Archive for 2009

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