Hi all,
not been on for a few days , twins been sick and of school so not much cleaning been done, got to get a shift on it tomorrow though as we have a prospective new EA (estate agent) coming friday morning at 10.30am, the one we are with at the moment has been absolutely useless been with them 4 weeks and nothing, no viewings, no phonecalls, no feed back nothing, i had to ring them today to ask them if i could have a copy of my contract we signed 4 weeks ago as we didnt have it, there reply was "oh we are ever so sorry we thought you had one" well if they can miss something like this thats important what else are they missing, i did also hear today from someone in this area with the same EA that we are with had there house up for sale and about 2 weeks after it was on the market they had had no viewings, then 1 day they had a knock on there door, it was a lady who had been trying to get hold of the EA had left numerous messages asking to view their property, so as she had not heard back from them she took the bull by the horns and knocked, they sold the house to that lady that day and because the EA had not given them the sale they lost ouut on their commision, well this doesnt look good does it, its funny the day me and hubby went in to sign the contract the EA was messing with their door, i jokingly said, "are you trying to lock us out" his reply was "no i was just checking i had unlocked it as i have just come back in", Where had he been leaving the shop closed,? he was the only one there, so should nt have gone anywhere, he could have missed prospective buyers coming in or phoning to ask for a viewing, i should have smelled a rat then shouldn't i, he hadnt been to lunch either as it was 2.30pm in the afternoon, and if he had been to lunch someone should have been by the phone etc there wasnt even a secretary there to do this. anyways we have got 2 weeks left with these idiots and then sole agency is up, i have learnt my lesson now and am not going sole agency and going multi agency, the new EA are already on the ball, i had the manager come out to me today to give me an information pack about themselves, he said it was so we could read them in our own time and not be rushed when he comes on friday morning,
i have read their literature and they have over 1100 group offices in the uk and they have been going for over 100 years, they advertise on rightmove. he was gobsmacked we had had no viewings, he actually said, i have clients on my books now looking in this area and particularly down our cul-de-sac
he was very optimistic and said i will have viewings for you the day your sole agency runs out with the other EA.
well sorry to have gone on a bit but heres to looking forward and onward and upward(in that plane to oz )
michell