Can I bypass a nasty agent and contact the house seller directly?

[rabbitcarrot]

I saw my dreamed house 3 weeks ago.

Got in touch with estate agent, the agent got very bad reputation with selling their mortgage service. The guy spoke to me last Monday insisted to have to pass their mortgage adviser test first then can book me in viewing the house even I told them I got decent deposit & AIP in ready. Then last Wednesday he called me again requested to email him the bank statements & mortgage in principle etc. Then promise me to book viewing either Saturday or this Monday night. As I expected, nothing from him until now.

Do you think I should contact/post a letter to the house owner directly? If I did make an offer, can I offer to house owner straight away? What about the following procedure? Let my solicitor contacted with owner as well? Who is contact to do the search/survey? Is it possible to completely jump off this nasty agent?

If we still need go through this agent, I decide to walk away this house..
It's so sad, this kind of house only appeared one every year.

@CrazyCatLazy no sorry was meant for OP 🙈

@rabbitcarrot
Connells are the scum of the earth, they could offer me a house for free and I wouldn't accept it. Read their trustpilot reviews, absolutely shocking

@DogsNosesAreCute

Bingo!!! It is Connells.

@rabbitcarrot they have the worst reputation and i knew straight away who it was when you mentioned about the pushy mortgage thing. The trustpilot reviews all say the same. Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole

They must be a member if some professional organisation for estate agents?

Could you contact them and tell them how this mob are behaving?

I don’t understand though how you could let your ‘dream home’ slip through your fingers just because you have to jump through a stupid hoop. Surely it’s worth it to get the house? Or do you fear the rest of the sale through that company will not go according to plan?