So – lesson for today. Be very careful with the estate agent bas$%^ds.
We arranged the part ex completely separatly from West Wales Properties. Now comes to the time where (on Bovis advice) we tell West Wales Properties that we no longer need them – the swines say we have to pay four grand commission anyway. Even though they did nothing to obtain the sale. I was cross. But in the contract they have a sole selling clause which states that they get the commission if anything heppens whilst they are marketing it. Bovis were (hopefully not any more) going to sell through these agents also – so that would mean that West Wales Properties would get double the commission for effectively selling the house once!!! What a world we live in.
End of the day its my expensive mistake, and I should not have listened to the Bovis woman, and just taken the property off the market.
So remember, if its Sole Selling Rights you are signing, even you cannot then sell the property. If you want to negotiate with a part ex – take the property off the market first.
Still cross mind.
We agreed on the cheap but expensive up front fees mortgage, and started the process today. Answered the 140 questions (twice as it is in joint names) and it looks like everything will sail on through now. Took another £99 “booking fee”, one for each house as well. Money money money.
Final job for today is to respond to the solicitor. £1800 notes, passports and two utilities bills plus a couple more sign your lives away and thats them sorted….
Tired.