good experience . She has handled the negotiations thoughtfully and professionally. Jess is reliable, trustworthy and has acted on any queries in a timely manner. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Jess at ...
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Jan 28,2015
Jan 28,2015
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Well I have been thoroughly impressed with the service I received. They sold my house within 24 hours!! Without any sale boards or putting it on the net!! Amazing. Thanks. So much...
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Jan 27,2015
Jan 27,2015
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I have had a positive experience so far with Preston Baker. I had tried to sell my house a few years ago, with one of the larger local agents, but eventually gave up as they managed very few viewings. The number of viewings Preston Baker ...
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On the higher side of many local agents, but by no means the highest.
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Jan 25,2015
Jan 25,2015
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The guys at Preseton Baker have been great since the start.
Gareth has been excellent from the start because he was positive upon viewing the property, and helped me with advice on how to make it ready for sale. He was also great when dealing ...
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Jan 22,2015
Jan 22,2015
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I was very impressed with the service received from Jess at Preston Baker. I experienced a comprehensive service - assisted in negotiating sale price, arranged contact with surveyor, emails and documents were responded to quickly and whenever she said that she'd call back, she did. ...
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