Reply to: Choosing an Estate Agent

[Bagpuss]

Which ones put you on RightMove for a £100 package? My understanding is RightMove is only for classic estate agents to use.

Linky please.

Used to be rightmove on houseweb, now fish4homes etc

http://www.houseweb.co.uk/prop/coverage.html


http://www.mousesale.co.uk/site/sale....php?sub=index

do rightmove for £399

[Platypus]

a) Whether the estate agent demands exclusive rights to market your property;
b) Whether their terms and conditions demand a minimum tie-in period;

blah blah

Also be aware that many (larger) agents now have standard contracts which include a clause whereby you waiver your right to the cooling off period you're supposed to have. Someone I know in my area just got screwed over by signing one of these. Perfectly legal too.

[chicane]

Not crap. Sold my place for a few hundred. Try using the search facility like someone who doesn't understand SQL.

The only thing I'll be finding on that website is a load of porn and malware links once some kid with basic SQL knowledge and too much time on their hands twigs how vulnerable the code is.

Not sure what you mean by the second sentence.

[Bob Dalek]

Stop recommending crap websites.

Not crap. Sold my place for a few hundred. Try using the search facility like someone who doesn't understand SQL.

[chicane]

What the frig am I supposed to do about it?

Stop recommending crap websites.

[Bob Dalek]

Thanks for this suggestion. Website certainly looks good, seems to offer more than Houseweb. A complete online estate agent.

However I did a search and got this:


Search Results

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e14'

Extra ) in query expression 'CategoryName = 'Buy' AND TypeName = 'semi-detached' AND Price >= 250000 AND Price <= 300000 AND NoOfBedrooms >= 2)'.

/search_results.asp, line 120

What the frig am I supposed to do about it?

[DimPrawn]

Thanks for this suggestion. Website certainly looks good, seems to offer more than Houseweb. A complete online estate agent.

However I did a search and got this:


Search Results

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e14'

Extra ) in query expression 'CategoryName = 'Buy' AND TypeName = 'semi-detached' AND Price >= 250000 AND Price <= 300000 AND NoOfBedrooms >= 2)'.

/search_results.asp, line 120

Oh Dear.

Using MS Access.
Using classic ASP
Using dynamic SQL generation rather than parameters.
Showing the error details to the end user.

Avoid. Very noddy.

[Gros]

I recommend Hatched. Cheap & it works. Your property also gets advertised on RightMove. Other DIY set-ups don't. Hatched is, in reality, an agency, but at a rock bottom price.

Thanks for this suggestion. Website certainly looks good, seems to offer more than Houseweb. A complete online estate agent.

However I did a search and got this:


Search Results

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e14'

Extra ) in query expression 'CategoryName = 'Buy' AND TypeName = 'semi-detached' AND Price >= 250000 AND Price <= 300000 AND NoOfBedrooms >= 2)'.

/search_results.asp, line 120

[DimPrawn]

Whatever you do do not go anywhere near F4x50s.

You have been warned

Is that a moped?

[sunnysan]

Estate Agents

Whatever you do do not go anywhere near F4x50s.

You have been warned

[Bob Dalek]

I recommend Hatched. Cheap & it works. Your property also gets advertised on RightMove. Other DIY set-ups don't. Hatched is, in reality, an agency, but at a rock bottom price.

[DimPrawn]

You can buy a package for circa £100 that puts you on rightmove and several others.

Which ones put you on RightMove for a £100 package? My understanding is RightMove is only for classic estate agents to use.

Linky please.

[Bagpuss]

Nice idea, but when trying out a broad search in my area, it only turned up a few houses which means I probably wouldn't bother to go there again. A bit strange considering they claim to link to 350 other sites (maybe not big ones, such as Rightmove).

You can buy a package for circa £100 that puts you on rightmove and several others.

[TimberWolf]

Why pay an estate agent? most of them charge a fortune for a very poor service. They send around a 17 year old spotty faced school dunce to take a couple of photos, spend ten minutes fabricating some cliche ridden blurb and then post the photos on Rightmove et al for £50, and place an ad in the local press once a month if you are lucky. For this blinding service you get charged an average of 3k. You even have to show prosepective buyers around yourself most of the time.

Many buyers these days simply search the net for homes. So why not save yourself some money and a lot of bother. I did and achieved 10k more than the agent I sacked could get me.

http://www.houseweb.co.uk/

Nice idea, but when trying out a broad search in my area, it only turned up a few houses which means I probably wouldn't bother to go there again. A bit strange considering they claim to link to 350 other sites (maybe not big ones, such as Rightmove).

[Bagpuss]

Why pay an estate agent? most of them charge a fortune for a very poor service. They send around a 17 year old spotty faced school dunce to take a couple of photos, spend ten minutes fabricating some cliche ridden blurb and then post the photos on Rightmove et al for £50, and place an ad in the local press once a month if you are lucky. For this blinding service you get charged an average of 3k. You even have to show prosepective buyers around yourself most of the time.

Many buyers these days simply search the net for homes. So why not save yourself some money and a lot of bother. I did and achieved 10k more than the agent I sacked could get me.

http://www.houseweb.co.uk/