tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488650312167102126.post6649170336154737674..comments2023-06-26T14:18:50.746+01:00Comments on Miss Piggy Bank: Trying to stay positiveMiss Piggy Bankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886893128634012341noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488650312167102126.post-7980762725558178002012-03-20T21:30:30.168+00:002012-03-20T21:30:30.168+00:00Absolutely agree about estate agents. mine never l...Absolutely agree about estate agents. mine never listened to my reasons for wanting to sell and gave me crap advice- actually no advice! They were not proactive in any way - if they had a decent grasp of the market at the time as I know some good ones do might have managed to salvage something from my house sale - the rubbish ones are devils spawn next to solicitors and tabloid journalists ( apologies to any good ones in this group as well lol)...Eeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414831229655360486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488650312167102126.post-29204035870764728452012-03-20T15:53:55.994+00:002012-03-20T15:53:55.994+00:00I have to agree 100% with your view on estate agen...I have to agree 100% with your view on estate agents. I am sure that there are some good, honest ones out there, but my recent dealings with them has been nothing but dishonesty (or at least hiding the truth which is the same thing in my book), money grabbing and a complete lack of integrity. They totally forget who is paying them and are so self important. I see from others comments that we are not alone!DHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199859409385042568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488650312167102126.post-47999314837781748022012-03-20T13:04:55.746+00:002012-03-20T13:04:55.746+00:00The right house will come along, don't worry. ...The right house will come along, don't worry. Perhaps estate agents need reminding who is paying them.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488650312167102126.post-36810938526062704462012-03-20T12:25:17.134+00:002012-03-20T12:25:17.134+00:00Thanks both xx I think the agents are just full of...Thanks both xx I think the agents are just full of their own self importance. The one we are having a second look at is an empty property.Miss Piggy Bankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886893128634012341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488650312167102126.post-36130241484955443182012-03-20T12:21:48.409+00:002012-03-20T12:21:48.409+00:00Keep your chin up, Hope something comes up soon,xx...Keep your chin up, Hope something comes up soon,xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488650312167102126.post-82153581815755845122012-03-20T11:33:11.184+00:002012-03-20T11:33:11.184+00:00Paying out the estate agency fee was the thing I m...Paying out the estate agency fee was the thing I most begrudged about moving. I didn't mind paying the solicitor, or the surveyor but the fact that my money had gone to the estate agency really galled me. There was a catalogue of disasters - private letters put into the post without envelopes, requests for copies of things I had paid for that didn't materialise,not bothering to tell me when my buyer had contacted them to let them know the survey was ok and everything was going ahead, ranting at me on moving day because I wasn't out of the house by 12 - I didn't get the keys for the new house until 2, and my buyer was at work all day anyway and had no intention of moving in that day. His Dad came to collect the keys from me as we moved the last things out of the house. He was lovely,had a look around the garden with me while J moved the last bits out of the house and left us with the garage key so we could get the last bits out of there later in the day. He told us to take our time and just put the garage key through the letterbox when we'd finished. No need for all the ranting by the estate agent at all. Luckily, we only looked at empty properties- about 15 of them- so we didn't experience not being able to look in rooms or cupboards. That seems bizarre - the vendors obviously aren't that keen to move. Hope you find somewhere you love very soon.Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729719876504930455noreply@blogger.com