Strike
3.9/5, 519 reviews
74% recommended
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 ... show more 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.

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7th Sep 2024
reviewed by 'Jon Parkes'
“Great idea in principle, costs are fantastic, good initial service. But... Initial house address posted incorrectly and took multiple calls/......”
2nd May 2024
reviewed by 'Dave'
“I understand everyone's experience will be different, but from our dealings with Strike, I would avoid like the plague.We ......”
19th Apr 2024
reviewed by 'Lindsey'
“Save a lot of money! I saved at least £3k on traditional estate agents fees. That's money better spent on ......”
25th Mar 2024
reviewed by 'Elle'
“Very Misleading Solicitors, £1k added on top of the original quotation.I was happy to receive a match quotation from ......”
22nd Mar 2024
reviewed by 'NW'
“Very helpful in sorting out hiccups for me. Thanks Isis....”
12th Mar 2024
reviewed by 'Amanda'
“I purchased a house through Strikes and I would like to say that in the most part I found it ......”
Performance Statistics
Services Valuation Fees Min Price of property reviewed Max Price of property reviewed
Sales 69% 82% £24,000 £1,650,000
Review statistics
From Landlords From Tenants From Vendors From Buyers Other
14 4 0 0 332 49 30 22 10 58
Areas covered
  • Nationwide
Address

The Octagon
Colchester
Essex
CO1 1TG
0333 331 4046

Opening Hours
  • Monday: 08:00 - 20:00
  • Tuesday: 08:00 - 20:00
  • Wednesday: 08:00 - 20:00
  • Thursday: 08:00 - 20:00
  • Friday: 08:00 - 20:00
  • Saturday: 09:00 - 18:00
  • Sunday: 09:00 - 16:30
Services offered
  • Sales
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  • Lettings
  • Block Management
  • Surveys
  • Conveyancing
  • Mortgage Advice
  • Home Builder
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“Overall pretty good; the basics were done (sign outside house, ......”

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Jan 31,2013
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By: 'Conan'
Jan 31,2013
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Overall pretty good; the basics were done (sign outside house, profiles on search engines), they didn't do much otherwise, but I didn't expect that either, so the price was good. They were always friendly, the package suited me and I'd use them again....
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Jan 29,2013
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By: 'Miranda'
Jan 29,2013
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We decided to use House Simple after a friend sold their house on the internet for £200 and then someone else mentioned that there was a new wave of on-line estate agents doing the same job as a traditional estate agent, albeit without the shop front ...
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“Housesimple were fantastic throughout the whole process of selling our ......”

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Jan 24,2013
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By: 'Southeastlondoner'
Jan 24,2013
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Housesimple were fantastic throughout the whole process of selling our flat. They were friendly, efficient and organised. There was none of the usual pushy sales nonsense you get with more traditional local estate agents. Our flat sold the first weekend, after 14 viewings and a bidding ...
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“Michelle and all the team were very helpful in the ......”

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Jan 16,2013
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By: 'Clare'
Jan 16,2013
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Michelle and all the team were very helpful in the sale of my property. Michelle especially helped with my seller to aid them through the process....
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“Had a really good experience with House Simple. They were ......”

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Jan 10,2013
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By: 'Tracy'
Jan 10,2013
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Had a really good experience with House Simple. They were helpful throughout the whole process, were prompt in dealing with any calls/queries and obtained helpful feedback from the viewers. And of course the cost was a fraction of what we'd have paid a high ...
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“Excellent service from start to finish. Great communication from our ......”

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Jan 04,2013
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By: 'Julia'
Jan 04,2013
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Excellent service from start to finish. Great communication from our initial contact. Arranging appointments for viewings, and negotiation for the sale all carried out very professionally. We really couldn't fault them, and wouldn't consider another way of selling a property in the future. If you ...
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“I was extremely impressed with House Simple. I chose to ......”

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Dec 13,2012
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By: 'JG'
Dec 13,2012
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I was extremely impressed with House Simple. I chose to use them as I have never been a fan of the service offered by traditional estate agents, and thought I would much rather show potential buyers around the property myself and pay a fraction of ...
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“Following the death of a relative I had to sell ......”

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Dec 08,2012
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By: 'Steve'
Dec 08,2012
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Following the death of a relative I had to sell his house. A local estate agent gave me a probate valuation but, when it was time to sell, I decided to try House Simple. And it really was 'simple'. They took care of everything except ...
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“Really helpful, efficient and got tenants through them easily at ......”

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Nov 29,2012
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By: 'Mark'
Nov 29,2012
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Really helpful, efficient and got tenants through them easily at a good price. I would recommend them. Thank you house simple....
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“Put simply, Housesimple are quick, efficiant, easy to deal with, ......”

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Nov 15,2012
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By: 'MattBennett'
Nov 15,2012
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Put simply, Housesimple are quick, efficiant, easy to deal with, approachable and very good value for money. I first registered for Housesimple on Mon 12th November, by the 14th November I had found agreed terms with a tenant. You cant be much more quick and ...
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“We recently sold our house through house Simple after recommendation ......”

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Nov 13,2012
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By: 'C'
Nov 13,2012
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We recently sold our house through house Simple after recommendation from a friend. From the very start I felt comfortable dealing with the whole team at House Simple. At all times throughout the process from deciding on how much to market the property for, agreeing ...
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“I thought it was a bit risky paying up front ......”

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Nov 13,2012
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By: 'Laura'
Nov 13,2012
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I thought it was a bit risky paying up front but I'm glad I did as I saved so much money. The sales process was slow due to solicitors but Michelle was always on the ball, chasing everyone to ensure the chain moved along smoothly. ...
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“We had rented our second property a couple of times ......”

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Nov 11,2012
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By: 'Z'
Nov 11,2012
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We had rented our second property a couple of times with Housesimple and would never use any high street Estate Agents to advertise the property for us - reason: Housesimple are open, candid and have no hidden agendas! Also what I like about them they ...
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“The response from Housesimple, when I had commissioned them online ......”

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Nov 10,2012
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By: 'Carol'
Nov 10,2012
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The response from Housesimple, when I had commissioned them online to sell my house, was very prompt. Once I had completed the necessary paperwork, a photographer was identified immediately, so arrangements could be made for pictures to be taken and for marketing to begin. The ...
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“I have bought and sold several properties, and this is ......”

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Nov 10,2012
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By: 'Grant'
Nov 10,2012
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I have bought and sold several properties, and this is an excellent way to sell your property. It works particularly well in London where almost all enquiries come from the Rightmove Website. We had enquiries almost immediately, and they were all handled efficiently right from ...
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“This is the third property we have sold through our ......”

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Sep 18,2012
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By: 'Maggie'
Sep 18,2012
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This is the third property we have sold through our extended family using House Simple - previous properties included an elderly mother, a brother in law and now ourselves. Cant speak highly enough of the service. In all cases we had started first using local ...
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“This is the second house that I have sold using ......”

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Sep 14,2012
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By: 'Anna'
Sep 14,2012
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This is the second house that I have sold using House Simple. I always recommend them to my friends, family and colleagues. They have sold houses for two of them this year and are currently marketing two more. They are easy to contact by email, ...
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“My elderly mother needed to sell her house and the ......”

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Sep 14,2012
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By: 'Happy'
Sep 14,2012
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My elderly mother needed to sell her house and the estate agents' commission would have been £6,000 or so. We paid Housesimple their fee upfront which was considerably cheaper. We paid a friend £25 per viewing which amounted to a further £800 or so (lots of viewings) but ...
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“I wanted to sell my property but having had a ......”

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Aug 28,2012
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By: 'Mr'
Aug 28,2012
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I wanted to sell my property but having had a few agents round to value the house their figures were no where near what I thought It was worth so I looked for online agents and found house simple Through a google search I read ...
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“At first I dealt with Philip Palm who extremely profession ......”

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Aug 03,2012
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By: 'Jenny'
Aug 03,2012
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At first I dealt with Philip Palm who extremely profession in setting everything up. But when the viewing started coming in I gave Housesimple a day time contact and and evening contact they would call me on my work and say they would call me ...
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Mar 26, 2013
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“We recently used House Simple to sell our propertly and ......”

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Aug 01,2012
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By: 'Claire'
Aug 01,2012
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We recently used House Simple to sell our propertly and received great service. Being an internet company you do have to do a lot of the work yourself, showing people around, putting the sign up etc, but this is how you save paying the extortionate ...
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“My experience with HouseSimple could only have been said to ......”

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Jul 31,2012
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By: 'Sarah'
Jul 31,2012
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My experience with HouseSimple could only have been said to be an absolute pleasure, and that's not something you often hear when speaking of estate agents. I only wish I had signed up with them sooner. I signed up with them just before Easter and ...
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“Be aware that if you use this agent you will ......”

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Jul 13,2012
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By: 'IG'
Jul 13,2012
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Be aware that if you use this agent you will have to do EVERYTHING yourself, and I don't just mean showing people round your house (which is clear from the start). Luckily we gave people who looked round our mobile numbers because one of them ...
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Oct 24, 2012
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HOUSESIMPLE OFFICIAL RESPONSE: Please note that the comments on this review were never reported directly to us, so it is difficult to comment. However it is very unlikley this would happen. Legally every offer has to be put forward to the vendor and it would not be in our interests to not do this - Although many of our clients pay an upfront fee, our business survives on repeat business and reviews, aswell as of course local for sale board advertising our success in selling a property (in ter ...

“Housesimple!!!! The word explains itself. You sell your house simply!!!! ......”

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Jul 12,2012
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By: 'Sarah'
Jul 12,2012
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Housesimple!!!! The word explains itself. You sell your house simply!!!! Excellent service. Amazing communication. My house sold in 5 weeks!!! Any questions I had were answered in a very short amount of time, whether it be via email or telephone. When I was told someone would ...
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“I want to take a few words to thank the ......”

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Jul 12,2012
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By: 'Bill'
Jul 12,2012
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I want to take a few words to thank the team at Housesimple for helping me to sell my bungalow recently. They organised everything, from high quality photographs and energy efficiency rating, to providing me with a good conveyancing solicitor. Communicating with them and transferring ...
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“Their service is lean and excellent, and should go along ......”

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Jul 09,2012
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By: 'mat'
Jul 09,2012
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Their service is lean and excellent, and should go along way to remove the standard estate agency model in UK which very often, unless a difficult property to put a price to, adds little value or none at all...
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“Absolutely terrible service ! this has got to be the worst ......”

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May 28,2012
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By: 'Paul'
May 28,2012
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Absolutely terrible service ! this has got to be the worst company I have ever had the misfortune to use. I had my property for sale with house simple for over a year. They have now took it off the market without contacting me and removed ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
Answer calls, contact me by phone before removing from market, arrange viewings with customers and call them back, spell my address correctly on rightmove,
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HOUSESIMPLE OFFICIAL RESPONSE: Please note that the comments on this review were never reported directly to us, so it is difficult to comment. However it is very unlikley this would happen. We are always very clear about contract lengths and of course when clients are nearing the end of a contract. We will have been in contact on numerous occasions previous to contract end, to assess and discuss why a property has not sold. Our business survives on successful sales, sold slips, repeat busines ...

“This is the second property we have sold through Housesimple. ......”

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May 19,2012
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By: 'John'
May 19,2012
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This is the second property we have sold through Housesimple. It has saved us a lot of cash. It was simple and straightforward. The photo's taken were excellent, and made our apartment stand out a mile compared with others for sale in the same building. ...
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“We decided to use House Simple to sell our house ......”

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May 09,2012
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By: 'Tracey'
May 09,2012
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We decided to use House Simple to sell our house as we did not want to pay the exhorbitant fees charged by the High Street estate agents. We found the company to be extremely efficient and helpful. Within a week, our house was advertised on ...
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“I used Housesimple after being disappointed at the service provided ......”

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Apr 23,2012
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By: 'SW'
Apr 23,2012
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I used Housesimple after being disappointed at the service provided by the local established estate agents who I had been with for 6 months and who would continually send people round who were only half interested because they were either not looking in the immediate area ...
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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

Dedicated support to completion
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