Selling a house

[starone]

I did not know which category to put this in, so I hope it gets noticed here. I will try to be concise and not ramble on. I am trying to sell my house. This morning I have had a glossy brochure from a place called movemakers who say they are buying property and will buy mine. I am very suspicious of this as it seems too good to be true and the old saying 'If something seems too good to be true it usually is' seems to be applicable here. Has anyone had any dealings with this firm or know anything about them? I suspect they will offer a risible amount, far below the true market value. Any help would be very welcome.

[murraymints]

I get these things all the time..although not that particular co. and I'm not in the market..think these folks are hoping you have committed to another house and desperate to sell at a cut price to avoid a bridging loan situation.. I would not give them the time of day as you say too good to be true

[starone]

Thanks murraymints. You have underlined my resolve to ignore it.

[Graham-W]

My Sister in Law got a quote from a similar company.
The offer was 20% below current market value and you are expected to pay the legal costs for both sides. After a lot of high pressure salesmanship she managed to declined the offer.
I presume a similar deal will be offered by most of these companies.

[Messi_Ten]

These companies are parasites, don't deal with them.

[buildersmate]

Think of it like this, they don't actually want your house to live in and they don't (yet) have even thought how to get rid of it - their interest in entirely in making money on the deal. So that means offering you as little money as you will accept (if desperate) and then selling it for more.

[starone]

Right - after reading all your kind replies, for which thank you very much, I have thrown the brochure in the recycling. Best place for it, I reckon.

[bednobs]

hi sb1 - not having any luck with selling? we went on the market a bit after you i think, but we've decided to take it off an wait a bit, considering we'd only had 1 person to look at it since the beginning of September (ok, that person made an offer but we turned it down).
The only problem now is we have to get all our crap back from storage!
regards those companies, the only benefit i can ever see them having is if you have a lot of equity but are about to get repossessed

[starone]

Bit late answering you bedknobs - thought this thread was finished. Yes, I am getting difficulty selling although have had two offers, one from a young couple who decided they didn't want to live in this district after all and one from an older couple with a child who seemed genuine but right at the last moment (i had signed contract etc) it turned out that they did not have enough for the deposit. What a lot of time wasted. Don't think there will be much movement over Christmas so I have decided to ignore it for a while and just act if and when.

[bednobs]

it's a right pain isn't it?

[jomifl]

It took us 2 years to sell our house on the edge of the new forest.Despite the estate agent saying we should drop the price by 20K we eventually sold it to someone who fell in love with it for the price we wanted.The moral being ..20k is worth waiting for.

[cathfromsaron]

s you suspect, it is most likely, you give them a fee, they offer you less than the market value, you turn down their offer, they keep the fee AND you still haven't sold!

if you really want to sell, take advice on a realistic price, tidy the place up, put it on the market with excellent pics and be available to all viewers!

cath x