Advice on estate agents needed please!

[Coriandersucks]

I’ve never sold a house before so need a bit of guidance about what to look for in estate agents etc

I’ve spoken to a broker as we are hoping to get somewhere bigger so working out exactly what we can afford, so he has asked me to get some agents in to get a valuation done.

How many agents would you recommend? 2-3? And I understand they will want a percentage of the value of the property is that right? What would be considered reasonable?

We wouldn’t be buying through them as relocating to a different county.

Is there anything else I need to be thinking of?

Any advice greatly appreciated!

[Bells3032]

Get at least three quotes of cost. Have a look at which houses have sold recently and see whose most popular. Don't just go on cost - having a forward and pushy agent is very important in getting a sale done. They are also more likely to "match make" you with a buyer.

You can usually negotiate down the price with them as well if you like them but costs are too high (average is about 1-1.5% of sale price)

[keats334]

We're going through this at the moment. We spoke to three local agents, two of them quoted 1% commission and the third quoted 1.25%

We asked them things like:

• What is included in the fee? (one didn't include the EPC and floorplan and two did)
• What similar properties have you sold recently?
• How quickly would you expect it to sell?
• How would you market it?
• Do you have a list of potentially interested buyers?
• How quickly could it be up for sale?
• Is there anything we can do to help it sell?
• How long would we be tied in for?

We found the "how to" guides on moneysavingexpert quite useful as well

[MrsIronfoundersson]

Also look up 'The Advisory' as well, lots of info on there.

[LividLaughLovely]

I had no idea but asked on my local mum’s fb page and 13 of the 15 replies were for one particular company I hadn’t even thought of.

They’ve been amazing so far, and we had an over asking price offer half an hour after first viewing.

I’d ask for recommendations.

[Coriandersucks]

Some great tips thank you! Would never have thought of checking what they included I assumed they all would be the same.