No viewings???

[Lea8198]

I was wondering if if someone could tell me if I am being stupidly impatient and hard work or if my EA is being completely useless.

We have been on the market for over 3 weeks. We went with the price that 4 agents suggested and everyone was sure it would be an appealing house (garden and parking is not common in my area for our price). We have what I think is a nice house (pics look great) so when after the first week we had no interest and no contact from our agent I was shocked. 2 weeks in I got impatients but now over 3 weeks in I am annoyed. We have had zero interest but our EA is not giving us ANY feedback at all and the only contact we have had with him was me chasing for info. He keeps saying we have had good interest but none of the interst is turning into viewings.

Add this to the fact I have asked to see 2 of their properties and as yet nothing has come of it. The first property I wanted to see he basically told me the house was located near a main road and noisy (so put me off it before I saw it) and the second property I verbally asked him to arrange aviewing and as yet nothing has come from that (5 days ago).

I am starting to feel like they are useless and if they are not chasing me to see properties I have ASKED to see then they would not be chasing people showing an interest in ours. I am getting more and more angry about it.

I guess the question is am I being harsh? Maybe 3 weeks with no viewings is normal? It's just not what I expected at all

Any thoughts appreciated.

[Kevin]

Hi Lea8198

I am in a very similar situation, I've had my house on the market for about 3 weeks as well now with only 2 veiwings so far, (well one viewing and one cancellation). EA assured my house was desirable in looks, style and location yet still very little interest.

Its not overly priced and within EA's recomendation. I guess in this current climate, 3 weeks is still considered early days.

One trick might to be to ring them up anonymously as a potential buyer. Give a discription of the house you are looking for (matching your house of course) and see if they mention your house. That is one way to see if they are actively pushing your sale.

Just a thought.

Kevin

[New Homes Expert]

Thats a good idea kevin, pretend to be a buyer but what if they arrange a viewing?

Make sure your home is in tip top condition before viewings.

[Kevin]

The viewing is irrelevant, you are only testing them to see if they are actively pushing the sale of your house. If they are, great!...if not, then questions need to be asked.

You can either hang up or polietly say you will go away and think about it and get back to them.

Remember you are paying them a heafty sum to sell your house so you have to make sure they are working for their money.

[Trades MASTER]

IT's all to familiar, in these times the estate agent should be doing more to get both viewers and sales.
no viewings generally mean two things
1/ there is no intrest in your area
2/ the agent just isnt doing enough to get them to you
speak to your agent tell him your concerns and also ask him exactly what it is that they are doing in marketing your property, is your property in the local papers as some dont even bother anymore, is it in all the major property sites ie. right move etc, how are they targeting buyers, i used to get phone calls every otherday telling me that they have a sutable property, are your details in the shop window.
dont be fooled by the estate agents chat they are good at this try and see through it
but most of all dont be shy if your not happy say so and say it often, if after 4 weeks of going to market you have not had any interest, well this would be a good time to hassel them again and this time tell them that unless you have some improvemet you are droping them, never feel that you are oblidged to stay with them move on.

[Trades MASTER]

Hi lea

Just reading your post again, you really do sound pissed, excuse the french!

Blow them out, Its as simple as that, There must be some even the slightest degree of respect between you and the agent and your agent sounds like a t**t.
He sound lazy & ignorant and rude, they should never ignore you you are paying them "but they keep forgetting the golden rule of work, you have to work to get money"
To be honest and i have not met him but i dont like him, and i feel for you.
I wish you the best of luck and hope you make the right decission.

[drhouse]

Originally Posted by Trades MASTER

Hi lea

Just reading your post again, you really do sound pissed, excuse the french!

Blow them out, Its as simple as that, There must be some even the slightest degree of respect between you and the agent and your agent sounds like a t**t.
He sound lazy & ignorant and rude, they should never ignore you you are paying them "but they keep forgetting the golden rule of work, you have to work to get money"
To be honest and i have not met him but i dont like him, and i feel for you.
I wish you the best of luck and hope you make the right decission.

I think you are being a little unfair. I reread the post and have no idea if the agent is rude or lazy. Remember we are only getting one side of the story. I can give you some examples of the 'other side'
I took a property on and agreed at the outset that I would call with feedback every Wednesday. Invariably she would phone me on a Tuesday or at 8.50am on a Wednesday. After a few weeks she complained that she always had to chase me !
I had another buyer who made specific requirements and one was it should not be near a main road as she had cats so naturally I told her that when I called about a new property. We have no idea if the OP stated any preferences. I also have sellers who have made it clear they do not want a viewer unless they have sold.
So yes the agent may be all you said but we have no way of knowing that. Equally the OP may be suffering from 'my house is perfect and will sell no problem' syndrome.

[New Homes Expert]

Typical estate agent excuses?

Keep to sole agency on a month contract at 1.5% commission. tell them take it or leave it. After a month if they havent delivered you can move to another agency.

That will give the matter a bit of urgency!

[Trades MASTER]

Thats a typical defensive move by an estate agent, piant themselves in golden light. you know it to be true afterall would you realy pay for a second rate service??? NO

Lea is clearly annoyed, her agent is offering no feedback, you know its more honest to say "we have had no interest this week" than to say nothing.

The golden to working with people is communication and respect.

[Trades MASTER]

Also just to clarify to not answer, contact or call someone, is just rude.
To deny a viewing or deam it to be a waste of time, is ignorant
And to not provide any form of feed back good or bad, is rude