If anyone is selling or letting a property, try HouseNetwork - the online estate agency. They advertise on Rightmove, Prime Location and all the other sites. I've found their service and operation is so much better than traditional estate agents and their fees are just amazing. They come out and do the photos, floor plans, EPC and so on. They only thing they don't do is the onsite viewings, which we've always preferred to do anyway as you get a better idea of the clients. But then do all the bookings, follow ups, negotiations etc.
We used them to sell our house two years ago and now again to rent out our flat. I can't rate them highly enough. They've been fantastic and much more efficient and effective than normal highstreet agents we've used in the past.
If you enter our referral reference "ECKQOOHILL" in the shopping cart or inform the phone agent, then you'll get a additional 5% discount on their already cheap fees!!
In fact they are so cheap, the initial view could be that there's a catch or they can't be up to much. But far from it. From my experience the service is far superior than highstreet agents and they have good well trained staff. In fact I really can't see how they can do this for the money!
Here's how efficient they are with our last property....guy came to survey and take photos on the Friday. Did the room plans, details, photos and EPC survey. This was all complete my mid morning on the Monday. I then signed them off after making some minor changes. The details were live on the HouseNetwork site within minutes and then live on Rightmove (and the others) in about an hour. Got the first call for a viewing within minutes of it being on Rightmove! After 3 days of viewings and many calls, flat was let and the new tenant moved in the following Friday. All this for £195+VAT. And for that I've got the EPC that is valid for the next 10 years and another 12 months marketing if I need it.
I'll never use a local agent again. The difference in price just doesn't justify the presence of the walk in office and the chance that they might put your house in their local newspaper adverts. The majority use the internet now. Our property appeared in 1,728 Rightmove searches in just the 6 days it was live!!
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