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Conference govt02::basingstoke

Title: * BASINGSTOKE - Gateway to Wessex *
Notice:BASINGSTOKE - John Arlott lived here - then left, I wonder why
Moderator:COMICS::CORNEJ
Created:Wed Jul 27 1988
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:925
Total number of notes:5875

434.0. "Estate Agents in Basingstoke..." by KERNEL::MENDELSOHN (Greg Mendelsohn, UK VMS Support) Sun May 12 1991 11:42

    Has anyone got any recommendations as to which estate agents I should
    go to in order to put my house on the market (as opposed to selling
    privately). Commission rates, advertising coverage, and experiences
    would be helpfull.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Greg Mendelsohn
    
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434.1VULCAN::SMITHP1Another pn successfully paraphrasedMon May 13 1991 12:544
	I wouldn't recommend Manns, but I'm probably not allowed to
	say this in a notes conference.

		p1
434.2Aye....LARVAE::WALKERCCatherine Walker 7849 3291Mon May 13 1991 14:295
    P1 - you're right - you're probably not allowed to say that in a notes
    conference..... but I agree with you - Mann & Co.... well, the less said
    the better...
    
    
434.3KERNEL::MENDELSOHNGreg Mendelsohn, UK VMS SupportMon May 13 1991 15:166
    Re .1, .2
    
    Can you mail me offline as to your reasons for the comments about Mann
    & Co. Ltd
    
    Greg
434.4BarronsCOMICS::WATTERSONMon May 13 1991 15:249
    
    Hi Greg,
    where are you hiding today ?
    
    Anyway, a quick vote for Barrons - I bought my house through them and
    my first thought was 'what a bunch of amateurish spivs', however they
    turned out to be very effective - I'd use them again.
    
    Paul
434.5Maybe Parkers?FORTY2::GROOMMon May 13 1991 16:343
From a buying point of view only, I found Parkers more competent than most.

Alex.
434.6Vote for ParkersKERNEL::WILLIAMSJMon May 13 1991 19:4228
    I'm not sure which Estate Agent you use actually matters -
    its the people who work for the agents that make the difference.
    I recently went through the process of selling my house and
    used multiple agencies, one included Parkers (this was in 
    Farnborough, so I can't comment about Basingstoke).
    The first chap I dealt with in Parkers was a complete moron
    and I had to always chase him up to get him to do anything.
    Because my situation was a lot more complicated than most and
    it wasn't just a case of selling the house, this guy for one
    reason or another was not doing a competent job.  
    
    I rang up the manager and complained bitterly explaining my situation 
    to them and threatened to take the house of their books unless 
    they changed the chap I dealt with.  At this point, if matters 
    had not of improved and taken the house of the market, I would 
    of slagged Parkers off to domesday.  
    
    After that, I then dealt with the manager who completely changed
    my outlook on them.  He couldn't of been more nicer or more
    helpful or more efficient. In fact, he did much more than just
    his job and because of this, I am sure that is what sold the
    house.
    
    Because of this, I am singing the praises of Parkers but as I 
    said, it doesn;t matter which agent you use, in the end it is
    the guy at the end of the phone who makes or breaks it.
    
    julia
434.7YUPPY::FOXWhen tha boot kooms in laddieTue May 14 1991 10:136
    I can strongly recommend Black Horse (Gascoigne-Pees) on 479479.  They
    sold me a house in Kempshott last year, I put it back on the market
    with them and very quickly had a buyer.  Talk to Roger Wade.
    
    Their commission rate is 2%, but I negotiated them down to 1.5%!
    
434.8BARONS ARE BEST HAMPS::DADDS_LTue May 14 1991 10:349
I moved house 2 weeks ago.  I bought from Barons and sold my house through 
Barons.  They are a very down-to-earth bunch and extremely effective.  

The best bit of all - they keep you regularly updated -more than can be said 
for most!

They were excellent.

Lynn
434.9KERNEL::MENDELSOHNGreg Mendelsohn, UK VMS SupportWed May 22 1991 13:175
    Barons got the job.
    
    Thanks for the input
    
    Greg.