“I *really* wanted this to work for my Central London 1......”
2 Star Review
May 13,2014
By:
'Steve'
May 13,2014
Branch: Chelmsford, 146 New London Road
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: W14
Branch: Chelmsford, 146 New London Road
Sales (as a Vendor)
Postcode: W14
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I *really* wanted this to work for my Central London 1-bed flat sale and was keen to try it out. I only received three viewings via MOEA, which resulted in one (low) offer. MOEA appeared to think I should take the low offer 'in case another didn't materialise. ' I persevered and paid extra for a MOEA 'for sale' sign and Rightmove premium, which didn't seem to help. They could only suggest one other thing, and that was to reduce the asking price.
In the meantime, I negotiated a lower-than-usual commission deal with a local agent who seemed very keen, and they arranged 20+ viewings within the first few weeks. Their floor plan also had a different (larger) total floor area to My Online Estate Agent's plan, which I felt was important as similar properties in my area were achieving £1000 per sq ft. Despite me raising this with MOEA on several occasions and requesting them to do a new floor plan, they did not arrange for a re-measure.
My local agent's marketing work resulted in three offers, one of which proceeded to the sale of the property at over 98% of the asking price. Even after the agent's commission had been accounted for, I was still over £13,000 up on the best offer obtained via My Online Estate Agent. My local agent also helped to progress the deal through to completion.
Overall I would like to say: great idea, if you think it will work for you, but a good local agent can do a much better job, and you might end up with more money for the sale, even after you have paid the agent's fees.
What agent could do to change your mind?
Had the agent come back to me and answered my requests to make arrangements for the floor plan of my property to be re-measured (after offering to do so) I would have been more satisfied with the service that I had received.
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