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
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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

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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“House Simple are TERRIBLE! All they want is your money! ......”

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Apr 21,2012
Minithumbdown
By: 'angelofthenorth'
Apr 21,2012
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House Simple are TERRIBLE! All they want is your money! Housesimple advertises your house as they say they will and that is it!!!! Several times I had to call them reference certain things and everytime they say they will call you back or send you ...
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What agent could do to change your mind?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!! You don't deserve to call yourself an estate agent!
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Err really. The only online agent offering no sale no fee? You should check your market and competition. A quick search and I found another three very quickly. ...

“Fantastic service. These guys are great and did everything they ......”

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Apr 20,2012
Minithumbup
By: 'GeniusJoe'
Apr 20,2012
4 people found
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Fantastic service. These guys are great and did everything they said they would. It was on the market within a week, great photos, better than any local agents in the area and 1/10th of the price, the marketing was more extensive than most of our ...
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“Avoid at all costs.We were tempted by House Simple's ......”

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Apr 11,2012
Minithumbdown
By: 'thisismarky'
Apr 11,2012
3 people found
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Avoid at all costs. We were tempted by House Simple's set-price package. All started off well and we were initially impressed with the service received, especially from Philip. We even recommended HouseSimple to a couple who came to view our property and they sold their ...
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I called to discuss the lack of service and was promised a call back from Alex (company director?) I never received this call. This a.) demonstrates a lack of commitment to customer care and b.) highlights that after they have your money for the fixed fee, there's no reason to offer a service anymore. Also, when the company changed their phone number, it would have been prudent to let customers know. Again, a demonstration of how important we aren't. Incredibly disappointed.
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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. It is not in our interests to not take calls. This is unlikely to be the case as we have a large sales team and we have call analysis data to show that we have improved our effective rate on incoming calls to 98.8%. Our business survives on repeat business and reviews, aswell as of course through local for sale board advertising our success in sell ...

“housesimple.co.uk was extremely helpful and at all times ......”

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Mar 20,2012
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By: 'Brian'
Mar 20,2012
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housesimple.co.uk was extremely helpful and at all times proactive in the marketing of our property. We can not fault their attention to detail or their responsiveness to enquiries. The staff, and Philip Palm in particular, were friendly and very helpful. An example to ...
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“I was initially a little nervous about using an online ......”

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Mar 14,2012
Minithumbup
By: 'Richard'
Mar 14,2012
1 people found
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I was initially a little nervous about using an online only estate agent however my concerns were completely unfounded. Housesimple.co.uk were efficient and professional right from the start through to the final details and saved me between £6k & £10k depending on the other ...
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“I would most definitely recommend House Simple. Their service was ......”

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Mar 12,2012
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By: 'LouHowell'
Mar 12,2012
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I would most definitely recommend House Simple. Their service was fantastic and great value for money. A great way to sell your home....
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“We instructed House Simple to sell our house in April 2011. ......”

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Mar 12,2012
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By: 'Fred'
Mar 12,2012
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We instructed House Simple to sell our house in April 2011. A buyer was found in August 2011 and the sale completed in December 2011. In the current market it was extremely good to find a buyer so quickly and achieve almost the asking price. Our dealings were ...
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“I was recommended HouseSimple by a colleague who had successfully ......”

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Mar 12,2012
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By: 'Susannah'
Mar 12,2012
2 people found
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I was recommended HouseSimple by a colleague who had successfully sold through them. My experiences with them have been really positive and way beyond our expectations. In particular the photo's taken of my property were outstanding, taken buy a professional photographer they made our flat ...
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“HouseSimple probably saved me some £13,000 and provided me with an ......”

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Mar 10,2012
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By: 'Eastgate'
Mar 10,2012
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HouseSimple probably saved me some £13,000 and provided me with an excellent service. The ONLY thing that's different between HouseSimple's service and that of a High Street agent is that they do not accompany viewings. You manage that. They did everything else, e.g. photos, floor ...
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“Housesimple sold our house in a week and a day ......”

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Mar 10,2012
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By: 'TerJan'
Mar 10,2012
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Housesimple sold our house in a week and a day from it going on the internet! The photographs and floor plan were swiftly and well done. I chose to write the property details and was impressed that every little refinemennt of the wording was dealt ...
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“I really believe that House Simple is the future of ......”

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Mar 09,2012
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By: 'Bovill'
Mar 09,2012
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I really believe that House Simple is the future of real estate. The price was unbeatable and we sold our home in under 3 weeks for the price we were hoping to get. Dealing with the office was easy and they were quick and efficient every ...
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“I had tried a few conventional agents over more than ......”

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Mar 09,2012
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By: 'Fred'
Mar 09,2012
6 people found
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I had tried a few conventional agents over more than a year and they were quite frankly useless; all they wanted to do was charge me many thousands of pounds for absolutely nothing more than putting my house on Zoopla and Right move. Housesimple did ...
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“Housesimple is great value for money and we would certainly ......”

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Mar 09,2012
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By: 'Mr'
Mar 09,2012
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Housesimple is great value for money and we would certainly recommend them over high street agents. The service was good and we sold our property within 4 weeks of it going on the market. The only negative point was that we felt they could improve the ...
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“We were keen to use Housesimple as a family member ......”

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Mar 09,2012
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By: 'G'
Mar 09,2012
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We were keen to use Housesimple as a family member had bought from them 18months previously with good results. The process was straightforward when we instructed them. The photography was outstanding, we had veiwed many properties online with unappealing photos so felt this was important. ...
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“We were fed up being ripped off by a local ......”

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Mar 09,2012
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By: 'Vanessa'
Mar 09,2012
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We were fed up being ripped off by a local agent, and decided online was the way to go. The Housesimple website was clear and easy to use, but I still called to check. Philip was courteous and professional, confirming next steps. I went ahead ...
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“We looked at all the current methods of selling property ......”

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Mar 09,2012
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By: 'D&P'
Mar 09,2012
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We looked at all the current methods of selling property and ending up trying almost all. This included Local Agents, Our own emarketing and House Simple. From the outset we believed that Internet Marketing would provide us the best value and hopefully the quickest sale. ...
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“I used House Simple after seeing the great reviews on-line ......”

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Mar 09,2012
Minithumbup
By: 'Pauline'
Mar 09,2012
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I used House Simple after seeing the great reviews on-line and I saved at least £7,000 in fees. Frankly a call-centre with friendly estate agency staff is all you need. They sent me quality buyers and the first couple, who were in rented accommodation, offered the ...
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“I was very happy with my House Simple experience.The ......”

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Mar 09,2012
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By: 'Flora'
Mar 09,2012
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I was very happy with my House Simple experience. The whole process of selling was extremely simple, everyone I dealt with was very responsive and I'd agreed a sale within a month. House Simple provided an excellent professional photographer whose pics were far superior to ...
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“A friend at work referred me to Housesimple last April ......”

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Mar 09,2012
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By: 'Kevin'
Mar 09,2012
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A friend at work referred me to Housesimple last April when I mentioned the extensive fees I was being quoted to sell my property. I opted for the £500 flat fee and I must say was incredibly impressed. I had lots of viewings which they vetted ...
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“Overall a very good experience, Housesimple.co.uk were all ......”

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Mar 09,2012
Minithumbup
By: 'Callum'
Mar 09,2012
2 people found
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Overall a very good experience, Housesimple.co.uk were all very friendly and professional and they managed to sell my house online within 5 weeks. I chose these guys because their photos looked much better than the other online estate agents I looked at and at ...
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“Well, where do I start with HouseSimple.co.uk?I ......”

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Mar 07,2012
Minithumbdown
By: 'Alan'
Mar 07,2012
10 people found
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Well, where do I start with HouseSimple.co.uk? I had undertaken a fair amount of research into online Estate Agency and decided to give these guys a go in the hope of saving thousands of pounds over a traditional agent. My previous experiences of ...
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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. Our business survives on successful sales, sold slips, repeat business and good reviews. As you may note from other reviews posted Housesimple has many returning clients and many clients who refer us on. It is obvious this customer is very disgruntled and whilst (as stated below) we did go on to sell the said property, we are always disappointed to ...

“Overall we were very impressed with Housesimple's straightforward approach; they ......”

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Jan 18,2012
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By: 'Gordon'
Jan 18,2012
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Overall we were very impressed with Housesimple's straightforward approach; they were happy to accept our own photographs of the property (taken with a wide angle lens camera) as well as use our own description of the property's particulars. With full exposure on RightMove and many ...
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“My house was sold through housesimple. I found their service ......”

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Dec 20,2011
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By: 'mara'
Dec 20,2011
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My house was sold through housesimple. I found their service really good. within two days I had already my ECP done and the huse pictures taken. They found potential buyers very quickly and my house was sold within 2 weeks. My first buyer had to back ...
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“We used Housesimple to sell our house following attempts by ......”

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Oct 30,2011
Minithumbup
By: 'Tony'
Oct 30,2011
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We used Housesimple to sell our house following attempts by a conventional estate agent. We were impressed with the speed and competence of the service received in getting the property advertised. The photos and floor plans were well presented and we were kept informed of ...
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“They sold our property (£400k) to the first people that ......”

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Oct 24,2011
Minithumbup
By: 'Chris'
Oct 24,2011
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They sold our property (£400k) to the first people that viewed for the asking price. We knocked back 2 offers from them and house simple advised we should consider the lower offer but we didn't. Some of the photos that their photographer took were not great ...
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“Having not been impressed with the service provided by our ......”

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Oct 17,2011
Minithumbup
By: 'Ralph'
Oct 17,2011
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Having not been impressed with the service provided by our local high street estate agents when we tried to sell our house last year, we decided to give house simple a go and chose their up front fee option. Glad we did as we had ...
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“We would recommend this way of selling as the agents ......”

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Oct 12,2011
Minithumbup
By: 'scox'
Oct 12,2011
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We would recommend this way of selling as the agents did everything they said they would. The photographs taken of the property were excellent. They chased solicitors and clients as appropriate and were very friendly and helpful....
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“Excellent service, professional photographs, attentive staff, fantastic value for money. ......”

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Oct 05,2011
Minithumbup
By: 'Rachael'
Oct 05,2011
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Excellent service, professional photographs, attentive staff, fantastic value for money. It was so refreshing to have an estate agent who actually seemed to take an interest in selling your property and kept you informed every step of the way. High street estate agents could learn ...
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“HouseSimple saved me a fortune, nearly £15,000 in fees. Thank you ......”

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Sep 30,2011
Minithumbup
By: 'JW'
Sep 30,2011
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HouseSimple saved me a fortune, nearly £15,000 in fees. Thank you HouseSimple - you provided an outstanding service. Photography, floor plans, EPC all included in the fee of a few £100s. HouseSimple did everything a High Street estate agent does, the ONLY exception being attendance at ...
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“Having had trouble getting any viewings with a local estate ......”

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Sep 29,2011
Minithumbup
By: 'liv'
Sep 29,2011
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Having had trouble getting any viewings with a local estate agent, we took a chance and appointed Housesimple to handle our sale. They were helpful, professional and courteous throughout and went out of their way to help us get the sale through - thanks so ...
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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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