No-flies

Thank you James for those kind words. It was quite a difficult chain but flat we got there in the end and hope you have settled into your new home. All the best. Brendan & Tony

Hi Bellenden, as long as you sign up with us as sole agents in April or May, the offer still applies, even though you may come to market sometime after that. Please feel free to DM us if you want to discuss this further. Best wishes, No-FLies

We set up No-Flies as an independent property sales agency in April 2013. Our success has been in no small part due to this wonderful forum. This month is, therefore, our tenth anniversary and to mark the event we are offering the following special fixed fees for sole agency instructions received in April and May 2023. Flats - £4,000 (plus VAT) irrespective of value. Houses - £7,000 (plus VAT) irrespective of value. Fees only payable on a successful sale of course. For those of you that are unfamiliar with us, we are a small local agency set up by two local residents - one an estate agent and one a former solicitor. We provide a full service (including valuation, marketing, escorted viewings with 24 hour feedback, negotiation and sales progression) and have a 5 star Google review rating and very large numbers of client testimonials on this forum By choosing No-Flies your home will be marketed on both Rightmove and Zoopla, as well as our own website and, as there are only two of us at No-Flies, you will, at all times, be dealing with one of the directors of the company rather than more junior staff. For more information or to arrange a valuation visit, please give us a call on 020 7737 8047 Tony & Brendan

Just spotted this. Thanks for your kind words Toldyouso. It was a pleasure dealing with you too. Good luck in the new place, we can't wait to see what you make of it when you are finished. Best wishes, Tony & Brendan

Thanks for the recommendation, is is very much appreciated. Brendan & Tony

It was a pleasure and hope you and your family have settled into your new home. Brendan & Tony

Thanks for the recommendation Adrian, a tricky one as you say but we got there in the end. Hope you have settled into your new home. Tony

Thanks DaveG. It was a tricky one to get through but we got there eventually. Hope you have settled in Canada. Best wishes. Brendan & Tony

Thanks for the recommendation Naomi, it was a pleasure dealing with you and hope you have settled into your new home. Brendan & Tony

Thanks for the recommendation MadHatter and hope you have settled into your new home. All the best. Brendan & Tony

The Chancellor has today announced a change in the way in which stamp duty is to be calculated on house purchases. Previously a purchase was subject to one rate of stamp duty dependent on the price paid. From midnight tonight you will pay different rates of stamp duty on different "slices" of the purchase price, much as you do with income tax. We have done a short blog post setting out the new rules and rates which is available here: http://no-flies.co.uk/index.php/2014/12/03/new-stamp-duty-rules/. The blog post also contain a link to an HMRC stamp duty calculator. If you have already exchanged contracts before midnight tonight but not completed on your purchase you can choose whether you wish to pay stamp duty under either the old or the new rules. No-Flies - Estate Agents

Thanks Lazero for your kind recommendation and glad we were able to get your sale through for you with the difficulties we encountered. All the best in your new home. Brendan

Hi Moglees Our fees are much lower than those of a high street agent as we do not have the overheads of a shiny high street office and we have plenty of recommendations on this site so please send a private message or call us on 020 7737 8047 if interested. Brendan & Tony c/o No-flies

Hi there We are local estate agents and as such we have worked on conveyancing transactions with a number of local solicitors. We have found Nick Harper at Hepburns to be good - they are based in Blackwater Street just off Lordship Lane. To be clear, we do not have referral arrangements with Hepburns or any other solicitors, it just seems to us that Nick has done a professional and efficient job when we have encountered them. Brendan No-flies

Hi there. We are local estate agents and as such we have worked on conveyancing transactions with a number of local solicitors. We have found Nick Harper at Hepburns to be good - they are based in Blackwater Street just off Lordship Lane. To be clear, we do not have referral arrangements with Hepburns or any other solicitors, it just seems to us that Nick has done a professional and efficient job when we have encountered him. Tony No-Flies

We just wanted to post on here to thank the Forum and the people on here who have wished us well, or used our services and posted recommendations, for all you support over the last year. We have recently been told that we are one of six estate agencies shortlisted for the "Best New Agency of the Year" at the forthcoming national Negotiator Awards. We are delighted, and it is due in no small part to the help and exposure we have received from this forum so once again thank you. No-Flies

Thanks Chris, it was a pleasure dealing with you as well and glad you are settled in your new home. Brendan

Thanks PK36 - we are so glad you were pleased with the service. It took a while but we got there in the end! - good luck in your new home.

Giggirl you will no doubt have spotted, from other recent posts on here, that properties of this nature do occasionally come up in the local area - rest assured you will be at the top of our list should we be instructed on one :0)

Sorry you don't like the name Loz. Our sale boards are designed to focus on the status of the property (ie: For Sale, Under Offer and Sold) rather than to emphasise the company name. I attach photos of our boards to show this. Brendan.

:o) thanks Mick Mac.

Loz - our current autumn promotion is a flat fee of ?3,000 (with no VAT) for sole agency appointments irrespective of the selling price of your property.

Thank you so much jbodey for your very kind recommendation ? we are delighted that you were pleased with the service you received. Mick Mac ? we would just like to clarify what we mean when we say we are an ?online agent?. We do not have a high street office and it is in that sense that we are online. Some ?online agents? list your property on Rightmove/Zoopla, etc and then leave the rest of the process to you. We are not an ?online agent? in that sense. We provide a full service, including valuation, marketing, accompanied viewings, feedback and sales progression after an offer is accepted. Anybody using us will notice no difference from using a high street agent (whether in terms of generating competitive tension amongst buyers or otherwise) except that they will be dealing with grown ups (who have bought and sold their own homes on a number of occasions so understand the possible frustrations), getting better service standards and lower fees. Red devil - you are correct that challenges do, potentially, lie ahead. If we are to succeed in the long term we will need to ensure that anybody else who represents No-Flies embodies the ethos of the company (and that the directors remain hands on in relation to individual transactions) as that is, we believe, what distinguishes us. Should we fail to do that we would be rightly criticised. This is, however, a challenge all companies focused on excellent service standards face and one with which we look forward to dealing when the time arrives.

I was a solicitor for 25 years before setting up No-flies and unfortunately the facts that you set out maroberts82 do not IMO give you any right of action against the seller, whether in the small claims court or elsewhere. I am not in the business of giving legal advice these days however so you may want to confirm that with your solicitor. Hope that helps.

Hi there. We are sorry that you have found yourself a victim of gazumping. Unfortunately until contracts are exchanged there is nothing to prevent a seller accepting another offer. There is some information on Gazumping and possible ways to avoid it ( none foolproof) on the blog section of our website if it is of any help - www.no-flies.co.uk. It seems to me that you have been involved in a contract race. There are strict rules governing solicitors in this situation - whilst there is nothing to stop a seller issuing more than one contract the Law Society requires the seller's solicitor to notify all parties to whom a contract has been issued that they are in a contract race and to explain the terms of the race. It sounds as if your prospective seller's solicitor has not done that in this case and it may be worth discussing with your solicitor whether there are any grounds for complaint. You won't secure the property you wanted but it may be some consolation. I hope this is of some help. No-Flies