Recession? Housing Crisis?

Have you a wife to get up the duff? That seem to be traditional on
Grand Designs, when building a house with one less bedroom than you'll
now need.

 

****
Me
Sideways

Looking for property is as much fun as selling a car. It involves contact
with the great general public. God give me strength (there is no Ged).

Estate agents rank right down there with recruitment agents, traffic wardens
and members of Brake. Somewhere there is a giant vat of primordial green
slime where some sick **** cultivates these utter cunts.

Stand Back. I'm opening this 'ere Port

 

Engage a less pikey Estate Agent. Such a pity you can't choose the agent
for the vendor.

The setup we are using to sell ours appear, from first impressions, to
be slightly higher up the evolutionary tree. One of the main partners
spent a long time with us discussing our requirements for the new
property as well as looking round ours. He even went as far as saying
not to bother going to market until after Xmas unless we had found
something we really liked - but then we had (now already sold!). His
thoughts on initial asking price were pretty much in line with mine
(been researching on Zoopla etc.), and another of the three valuations
we have got. The third was well in to very quick sale just to turn a
penny territory.

The other partner spent a long time doing the photos and did some
detailed touches arranging stuff and what I would call in advertising
jargon 'signifiers' before taking them. Also took several photos of the
garden.

But then you get what you pay for. Having said that, the only time an
Estate Agent earns their money is when they have to keep a long and
complicated chain together. Our last move was a corker in that respect.
My Solicitor said it was the worst and most fragile chain he had ever
dealt with. Nearly fell through at the very last minute (matrimonial and
mortgage problems).

I hate moving. Still, every chance this will be the last time (other
than to a gimmers' home or funeral parlour).



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In my experience estate agents are great right up until they've
guaranteed they will get their commission, thereafter they are shit.

My theory is that they don't really care about individual customers -
you're really quite unlikely to move often enough to encounter the same
estate agent again. The people they care more about cultivating good
relationships with are those that will give them repeat business - ie
property developers. So they are not really on the side of the average
customer.

 

I've found estate agents much of a muchness. Some are better than
others, but none to get in a lather over.

Solicitors, however, want fucking shooting.

 

A small sample size IME, but there are some round here I would never
recommend.

Whereas, I am hoping the one I used last is still in business. I've used
him on the last three moves. Younger than me, so hopefully not retired
yet. Once again, there are local solicitors I wouldn't touch with a
barge pole. TBF, I also found a very good one to deal with my father's
estate, who I would recommend to anyone.

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I'd bet there isn't a single one of them wants shooting. Some may *need*
shooting, but as in every walk of life, not all of 'em.


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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Beav

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/may/07/ukguns.london

HTH.

 

****

There's always one twat who'll do whatever to **** up a good argument. Now
there's one less.


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Fewer.

 

Phewer.