69% sales valuation accuracy
82% sales fee satisfaction
Let’s sell your home free. Strike is here to redefine the way you move. After 200 years of high fees and pointless jargon, the industry needs to change — and we’re the ones changing it. We bring together local expertise and technology to make moving easy. And free. Selling your ...
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Let’s sell your home free. Strike is here to redefine the way you move. After 200 years of high fees and pointless jargon, the industry needs to change — and we’re the ones changing it. We bring together local expertise and technology to make moving easy. And free.
Selling your home for free is at the heart of what we do. We work differently than traditional estate agents. We use technology to be more effective and don’t have expensive high street branches, so we can pass the savings onto you.
We recommend useful services from our partners along the way — and if you choose one of these optional services, our partner pays us a referral fee. And if you don’t choose to use them, we’ll still sell your home for free. No pressure, no awkwardness — just a fantastic, free service.
Selling your home for free is at the heart of what we do. We work differently than traditional estate agents. We use technology to be more effective and don’t have expensive high street branches, so we can pass the savings onto you.
We recommend useful services from our partners along the way — and if you choose one of these optional services, our partner pays us a referral fee. And if you don’t choose to use them, we’ll still sell your home for free. No pressure, no awkwardness — just a fantastic, free service.
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Performance Statistics
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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| Sales | 69% | 82% | £24,000 | £1,650,000 |
Review statistics
| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | Other | |||||
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| 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 332 | 49 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 58 |
Areas covered
- Nationwide
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The Octagon
Colchester
Essex
CO1 1TG
0333 331 4046
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- Sales
- Lettings
- Block Management
- Surveys
- Conveyancing
- Mortgage Advice
- Home Builder
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Mar 03,2016
Mar 03,2016
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For the price you can't go wrong! initially I had my doubts about using Housesimple as I've never come across them before. Though after reading reviews from various sites I took the plunge. In all honesty it was the best decision I made. The process ...
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very good
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Feb 19,2016
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Value for money is incredible. They do everything an estate agent normally does, except viewings. Personally, I'd prefer to do the viewings, as nobody knows more about the house than i do.
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Good. Actually - amazing
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Feb 11,2016
Feb 11,2016
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I was a little sceptical about using an online agency but Housesimple were fantastic from start to finish. Very professional and helpful throughout. We also saved over £1500.00 on fees. Would definitely recommend Housesimple and will use them in the future for selling any properties....
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Feb 04,2016
Feb 04,2016
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Online Estate Agency is the future. We do all our searching through Rightmove and Zoopla and not in a office. HouseSimple use all of these and through there portal it is very easy to add and remove information and update pictures and descriptions.
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High street best price was ‚£2500 House Simple selling Fee ‚£395 which includes Sale Board, Professional photographer, advertising on Rightmove, Zoopla and many other sites. I could not see any added benefit from going with a high street agent.
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Feb 01,2016
Feb 01,2016
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I have been extremely happy with HouseSimple from the rapid response of organising a photographer to come from my initial request to the after sales support. The photos were fantastic, and uploaded within a couple of hours. The support fantastic from curtesy calls to returning ...
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Fantastic value for money saving us thousands in traditional estate agent fees
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Jan 29,2016
Jan 29,2016
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House Simple delighted me from start to finish. I engaged them during the Christmas holiday, their lovely photographer promptly took professional pictures within a few days. Once I submitted my draft listing my house was on Zoopla and Rightmove within 24 hours. Then unexpectedly I sold ...
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Good fees. Lowest I found online.
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Jan 28,2016
Jan 28,2016
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With a high street agent who were taking 1.75% on my 220k house. After a year of only two agent guided viewings only had some very low offers. Tried house simple and so glad, really professional photos and managed to promply sell in just 4 days with ...
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Very reasonable fees and options to suit all budgets. Conveyancing also via housesimple.com is very easy and quick.
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Jan 22,2016
Jan 22,2016
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The process was just so simple. We sold our house on first day of viewing (3 days after going live) and had one other offer of full asking price as a back up. Such a simple process we thought it was too good to be true ...
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Jan 17,2016
Jan 17,2016
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After reviewing several online agents my decision to use them proved to be the right one. They supplied all the relevant help and tools I needed to initially set it up but I loved being in control of my own page, having the ability to ...
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Good - very good value for money
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Jan 14,2016
Jan 14,2016
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So far selling with House Simple has been great. Initially they provided the photographer who took loads of great photos and completed the floor plan, giving a great start to our listing. We wrote the description ourselves and were able to give a little history ...
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Jan 06,2016
Jan 06,2016
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I can just repeat what other people said.
I have registered on Saturday, the photographer came on Sunday (can you believe it?!) I have made my own description and the house was live in less than an 30 minutes after I pressed button. We had 1 viewing ...
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Dec 24,2015
Dec 24,2015
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Don't have specific agents names at HouseSimple, they were all helpful. but one girl stood out from the crowd head & shoulders, just wish I'd made a note of her name. We were on the live chat one evening and she called me back a few ...
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Dec 21,2015
Dec 21,2015
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Save your money and use someone else! i used this company a few years ago and managed to sell a property ok. they took calls and gave my number to the clients directly. Now things have changed... they have not scaled the business as they ...
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The agency should do what they promise and charge for, if i pay for pictures they should be added to the site, if i pay for floorplan it should be added to the site, if i call to rectify these problems someone should be available to deal with them, if you promise to call back... you guessed it, you should call back. if you are to offer a service of providing viewings that you have charged for, you should provide viewings at the same times as normal agents provide viewings, not tell me once i have paid that you only show viewing 9-5pm monday to friday.Attached Filesnbsp;
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paid ‚£950 up front for a complete service as you would get from a high street agent as the property was 300 miles from me, i have never had anything i have paid. i would like a refund but they never call back to discuss my problems and nobody is ever available when i call.
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Dec 05,2015
Dec 05,2015
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House Simple provide a dedicated online service & proved most helpful in the sale of our property. They dealt with our queries patiently & we found their staff as being polite & informative. We are completely 'green' at property marketing processes altogether, yet House Simple managed to provide ...
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Dec 04,2015
Dec 04,2015
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I really liked managing the sales process online with HouseSimple. I had loads of control over the advert text, photo order, viewings. Their staff were always well informed about my house and viewings and the sales progression was fine. And the amount I paid was ...
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Brilliant savings with better quality than with previous traditional estate agents.
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Dec 04,2015
Dec 04,2015
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I absolutely raved about housesimple to my friends when we first signed up with them. I have to say - the automated experience is great. You sign up for the trial and as soon as you have completed the form you receive a text to ...
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I would have been happy to pay the full amount if it wasn't for the appalling service from the sales progression teams.
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Nov 27,2015
Nov 27,2015
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Quick and friendly service from House Simple. My house was with different agents for around 10 months and they did almost no marketing and advertised on the popular websites only. So I dropped the price by £3000 (less than the agent's commission) and put it on house ...
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Nov 27,2015
Nov 27,2015
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Sold our house within 4 weeks. Very professional photos and floor plan. Great online chat so can ask questions and get instant replies. Great value for money, saved us over £3000 in estate agent fees...
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Nov 20,2015
Nov 20,2015
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I researched online agents and was left with eMoov or House Simple. I went with House Simple because their website looked more professional and they have had a national advertising campaign that I thought was impressive. The costs are very similar.
I opted for the ...
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Nov 16,2015
Nov 16,2015
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I've bought and sold many properties in the past with high street estate agents and have had to put up with lying, cheating, human era or what ever else you want to call it. This is the first time I've ever been impressed with an ...
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Nov 16,2015
Nov 16,2015
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Housesimple from start to finish they were great easy to get in touch with and the staff are very effecent...
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Nov 13,2015
Nov 13,2015
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Amazing result from this internet based estate agent . All the service and expertise expected from a high street estate agent . But for me 10% of the estate agent fee . I received two full asking price offers within 5 days of going live . Housesimple sums it up perfectly...
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House simple ‚£495 High street estate agent ‚£ 5300 including VAT ...... My property sold in 5 days with housesimple .... No contest
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Nov 05,2015
Nov 05,2015
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Excellent performance. First viewing within 24 Hours and sold next day for just under asking price.
The online booking service is excellent providing good communications with the prospective buyers.
Good communication with the office & very helpful.
Ten out of Ten....
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Fees are very fair with good options to suit the seller.Attachments
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Oct 30,2015
Oct 30,2015
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Housesimple SOLD our property in just over 12 months. We opted to use an online Agent after experiencing poor service from a High Street Agent. Housesimple allows you to have full control over your property and also any negotiation with buyer.
Excellent photographs are produced and ...
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Oct 30,2015
Oct 30,2015
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Fantastic price, advert was created quickly with a professional photographer who also does the floor plan. Adjustments were made immediately to floor plan and images when requested which was great. Having full control of the advert and being able to book viewings quickly through the ...
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Fab, no need to pay thousands to a high street agent!
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Oct 30,2015
Oct 30,2015
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We have found the process of selling our house quite straightforward using Housesimple.
We did have a small problem when our EPC and ID wasn't uploaded onto the advert and our house wasn't advertised. Once I had rung the helpline the matter was resolved.
We ...
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Oct 29,2015
Oct 29,2015
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signed up to house simple sunday evening- my house was up for sale on the websites Monday morning, and my mobile and emails didn't stop with people asking for a viewing.
You click into the viewing and confirm straight away with the people coming to ...
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Oct 27,2015
Oct 27,2015
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bad bad.....2 months only 6 requests and two viewings ...no sale
took for ever to get it right and on line
'love' their complaints procedure
1 the captan is correct at all times
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make a record of the conversations and admit that thing went wrong and try to rectify rather than burry themselves and pretend nothing happened just continue as normalAttached Filesnbsp;
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Oct 23,2015
Oct 23,2015
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We sold our property within 1 week with Housesimple, we were actually still on our one week trial with them. The first day it went live we had three viewings booked in which I was very impressed with. In total we had 10 viewing and 4 offers on ...
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I was charged ‚£395 fixed fee which is fantastic.
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Oct 16,2015
Oct 16,2015
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I was referred to House Simple by my sister who was very impressed with the House Simple way of selling when she sold her property through them within a very short time.
Initially I found the site a bit complex to use but once and ...
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Vendor Fees
Our Fees£0.
We offer a fully-managed estate agency service for free. No fees, no commission, no catch.
Our fully-managed, award-winning free service includes:
A transparent experience, from start to finish
Your property seen by interested buyers
An app connecting you directly to buyers
Professional offer negotiation
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