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Looks like it's soon time to move on. Previous house sales have always been through solicitors and advertising in the ESPC. However, I'm wondering if the (apparent) increase in the number of Estate Agents means I should adopt another approach. Is ESPC still the #1 place folk look when buying in Edinburgh?
ESPC is still strong in Edinburgh. I recommend if going with a solicitor to get one who also advertises on Rightmove which is also very popular.
We had Warners out - rubbish, and also Mov8 who seemed a lot better (fixed price fees instead of a percentage). We're looking to upgrade but stay local - swap you?
ESPC fees were quite high - we were thinking of just going with s1homes for the first wee while, then ESPC if it didn't shift.
Gotta be ESPC and probably Rightmove. My sister got and accepted and offer today through Mov8 after 3 months mine sold in January after 7 months. I wouldn't go through Blair Cadell again, seemed as though they thought it was still 2007 and everytime I called to ask anything I got a "viewer" within 24hrs.
Post reported. This spam should be in the classifieds. Pfft
Winking obviously.
ESPC. Seems to have the best all round appeal I would say.
[quote=ojom ]Post reported. This spam should be in the classifieds. Pfft
Hah. Can you imagine the Paypal fees?
Make sure you sort out the potential causes for not being able to sell before you spunk £3k plus on estate agent fees... 🙁
You'd think it might be part of the service to run checks on the property beforehand, but no. We spent the best part of £3,000 on solicitors fees, ESPC listing fees, brochure printing fees, home buyers report fees, checking-that-the-double-glazing-was-installed-correctly-and-legally fees, etc. and then when it came to signing on the dotted line, our solicitors (whose name shall remain undisclosed, but which rhymes with Deslie Leans) told us that, actually, because of the ongoing Statutory Notice shenanigans we could only sell if we left enough behind from the sale of the flat to cover the eventual bill, +25% to cover unexpected increase. "No problem", we said, "we've had a final bill of £600 for the notices served during our ownership, and the previous owners left £4k to cover their liabilities."
"Ah, yes, well", said our solicitors, "current estimate is over £38,000. You'll need to retain just shy of £48,000 from your sale in order for for it to complete."
If you're not subject to any of this, then I'd go Zoopla/ESPC and get a solicitor involved at the last minute.