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3.9/5, 519 Reviews
74% Recommended

69% sales valuation accuracy

81% sales fee satisfaction

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Strike is here to redefine the way you move. After 200 years of high fees and pointless jargon, it’s time for a change. That’s why we’re changing what it means to be an estate agent. 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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Strike
The OctagonColchester, Essex
CO1 1TG
0333 331 4046

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1 Star Review

By : 'JillCarole'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (Prospective Vendor/Buyer)
Would you recommend ? : No
Postcode : BN21

13 Apr 2016
People found this helpful8

I hope you will have the patience to read my review, it is rather long-winded but I think it is very important to warn people of the problems with House Simple's customer service and their misleading terms by describing exactly what happened to me. Initially, leading up to the photographs being ... Read Full Review


Comments on Agent Fees

Misleading as described above

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By : Louise Hart

15 Apr 2016

Thank you for your review Jill, we have been in email correspondence regarding the issues you have addressed. As we have discussed we really do appreciate all feedback from our vendors to help...


Economical, quick and simple. ...

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5 Star Review

By : 'Katy'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £185
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : LS15

8 Apr 2016
People found this helpful0

Economical, quick and simple. Our house sold within 48 hours. Efficient customer call centre, helpful and friendly. Saved at least 2k on estate agent ... Read Full Review


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Very reasonable.

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5 Star Review

By : 'Paul'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £412500
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NE38

4 Apr 2016
People found this helpful0

Very pleased with the service, house simple sold my house within 2 months after advertising with them. I'd previously used a local estate agents for 6 months and was not impressed with levels of service from these. Being able to edit the photos and description is a great plus point as these appear ... Read Full Review


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Good

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5 Star Review

By : 'Julie'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £205000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : CO5

4 Apr 2016
People found this helpful0

Having sold a few houses before though high street estate agents at what I considered to be a very high cost, I started to look for alternatives. I found a few online estate agents and found the web site for house simple to be easier to navigate than others. It also showed what you get for your ... Read Full Review


Comments on Agent Fees

Great value

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5 Star Review

By : 'Tony'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £128000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : WS10

26 Mar 2016
People found this helpful0

After much shopping around and trawling through dozens of both High Street and online estate agents for a reasonable service and price, I opted for HouseSimple. This was due to the extensive services offered and most importantly the very reasonable price, which was much lower than the High Street ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Excellent


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Excellent

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A great way to sell your ...

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5 Star Review

By : 'Mark'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : SR7

24 Mar 2016
People found this helpful0

A great way to sell your property. As most buyers look online these days I thought I'd save a lot of expense by using HouseSimple. Having been quoted £1800 + VAT by two local estate agents I decided to try HouseSimple at £495 inc VAT. I had my first viewing within 2 hours on being on ... Read Full Review


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Excellent. £495 inc VAT

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4 Star Review

By : 'Claire'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £150000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : YO21

19 Mar 2016
People found this helpful0

A great way of selling your home without the expense. However I was less than happy with the shocking, dark, 'professional' photos their photographer had taken (the usual one was on holiday. ) They were so bad I had to take my own and when I complained they wanted to charge me to have them taken ... Read Full Review

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HouseSimple - simply ...

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5 Star Review

By : 'D.'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £124000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : HX6

11 Mar 2016
People found this helpful0

HouseSimple - simply brilliant. Customer service is excellent. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Dashboard is very user-friendly. I would recommend HouseSimple without ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Fees are extremely reasonable and very good value.


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Fees are extremely reasonable and very good value.

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4 Star Review

By : 'Miss'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £84950
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : NP19

11 Mar 2016
People found this helpful0

Housesimple was a very easy way to market my property. I liked the fact I was able to manage my listing rather than having an high street agent 'pretend' to know about your property. The photographs were good quality and the for sale board was delivered efficiently and displayed prominently. The ... Read Full Review


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Excellent

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5 Star Review

By : 'Julie'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : B314

9 Mar 2016
People found this helpful0

I was a little nervous about using an on line property agent, but the friendly efficient staff made it very easy. What most impressed me was the patience of the staff, even when they were asked quite basic questions. Much better than using a High Street ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Very good fees, especially when you include the conveyancing team.


Comments on Agent Fees

Very good fees, especially when you include the conveyancing team.

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5 Star Review

By : 'Mr'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : LU4

3 Mar 2016
People found this helpful0

For the price you can't go wrong! initially I had my doubts about using Housesimple as I've never come across them before. Though after reading reviews from various sites I took the plunge. In all honesty it was the best decision I made. The process behind the scenes still requires improving, and ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

very good


Comments on Agent Fees

very good

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4 Star Review

By : 'Michael'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £120000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : BT27

19 Feb 2016
People found this helpful0

Value for money is incredible. They do everything an estate agent normally does, except viewings. Personally, I'd prefer to do the viewings, as nobody knows more about the house than i do. Website is mostly easy to use, and very convenient to accept viewing etc online. A few critisisms. - ... Read Full Review


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Good. Actually - amazing

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5 Star Review

By : 'Bev'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : B79

11 Feb 2016
People found this helpful0

I was a little sceptical about using an online agency but Housesimple were fantastic from start to finish. Very professional and helpful throughout. We also saved over �1500.00 on fees. Would definitely recommend Housesimple and will use them in the future for selling any ... Read Full Review

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Online Estate Agency is the ...

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5 Star Review

By : 'Steve'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £195000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : DN18

4 Feb 2016
People found this helpful1

Online Estate Agency is the future. We do all our searching through Rightmove and Zoopla and not in a office. HouseSimple use all of these and through there portal it is very easy to add and remove information and update pictures and descriptions. What most appealed to us was the price difference ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

High street best price was £2500 House Simple selling Fee £395 which includes Sale Board, Professional photographer, advertising on Rightmove, Zoopla and many other sites. I could not see any added benefit from going with a high street agent.


Comments on Agent Fees

High street best price was £2500 House Simple selling Fee £395 which includes Sale Board, Professional photographer, advertising on Rightmove, Zoopla and many other sites. I could not see any added benefit from going with a high street agent.

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5 Star Review

By : 'Gemma'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £274950
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : LS24

1 Feb 2016
People found this helpful0

I have been extremely happy with HouseSimple from the rapid response of organising a photographer to come from my initial request to the after sales support. The photos were fantastic, and uploaded within a couple of hours. The support fantastic from curtesy calls to returning my calls. Our house ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Fantastic value for money saving us thousands in traditional estate agent fees


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Fantastic value for money saving us thousands in traditional estate agent fees

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5 Star Review

By : 'Sue'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £130000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : ST3

29 Jan 2016
People found this helpful0

House Simple delighted me from start to finish. I engaged them during the Christmas holiday, their lovely photographer promptly took professional pictures within a few days. Once I submitted my draft listing my house was on Zoopla and Rightmove within 24 hours. Then unexpectedly I sold it after ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Good fees. Lowest I found online.


Comments on Agent Fees

Good fees. Lowest I found online.

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5 Star Review

By : 'Alex'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £225000
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : DT3

28 Jan 2016
People found this helpful0

With a high street agent who were taking 1.75% on my 220k house. After a year of only two agent guided viewings only had some very low offers. Tried house simple and so glad, really professional photos and managed to promply sell in just 4 days with no silly commission for 5k more than last years ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Very reasonable fees and options to suit all budgets. Conveyancing also via housesimple.com is very easy and quick.


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Very reasonable fees and options to suit all budgets. Conveyancing also via housesimple.com is very easy and quick.

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5 Star Review

By : 'Eddy'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Sold price : £169950
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : B77

22 Jan 2016
People found this helpful0

The process was just so simple. We sold our house on first day of viewing (3 days after going live) and had one other offer of full asking price as a back up. Such a simple process we thought it was too good to be true but no it has come up trumps! Such good ... Read Full Review


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Excellent

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5 Star Review

By : 'THOROUGHLY'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : CM3

17 Jan 2016
People found this helpful0

After reviewing several online agents my decision to use them proved to be the right one. They supplied all the relevant help and tools I needed to initially set it up but I loved being in control of my own page, having the ability to update it has been so beneficial - changing pictures and adding ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Good - very good value for money


Comments on Agent Fees

Good - very good value for money

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4 Star Review

By : 'Lamings'
Branch : Strike, The Octagon
Services : Sales (As a Vendor)
Would you recommend ? : Yes
Postcode : TN12

14 Jan 2016
People found this helpful0

So far selling with House Simple has been great. Initially they provided the photographer who took loads of great photos and completed the floor plan, giving a great start to our listing. We wrote the description ourselves and were able to give a little history of our unusual home. Staff were able ... Read Full Review


What agent could do to change your mind?

Excellent


Comments on Agent Fees

Excellent

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