Estate Agents

[Pat Lanips]

Heard about this forum and told its a good place for recommendations and criticisms.

Anybody out there used Acorn estate agents? Thinking of marketing with them. Any thoughts or feedback please.

[gog]

Don't! Initially purchased a property through them and I went though 3 "sales negotiators" who were rude and unhelpful saying I was holding up the purchase when they had not sent the freehold information through. They threatened that the seller would pull out. How can you purchase a property without all the legal documents from the seller?!

When I came to sell that property 2 years ago I didn't find them as knowledgeable as others of the market. They undervalued my property by ?40k lower than I sold it for privately 2 weeks later.

To be open and fair KFH also over valued by ?35k!

[jarnac]

Highly recommend No Flies who I found on this forum. They are superb and offer a service that is above and beyond. We are about to exchange on our second sale using them and the standards are still as high as ever. You still deal with Brendan and Tony all the way through so there is professional continuity from start to finish. Brilliant.

[Pat Lanips]

Thanks for all the replies here and on the one in the other section and also the private messages.

Seems the general advice is to steer well clear so will look elsewhere at some of the suggestions given to me.

@ gog: that is very interesting/disconcerting and certainly rings alarm bells. Thanks for the warning.