Me and my g.f are first time house buyers, we found two that we really liked and were in our price range, and they have been both taken of the market as the seller didnt want to sell the property any more

I was all nervous and excited when i phoned them up for a viewing, i wanted to kill them!

i just dont wan to tell my g.f, you know what women are like when they get there heart set on something!!

 

Estate Agents are some of the biggest fucking parasite arseholes on the face of the earth. Finance brokers are EXACTLY the same. Both rip you off and you never know it. The most greedy bunch of wankers that have ever drawn breath.

Thieving wankers the pair of them.

 

Tell me a bout it, trying to sell my house at the moment, estate agents don't sell it for 3 months when your on there books and when you change agents hound you to go back to them. TOSSERS.

 

dave your selling and im looking perhaps we should set up a house for sale section!

they pissed me rigth of on the phone

whats the deal with doing it without the estate agents???

 

All estate agents do is liase between the sellers agent and a bit between solicitors. That's it. Do a Land Reg if you're unsure of who owns the house and deal direct. Just make sure they're not under contract to an estate agent as otherwise their 'commission' (for doing FUCK ALL) is due. Then deal direct. I did all the chasingy when I bought my place, estate agents are a waste of fucking space.

 

Thats a shame. Estate Agents will rip you as many new arseholes as they can get away with.

Tell your g/f. After all it isnt your fault it was taken off the market so she cant get annoyed at you. hold on though.. when did something not being your fault stop women from having a go

 

goto the house for sale ,and just say you were passing and decided to stop. More than likley if they are free they will show you round the property etc, then tell them you wil lmake them an offer directly to their laywers and cut out the estate agency fee and it will save them money / they will have more money in their pockets

sometimes works , sometimes people dont like nowt to do with it.

 

lmao ill prepare myself now then

so is it cheaper to do it direct then??what abotu tax and extra fees etc etc?if it was cheaper surely every1 would cut out estate agents

 

I have to agree

 

Mate, people use Estate Agents as it's the 'done thing' Doesn't mean it's the right or the cheapest thing. Trust me, they do FUCK ALL. They make a few phone calls, chase solicitors and that's about it and YOU do EXACTLY the same anyway. SO why pay them a commission for something you're doing yourself ? All they do is advertise the house. Once you're interested and the seller is up for it, fuck them out the door. Just check your contyract first and make sure you're not still obligated by it.

 

so how much money would i potentially save then? How much tax do they add on and fees for themslves etc etc??

 

Usually 1.5 or 2% of the purchase price is their fee..............work that out of Ł100k and YOU pay that (as the seller). The buyer pays nothing.

Halfway towards a new bathroom suite that....................

 

You wont save anything, the seller will.

Also how is it the Estate Agents fault if someone removes there house for sale ?

Steve.

 

i never said it was the esate agents fault, i just said there wankers

 

Paul Ripley on here is an estate agent

And if you walk by a house with a sale board outside of it, the seller is legally obliged to pay the agent their commision if it can be proved that their sale board "introduced" the buyer to the property.

also, i wouldnt say all estate agents are wankers, i should know, i spend all day talking to them

 

legal and tecnical now folks

 

That´s exactly what I was gonna ask! lol Like thats the Estate Agents fault!? And I more than anyone should hate Estate Agents after the last one who tried to sell my house plagued me with nuisence calls & perverted texts on my mobile

Ps: Ive sold a house through an Estate Agent, and sold one direct, not really much difference depending on which Agent you use apart from the fee, all comes down to whether your Solicitor is any good or not.

 

Not saying he's an arsehole fella, don't know the bloke..............but his profession aren't the most endeared by the general public are they ?

 

maybe not, but what most people on this post seem to be doing is stereo typing EVERY estate agent.

such as parasitic arseholes, thieving wankers etc... you used the term ALL, seems clear cut to me

 

i think estae agents are viewed by the public the same way Traffic Wardens and Tax Inspectors are. Fucking Vultures rofl

 

As a profession I stand by what I said - they are greedy bastards. No qualms in that ! As individuals I can't and won't comment - each person is a person and should be judged as such. As I said I don't know Mr Ripley or Mr / Mrs A N Other so who am I to judge them as people ?

 

perhaps you should've said profession in the first place

 

Whats that gotta do with estate agents tho? Surely that has to do with the owners of the property deciding not to sell - which is thier perogative anyway Bit like you putting your car up for sale in Autotrader, then changing your mind about selling it. It's not Autotraders fault that you decided not to sell is it?

 

Thought that was pretty clear seeing as I never mentioned names mate and on every occasion quite clearly said estate agents!!!!!

 

you should've said estate agencies, not estate agents, as the agent is the person, the agency is the job

 

Mate, I couldn't have made it any more ambigious if I tried and you're still picking holes.............

Goodnight.

 

Maybe the thread title needs to be changed then

 

thats good night from me, and goodnight from him

 

im moving and I have to say the estate agents and the solicitors I have used this time are fucking shocking

 

I have worked for the same estate agencies for the last 7 and a half years. I am pleased I am not one of the few 'parasitic arsehole' that you do occacionaly find in some companies. The estate agents I work for is an independant family run buisness so it is more important to keep our reputation and also earn a living at the same time.

If a seller decides to take their house of the market then that is their choice. Nothing we can do about it. We are here to advertise and to sell a property and help to see the sale through until the exchange and completion. Our company charges .5% which is a good rate and I have never had complaints and only thanks with people I have dealt with.

Unfortunalty we get our reputation taken down with the few bad estate agents that are around and bad solicitors.

I dont mind what people say, you get used to it, but as long as i know i work hard and really enjoy my job and earn my living and not one of the dodgy ones then I have a clear conscious.

 

who do you work for if you dont mind my asking Zoe? the same one as Paul Ripley or a different one?

 

Dude if don't know the answers to these questions you sure you should be buying a house?

 

Different one, Im in Epsom in Surrey.

 

Don't worry people I don't take it personally

My Estate Agency is also Family owned (me my Dad and Mum) We are a independent agency it is a very difficult business because people hate you before they even know you Which I do understand because there certainly are some arse hole Estate Agents out there My family pride ourselves on not being like the 'typical Estate agency as portrayed by the media etc' and remember I have to live and work in an area where my family name is well known so Its not a good idea to go around upsetting people

Zoe .5%

 

agreed Paul, .5%!!!! most charge 1-1.5% LOL

Zoe, only asked as if you use a package called HomeView, we may of spoken before

 

.5% too many agents in Epsom, try to get 1% but its too difficult. What you guys charge. Some corparates aroung here charge 2%

 

Yeah we use homeview.....? Bloody good! I gather from you posts you work at ground control

 

yea im on the support desk LOL

 

the small independents i have dealt with have been spot on, the bigger chains are a nightmare.

had one bloke in from a chain to value and he said 'i dont like it, its too modern' well chum, it sold the the first person THE OTHER estate agent introduced, for the full asking.