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Bri1975

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Myself and my brother have unfortunately recently inherited my fathers house in swinton.
When appointing an estate agent is there anything in particular I should look for/ask ?
Any recommendations for online estate agents ?
 
All estate agents seem to do nowadays is advertise on rightmost for you, do that yourself and get a good solicitor to complete the legal aspects of a sale and you could save a few quid.
 
Just to put a twist on it, we were in a similar position last year with my dads house and as an option I looked at a few of those firms that buy your house....granted at about 80% of the value but they cut out all the crap and mither and any chance of a purchaser pulling out plus all fees and legals paid. We ended up getting a sale rather quicker than expected due to an executor going with an agant who had a local buyer on his books. Worth looking at though......
 
I'm in the middle of selling my mum and dad's house.
I went online and got a couple of valuations from about 2 or 3 estate agents just to get a rough estimate of what it's worth and so you know what ballpark figure you should be looking at.
They come and visit the house, value it and if you/they are happy they will put it up for sale.
They usually charge 1% of whatever price it goes for.

You need to get a solicitor to represent you for selling the house but usually the estate agents recommend one who they work with or works with them.

Hope that helps.

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I used Melissa Berry in Prestwich. She's very good and off her head but funny with it.
 
This might be the one time on BM where the usual advice about bricking the windows and torching the gaff should not be followed.

Unless it's still insured so might save a lot of messing about with estate agents, solicitors, removal men etc etc.
 
Bri1975 said:
Myself and my brother have unfortunately recently inherited my fathers house in swinton.
When appointing an estate agent is there anything in particular I should look for/ask ?
Any recommendations for online estate agents ?
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Really sorry to hear that and I cannot comment on local estate agents but what I can comment on is you and your brother possibly getting surveys done to understand it's true value? A lot of estate agents are only interested in inflating the price of a property when you and your Brother just want to get it done and sorted.
 
SamTheGuru said:
Really sorry to hear that and I cannot comment on local estate agents but what I can comment on is you and your brother possibly getting surveys done to understand it's true value? A lot of estate agents are only interested in inflating the price of a property when you and your Brother just want to get it done and sorted.
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Surveys have nothing to do with the price advertised.
It's up to the buyer to satisfy themselves that the property is suitable.
As long as the seller doesn't mislead, and is honest, the onus is on the buyer
 
SamTheGuru said:
Really sorry to hear that and I cannot comment on local estate agents but what I can comment on is you and your brother possibly getting surveys done to understand it's true value? A lot of estate agents are only interested in inflating the price of a property when you and your Brother just want to get it done and sorted.
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Was just about to ask re: a survey , as a reply suggests it's down to the buyer to sort but if there are issues surely I need to k ow and it'll reflect in thr price?
 
SamTheGuru said:
Really sorry to hear that and I cannot comment on local estate agents but what I can comment on is you and your brother possibly getting surveys done to understand it's true value? A lot of estate agents are only interested in inflating the price of a property when you and your Brother just want to get it done and sorted.
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I'd say the opposite
Estate agents try to undervalue a property so they achieve a quick sale
 
dickie davies said:
I'd say the opposite
Estate agents try to undervalue a property so they achieve a quick sale
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They often initially overstate the potential selling price, in order to get the business. Then, when it's failed to sell, will advise dropping the price to try to get a quick sale, and their commission.

The OP needs to do their own research, using Land Registry and sites like Rightmove & Zoopla. LR will tell you the exact selling price of properties, but it can take time between a sale and the information appearing on the site. On the other sites you can usually see if a price has been reduced, by how much and how many times that's happened.

It's very easy to get £ signs in your eyes when some snake-oil estate agent tells you your house is very sought after and they've got people on their books ready to buy. But do your own research.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
They often initially overstate the potential selling price, in order to get the business. Then, when it's failed to sell, will advise dropping the price to try to get a quick sale, and their commission.

The OP needs to do their own research, using Land Registry and sites like Rightmove & Zoopla. LR will tell you the exact selling price of properties, but it can take time between a sale and the information appearing on the site. On the other sites you can usually see if a price has been reduced, by how much and how many times that's happened.

It's very easy to get £ signs in your eyes when some snake-oil estate agent tells you your house is very sought after and they've got people on their books ready to buy. But do your own research.
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Just done the land registry , it came back with : Value stated£154,000 on 10 October 2024
What factors have they used to come up with that figure ?
 
Stick the postcode in Zoopla or similar looking for previous sales, I think it goes back 7 years. A fixer upper V the finished article will vary a fair bit, but it'll give you an idea.
 
Bri1975 said:
Just done the land registry , it came back with : Value stated£154,000 on 10 October 2024
What factors have they used to come up with that figure ?
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I thought The land registry has the last selling price not the value.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
They often initially overstate the potential selling price, in order to get the business. Then, when it's failed to sell, will advise dropping the price to try to get a quick sale, and their commission.

The OP needs to do their own research, using Land Registry and sites like Rightmove & Zoopla. LR will tell you the exact selling price of properties, but it can take time between a sale and the information appearing on the site. On the other sites you can usually see if a price has been reduced, by how much and how many times that's happened.

It's very easy to get £ signs in your eyes when some snake-oil estate agent tells you your house is very sought after and they've got people on their books ready to buy. But do your own research.
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This all day.
Just got rid of our estate agent after all the messing about we've been through.
A sale is now going through on our house, that we've orchestrated ourselves
 
Kippax77 said:
This all day.
Just got rid of our estate agent after all the messing about we've been through.
A sale is now going through on our house, that we've orchestrated ourselves
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We were selling a house a few years ago and I got pissed off when the agent was showing people around saying "You could do this" or "You could knock through". We had words asking him why he was essentially denigrating what was a nice 4-bed detached by house, and not pointing out all the good bits. Said I'd prefer to show viewers round myself and the first couple we did that for bought it.
 
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