Topic ID 2532
Sele Mill this evening. By the gate there is a wall which has been adornd with 1 advertising board for Shephards, 2 for Steven Oates and 4, yes FOUR, for Bairstow Eves. there is another Bairstow Eves sign lying on it's side by the wall. Don't they realise that this is counter-productive? Putting up so many signs makes people think the properties are undesirable. Apart from that, it just looks bloody awful.
Reply ID 36112
quote:i saw that as well.
Originally posted by Ewoowar
Sele Mill this evening. By the gate there is a wall which has been adornd with 1 advertising board for Shephards, 2 for Steven Oates and 4, yes FOUR, for Bairstow Eves. there is another Bairstow Eves sign lying on it's side by the wall. Don't they realise that this is counter-productive? Putting up so many signs makes people think the properties are undesirable. Apart from that, it just looks bloody awful.
Reply ID 36149
Coincidentally (or possibly not!) today I had a leaflet from Steven Oates proclaiming how they had 'the highest number of sold boards', in an 'Independent Board Count'! The small print does say the quantity of sold signs doesn't necessarily equate to completions.
Reply ID 36153
quote:They are great at getting a sale, seeing it through is a totally different matter!
Originally posted by Kate
Coincidentally (or possibly not!) today I had a leaflet from Steven Oates proclaiming how they had 'the highest number of sold boards', in an 'Independent Board Count'! The small print does say the quantity of sold signs doesn't necessarily equate to completions.
Reply ID 36162
How many estate agents does it take to change a lightbulb? Ten, one to actually change it and nine to send you details of other lightbulbs above your price range.
Reply ID 36978
quote:And then they will regularly write to you saying that they are in desperate need of more light bulbs like yours, and how would you like them to sell it for you.
Originally posted by CSP
How many estate agents does it take to change a lightbulb? Ten, one to actually change it and nine to send you details of other lightbulbs above your price range.
Reply ID 36986
It is interesting a house opposite us is for sale and has no board at all, it is very rae you see a board in our road, I guess it depends on the property and the area how many they feel they need.
Reply ID 36987
quote:Or if the vendors want their neighbours to know that they are selling (get on the web, have a nose at the photos/spec, check out the asking price etc).
Originally posted by Marilyn
It is interesting a house opposite us is for sale and has no board at all, it is very rae you see a board in our road, I guess it depends on the property and the area how many they feel they need.
Reply ID 36998
quote:the lady died so the house is empty I think that is more likely as it is in the paper if we were interested in what it is selling for.............
Originally posted by Mr Pquote:Or if the vendors want their neighbours to know that they are selling (get on the web, have a nose at the photos/spec, check out the asking price etc).
Originally posted by Marilyn
It is interesting a house opposite us is for sale and has no board at all, it is very rae you see a board in our road, I guess it depends on the property and the area how many they feel they need.
Reply ID 37035
quote:SOLD! ............to a mate of the estate agents.........says the cynic in me.
Originally posted by Marilynquote:the lady died so the house is empty I think that is more likely as it is in the paper if we were interested in what it is selling for.............
Originally posted by Mr Pquote:Or if the vendors want their neighbours to know that they are selling (get on the web, have a nose at the photos/spec, check out the asking price etc).
Originally posted by Marilyn
It is interesting a house opposite us is for sale and has no board at all, it is very rae you see a board in our road, I guess it depends on the property and the area how many they feel they need.
Reply ID 37037
I've had my house up for sale recently. It had no sign nailed to it and none of the potential buyers who viewed it were proactively approached by the estate agent as having a matching buyer interest. All who saw it did so through their own motivation after seeing it on the website and arranging a visit. It was on sale for two weeks... I got full asking price at the first offer. Mmmmm.
Reply ID 37053
quote:Nope thay are having an open day today, it just seems to be that when houses in this raod are for sale they never have an board up.
Originally posted by Ewoowarquote:SOLD! ............to a mate of the estate agents.........says the cynic in me.
Originally posted by Marilynquote:the lady died so the house is empty I think that is more likely as it is in the paper if we were interested in what it is selling for.............
Originally posted by Mr Pquote:Or if the vendors want their neighbours to know that they are selling (get on the web, have a nose at the photos/spec, check out the asking price etc).
Originally posted by Marilyn
It is interesting a house opposite us is for sale and has no board at all, it is very rae you see a board in our road, I guess it depends on the property and the area how many they feel they need.
Reply ID 37229
quote:Is it on with Steven Oates then? They love their open days!
Originally posted by Marilynquote:Nope thay are having an open day today, it just seems to be that when houses in this raod are for sale they never have an board up.
Originally posted by Ewoowarquote:SOLD! ............to a mate of the estate agents.........says the cynic in me.
Originally posted by Marilynquote:the lady died so the house is empty I think that is more likely as it is in the paper if we were interested in what it is selling for.............
Originally posted by Mr Pquote:Or if the vendors want their neighbours to know that they are selling (get on the web, have a nose at the photos/spec, check out the asking price etc).
Originally posted by Marilyn
It is interesting a house opposite us is for sale and has no board at all, it is very rae you see a board in our road, I guess it depends on the property and the area how many they feel they need.
Reply ID 37230
By the way, has anyone noticed the amount of Jane Earl boards springing up everywhere? Driving through Foxholes at the weekend, they seem to have taken 50% of the sales. Could they be the final nail in the coffin of traditional Estate Agents? I hope so......[:D]
Reply ID 37232
quote:Yes, there's one on Hertingfordbury Road a good 200 metres from the property being sold.
Originally posted by Dude
By the way, has anyone noticed the amount of Jane Earl boards springing up everywhere? Driving through Foxholes at the weekend, they seem to have taken 50% of the sales. Could they be the final nail in the coffin of traditional Estate Agents? I hope so......[:D]
Reply ID 37235
quote:Nope another agent, we thought we saw a lot of interest it would seem that had 43 bookings and 37 actually turned up, that shows they didn't need a board. What they can a "sought after" road...............
Is it on with Steven Oates then? They love their open days!
Reply ID 37238
At least the boards create employment. Design, Construct, erect, un-erect. (Is that a word?) Many Houses just sell themselves anyway.
Reply ID 37241
quote:Are you baiting?! [;)]
Originally posted by Tigger
Design, Construct, erect, un-erect. (Is that a word?)
Reply ID 37257
quote:....despite the majority of our family living there! [;)]
Originally posted by Marilyn What they can a "sought after" road...............
Reply ID 37268
quote:True but they don't know that till it's too late...............
Originally posted by gemipicornquote:....despite the majority of our family living there! [;)]
Originally posted by Marilyn What they call a "sought after" road...............
Reply ID 37313
quote:Are you related by any chance??[:)]
Originally posted by Marilynquote:True but they don't know that till it's too late...............
Originally posted by gemipicornquote:....despite the majority of our family living there! [;)]
Originally posted by Marilyn What they call a "sought after" road...............
Reply ID 37332
quote:Not that she would admit it!
Are you related by any chance??[:)]