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
Address
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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Apr 03,2015
Apr 03,2015
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From the very start of the process, we were expertly helped to get the very best out of the marketing and presentation of our property. We opted for professional photographs to be taken and these were superb and certainly helped to show off our home ...
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What can we say, you will not find a better value offer, in order to professionally market and sell your property, opting for the initial full package deal. We saved many thousands of pounds in fees and would only use HouseSimple in any future sales transactions.
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Apr 02,2015
Apr 02,2015
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My property was not the easiest to sell from start to finish and unfortunately there were some timewasters and interesting situations. I spoke with Louise on a number of occasions and she was both extremely positive and patient...
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I saved about ‚£2000 with VAT. The only thing I would say is that my type of property was not the easiest to sell (despite plenty of them in the area) I think a local estate agent would have a better understanding of the uniqueness of them. That said the same people would have viewed it, with probably the same people putting in offers
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Apr 01,2015
Apr 01,2015
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House Simple were very easy to deal with the online process easy to follow, and the details of my property were uploaded quite quickly. The organised a photographer and surveyor to prepare the energy rating certificate, much easier that having to source our own.
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Mar 31,2015
Mar 31,2015
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Awful customer service.
Paid for a letting service, knowing full well that I would have to conduct the showings myself.
Firstly, it took multiple phone calls over 3 days to get a photographer arranged to come to the house.
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Listen to the client Do what you said you would do, when you said you would do it Much better customer service needed Better phone manners for client facing staff Easier onboarding and offboarding processAttached Filesnbsp;
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Apr 21, 2015
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2) Housesimple always tries to accommodate property visits promptly and we aim to complete a property visit within 3 working days of sign up once we have been provided with all of the relevant information requested. We take a further 3 working days to upload photographs following a property visit and endeavour to do this sooner where possible. On occasion we are provided with a copy of an old floor plan that was previously used to market a property and for ease and speed for our vendors we use ...
Mar 27,2015
Mar 27,2015
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House Simple's service offer was explained well initially so we knew exactly what we were getting and during the sale process their responsiveness to events was excellent. I opted to conduct viewings myself and did find it a little onerous but I knew that House ...
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Great fee structure; the modular approach allows one to pick the services that one requires and leave the rest. Very competitive pricing especially when compared to a traditional "bricks and mortar" estate agent; I saved myself thousands of pounds.
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Mar 26,2015
Mar 26,2015
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They promise, call back within 24 hours, visit within 3 dayS on line in 7 days.
No call back so called several times, photographer called 5 days, still no assessor, ECP or sign after 6 days (excluding Sunday). At this rate it will be 2 weeks before on line
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They promise, call back within 24 hours, visit within 3 day on line in 7. No call back so called several times, photographer called 5 days, still no assessor, ECP or sign after 6 days (excluding Sunday). At this rate it will be 2 weeks before on line Not impressed LloydAttached Filesnbsp;
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Apr 21, 2015
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Housesimple always tries to accommodate property visits promptly and we aim to complete a property visit within 3 working days of sign up once we have been provided with all of the relevant information requested. We take a further 3 working days to upload photographs following a property visit and endeavour to do this sooner where possible. Sale boards are erected within 5 working days of having been ordered with us. This property was live online within 6 working days of requesting the home vi ...
Mar 23,2015
Mar 23,2015
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Very good service and excellent value for money. No idea why anyone would use a high street agent with House Simple around !...
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Mar 23,2015
Mar 23,2015
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We cannot praise housesimple enough they offer an exceptional service for a fraction of the cost of any high street estate agent. They provide friendly and proficient members of their team dedicated to seeing your sale through to the end.
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I was really taken a back how much cheaper Housesimple are compared to the high street there is no comparision and cannot think of anything negative to say about housesimple.
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Mar 23,2015
Mar 23,2015
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I sold my house with housesimple and I found the experience really easy, everyone i dealt with was very professional.
I was originally only interested because of the price but I couldn't believe how many viewings I got, I thought being an online only agent ...
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Less than half the price of traditional agents!
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Mar 20,2015
Mar 20,2015
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Chose Housesimple because cost was much lower than traditional Agents, so low risk. In the event their service was much better than we've had from Agents in the past. The photo's were stunning. Sold the house to second viewer within 3 weeks. Will definitely use them ...
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Excellent value
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Mar 19,2015
Mar 19,2015
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Fantastic low cost way to get your property marketed on the main websites.
The photographer they sent produced excellent photos with professional kit, he took time and knew how to make the shots look their best.
You need to be quite proactive to get the ...
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Great value
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Mar 18,2015
Mar 18,2015
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I sold my house recently with this online agent. We had tried to sell with a high street agent for several months but had no success. House simple was straight forward to use and saved a small fortune over the other options. A lot of ...
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Mar 17,2015
Mar 17,2015
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I was delighted with the massive saving we achieved through using Housesimple, and the service was good, seemed to be on a par or better than any high street estate agents we have dealt with.
We had a desirable property to sell, but we had ...
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Mar 17,2015
Mar 17,2015
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I think House Simple is very good value for money. The set was very quick and everyone was very polite. We did have a few problems in the first couple of weeks but Toby dealt with our queries very quickly and positively.
We sold our ...
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Mar 16,2015
Mar 16,2015
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Easy to use website to upload property details, good telephone support and sales progression team really helpful. Overall excellent value for money, I'd never use a high street agent again band and recommend Housesimple unreservedly....
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Great value
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Mar 16,2015
Mar 16,2015
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Excellent service and simple to follow procedure making viewings easy and fast.
The photographer took out brilliant pictures and was very professional.The photographs taken by high street agents is no where near to the high quality of housesimple photographs.
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Mar 16,2015
Mar 16,2015
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The experience was as good or better than any high street agent we have ever dealt with. Thought the new booking system where you can log on a choose a time was excellent and of course, saved thousands of pounds in estate agent fees. Would ...
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Mar 16,2015
Mar 16,2015
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Ours was not an easy sale, however Louise worked hard every step of the way to nurse it through to completion. We paid 500 pounds upfront and wow did she earn her money! We had buyers who were never satisfied until every last minor detail was ...
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excellent va;ue for money
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Mar 16,2015
Mar 16,2015
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HouseSimple are such great value for money - I can't understand how anyone can afford to waste such high fees on the high street agent's.
Staff at HouseSimple were efficient at organising viewings and we always got feedback from prospective buyers which was invaluable in ...
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Feb 27,2015
Feb 27,2015
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The agents were reasonably pleasant on the phone but after 4 attempts to chase them up to view a property I was running out of patience with promises of call back etc. Eventually I received an email from the vendor saying it was sold! Did the ...
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You could have done an awful lot more! Rubbish communication!!Attached Filesnbsp;
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Apr 21, 2015
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Housesimple is an online service and we do not necessarily provide or complete the sales progression or negotiation for those clients of ours who would prefer to do this themselves, saving even more money in fees. In this instance we are reliant on vendors updating us as to the status of their property listing and will update our files asap once we have been informed. Any viewing requests made with housesimple are notified to our vendors directly who manage the booking of their viewings throug ...
Jan 23,2015
Jan 23,2015
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The idea of an online agent sounded good and the fee of apx £1500 payable on completion (no sale no fee) seemed great. Unfortunately things were not good from the start. The 'professional photographer' was a part time guy with a camera, who mostly took photos ...
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If they'd got anything right we would have been grateful.Attached Filesnbsp;
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Fixed fee payable on completion, would be fine if they had done anything right to earn it
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Apr 21, 2015
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Housesimple uses a network of professional photographers to complete our images for us on property adverts. In the event that vendors want to provide their own images as well or instead, this is something that we are happy to accommodate. Feedback is chased automatically after every viewing and we send this on straight away to vendors once received. We are reliant on viewers informing us of their position correctly when they enquire with us, and verify this information if they are to proceed a ...
Jan 20,2015
Jan 20,2015
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We signed up with Housesimple in September and sold our house easily and quickly. We went for a very basic package, opting to do most of the work ourselves, but were very impressed with the service from Housesimple, particularly everyone we spoke to. You need ...
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Very, very good value for money.
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Jan 10,2015
Jan 10,2015
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I trawled the internet to find the most cost competitive company to advertise my property on the major selling portals. Housesimple provided everything I required in an incredibly speedy and efficient manner. Their website is incredibly easy to use and provided a 24/7 service. I would ...
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High Street Agent (cheapest I could find) - ‚£1500.00 Housesimple - ‚£228.00
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Nov 22,2014
Nov 22,2014
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We decided to sell our property with an on line estate agents, when we had quotes of between £7000 and £8500 commission fees + advertising fees, from three local estate agents. We came across the advert for House Simple and I was impressed by the low advertising fees, ...
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Nov 18,2014
Nov 18,2014
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Excellent Service. Set up my account and decided how much support I wanted and paid my money. Within 2 days the professional photographer arrived and completed both photos and floor plan details. Went live a couple of days later. Having used another online agent I found ...
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Fair value for money.
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Oct 24,2014
Oct 24,2014
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My wife and I were very pleased with way the staff at Housesimple handled the selling of our house ,also we had many interested viewers ,and was particularly impressed with the photos of the property and the sale went though very smoothly .I paid up ...
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Oct 08,2014
Oct 08,2014
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Using Housesimple was a pleasure; it was easy, efficient and effective. Their customer service was friendly, informative and responsive. Simply put, they made things happen. They were happy to get my property listed within two days of my finalising the ad. The photographer was professional ...
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I think the fees charged by Housesimple represent good value for money and are commensurate with the service/work they did for me. I was happy to pay them the money as they showed professionalism and strong commitment in doing the work.
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Sep 27,2014
Sep 27,2014
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House simple were very efficient in uploading the house details on major websites. We had viewings booked up within 2 days of the property going on line - in fact we had so many that we stopped taking any more after 5 days of it going live ...
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Sep 24,2014
Sep 24,2014
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We're not mad, or upset.. just disappointed with how we've been treated by the staff at Housesimple. I found one of their properties online and gave them a ring to book a viewing. After giving them a list of times and dates we were available, ...
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Communication is key. We don't ask for much. Just to be kept in the loop. If we have a viewing, tell us. If you've cancelled a viewing, tell us!Attached Filesnbsp;
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Housesimple responds promptly to all viewing requests and expressions of interest in any of the properties that we are marketing. Unfortunately in this case the vendor accepted an offer directly, then without informing us decided not to host this viewing. We were therefore unfortunately unable to cancel in time in this instance. ...
Aug 14,2014
Aug 14,2014
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We were really pleased with the overall service from House Simple. The photographer took some lovely pictures of our house which really helped us sell! The team at House Simple phoned us with the prospective buyers who wanted an appointment and we were sold within 2 ...
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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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