Has anyone ever sacked an estate agent before the end of contract?

[angrybird3]

In the process of buying/selling and the agents we have picked to sell out flat are SHITE.
Has anyone any experience of getting rid before the contract is up?

We have 4 and a half weeks left to go, by which time our seller on the new house will have moved on.

So frustrated - was led to believe it would sell easily. Given an inflated price, which we dropped today.

It's WInkworths by the way, before we all jump to the conclusion that I must be talking about Foxtons!

Yes, I did. I needed to sell quickly and was assured by the Ea that they would do everything possible to ensure a fast sale!

Ha!

In the time I was with them, not one viewing took place, I had no email updates from them , as they said they would, and everytime I called into the office, there was nothing happening! apart from one staff member applying nail polish

So, on the fantastic advice of someone in the know, I wrote them a termination letter outlining everything they hadn't done, and informing them not to bother trying to charge me fees as their poor service had cost me money. Nor were they to try claiming fees from me if I was successful at selling through another agent....and sacked them!

The new agent was fab and sold within 6 weeks.

Interesting.... I have just emailed the, outlining what has been going on, but irritatingly, there have been viewings, but no offers, so I can't accuse them of doing nothing at all.

I have asked to have a meeting tomorrow, to see if they will agree to terminating contract, or at very least going joint agency.

I will be using your line about poor service costing me money though - nice one.

I need this flat sold. To be honest, 6 weeks fills me with horror!

We have agreed a purchase on a new house, and we have also agreed the sale on the house we live in (the flat is rented out - selling up to buy the big family home), and both the seller and the other buyer are champing at the bit.

Anyone want to buy a flat?!

Yes my EA's had inflated the price of my house too which was ridiculous - no wonder people are having difficulties getting on the housing ladder.

I told them that:

I have done my own market research now and think that the advise I have been given on price is greatly overstated and unrealistic

and that: I can see better properties than mine on your website for much less money. How do expect to sell mine ? (sad but true, even though mine was a fabby little thing)

And various other comments too......... I was very stressed at the time, but in my defence everything I pointed out to them was true. I am never, never, ever moving house again !

Good luck with your sale.