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On Saturday we went into an estate agents and got some details of properties. At the same time we arranged for our property to be valued on Tuesday (yesterday)
On Sunday we found a property we really liked and on Monday made an offer. When they phoned back to say the offer was accepted subject to a fast sale they added they had found someone who was possibly interested in our property and wanted to come round to view after the valuer had been. Note, we have not signed anything with the estate agents at this point! Great I thought, very quick sale, even before going on market.
Tuesday night, the valuer came and gave us his valuation on what to market the property at and we haggled and got a fairly good deal again subject to this person buying the property otherwise a normal 1.5% would apply.
Got a phone call, from the estate agent office, 15 minutes before this guy was due to come to say he was delayed at work and won't make it. We were disappointed but shrugged it off. (We still haven't signed anything!)
The valuer is due to come back tonight to measure up and to sign the contract.
I am starting to get a little suspicious now that this person who is 'interested' in our property doesn't actually exist. and the estate agents are trying to tempt us into signing with them with a quick sale possibility! If I were this person and couldn't make an appointment for a property that will sell quickly I would have made an alternative appointment there and then.
Sorry if there are any estate agents who post here but I don't like them! I used to work in the business (in the IT side) and know full well that they are very greedy and/or under great pressure to sell and will do anything to get that sale.
What I think I am going to do is to sign the contract but insist that we are only tied to them for 1 week rather than their standard 16 weeks. We are only thinking of signing with them because we are buying through them and the commission deal is fairly good due to this.
Am I being too suspicious? What do people think?
On Sunday we found a property we really liked and on Monday made an offer. When they phoned back to say the offer was accepted subject to a fast sale they added they had found someone who was possibly interested in our property and wanted to come round to view after the valuer had been. Note, we have not signed anything with the estate agents at this point! Great I thought, very quick sale, even before going on market.
Tuesday night, the valuer came and gave us his valuation on what to market the property at and we haggled and got a fairly good deal again subject to this person buying the property otherwise a normal 1.5% would apply.
Got a phone call, from the estate agent office, 15 minutes before this guy was due to come to say he was delayed at work and won't make it. We were disappointed but shrugged it off. (We still haven't signed anything!)
The valuer is due to come back tonight to measure up and to sign the contract.
I am starting to get a little suspicious now that this person who is 'interested' in our property doesn't actually exist. and the estate agents are trying to tempt us into signing with them with a quick sale possibility! If I were this person and couldn't make an appointment for a property that will sell quickly I would have made an alternative appointment there and then.
Sorry if there are any estate agents who post here but I don't like them! I used to work in the business (in the IT side) and know full well that they are very greedy and/or under great pressure to sell and will do anything to get that sale.
What I think I am going to do is to sign the contract but insist that we are only tied to them for 1 week rather than their standard 16 weeks. We are only thinking of signing with them because we are buying through them and the commission deal is fairly good due to this.
Am I being too suspicious? What do people think?
