House Revolution Blog

… which is great but not uncommon. Estate agents charge to much. Its soooo expensive for what it really cost yet every day hundreds of people pay thousands of pounds more than they need to. Why ? Why is there not more of an outcry. Watch the TV and its full of programs and adverts showing you how to knock £10 pounds off your gas bill or £30 pounds off your car insurance. Never anything about low cost estate agents fees.

What will it take to for people to challenge the cost and look for real alternatives? Got to work harder to get this message … Continue Reading

You know, you can get so used to the way an industry works that you start to assume other people see things the way you do.  Then a customer questions something and a light bulb goes on… This is important to understand…

When you decide to sell your property, the process traditionally begins by you asking a few agents round to give their opinion of its value.

First point to note – don’t be swayed by offers of a ‘free valuation’. They’re all free!

Agents will give their opinion of what your home is worth. You will find that these may vary significantly.

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Right then, I have a feeling that this year is going to be a big year for House Revolution. I say feeling … I really mean ’plan’. Yes, I am a man with a plan and if I may be so trumpet blowing (don’t worry, it’s not the Chrismtas sprouts) it’s a quite a cunning plan. It does involve an awful lot of your help this is true but I’m not going to say anymore at this stage. You will just have to wait till a later blog.

It always feels good to have a plan, especially a new and really really good one like mine (that I’m not … Continue Reading

They are indeed, and what’s interesting here is that when the mighty Mr Bob Dylan penned the lyric to this great song: “ admit that the waters around you have grown and accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone.” he wasn’t thinking necessarily about how high street estate agents have failed to be vigilant to the changes in market forces,
Now the recession has thinned the number of high street shops in most of the UK but many estate agents have held on in there. In fact one major chain is spending a fourtune revamping their offices right … Continue Reading

If I said ‘touting’ what image would it conjure up? A shifty, dishonest person outside a concert venue peddling tickets? How about an estate agent knocking on the doors of home sellers trying to persuading them to ditch their chosen agent in favour of them?

Whilst it’s interesting watching estate agents fight it out and send complaints about each other to the governing ombudsman I do wonder what it says about the agents involved. Are they so desperate for business that they try and ‘steal’ it from another and feel its good business?

Ok, let’s say you’re in a car showroom chatting … Continue Reading

Do you feel that life has become overly protective ? Everybody telling us what we ought to be doing and how we should behave – ‘Warning, this coffee might be hot’ or ‘Warning these peanuts contain nuts’, that sort of craziness. The worst part is that, in reality, these messages are not aimed at helping us. No, they are designed to protect the backs of the company.

Estate agency, I’m afraid to tell you, can be exactly the same. My favourite this week, “To make sure people know your house is for sale you must have a for sale board outside”.

Now … Continue Reading

Not sure why but i don’t seem to have any interest in my ramblings just yet. Not sure if its me being dull or Google not picking the blog up. What ever the reason I’m quite enjoying both the thinking and writing so I’ll carry on for now.
The business got noticed this week all be it locally, 2 new houses on the market woooo hoooo. Both the owners are really nice people and both had suffered at the hands of some appalling service the last time they sold. I know we are going to make their day. Not just by … Continue Reading

I was pacing around the house last night trying to switch of but thinking about work when my daughter asked if I would read her a bedtime story. She finally chose a suitable book (finally = how can i delay my bed time as long as possible having already played the ‘lost tooth brush’ game again. I know …I’ll spend 10 minutes finding a book for daddy to read) was ‘Horton hears a who’ by Dr Seuss
For those of you not in the know it’s all about Horton the Elephant and how he struggles to protect a microscopic community of … Continue Reading

Hi There, welcome to my first blog, not quite sure of the netiquette involved so apologise in advance for errors. Be sure to let me know if I’m doing it wrong.
So, why am i writing a blog, i clearly don’t the time. I’m crap on the key board, my spelling is terrible and, well i can be a little lazy at time and put things of to the last minute. Kind of like doing your whole summers home work on the last Sunday of the holidays…while songs of praise was on.. you get the idea!
Anyway, back to the question. Why … Continue Reading