which estate Agents????

[chessington]

My daughter is selling her flat and is currently with Patrick Gardner EA, she has been approached by Cubit & West EA, she has had hardly any viewings at all and it has been on the market a few months, which EA would be best if any of you have had any experience (we rent so don't have a clue), thanks in advance

[jackthehat]

Where does she live?

[chessington]

Surrey

[buildersmate]

EAs have incredible powers of persuasion that their's is the best service.
Nobody can offer an opinion based on this information because it depends on so many factors. The primary ones are the type of property you are selling and the area where you live.
The type of property is important because certain agents specialise in certain markets (flats, inner city, country houses and so on), whilst different agents are better in different atreas (some are one-person bands, but nevertheless very good in that small area, whicly Hamptons sell country houses nationwide).
It is very common for EAs to target homeowners who have not sold with one agent to try to persuade them to switch to their service.
Have a look at what 'Patrick Gardner' flogs the most of (by looking in his shop-window and at his adverts) to judge whether the EA your daughter has chosen seems appropriate.
The market across many parts of the country is pretty slow right now.

[ladybirder]

Walk around the roads in your daughter's area and see which agent has the most SOLD (not For Sale) boards up for the same type of property. That should give you a good indication of who to chose although most agents just stick their properties on Right Move nowadays. BTW if your current agent doesn't use RM then go to one who does.

[starone]

I was trying for about a year to sell my house and in order to do so had to drastically reduce the amount i was asking. After all, what can an estate agent do? They cannot go into the street and drag buyers in. They can only advertise in their window, put the property on 'Find a Property' 'Rightmove', etc. and wait for someone to bite. I have now managed to get to the stage where I am about to exchange contracts and keeping my fingers crossed that nothing adverse happens. Incidentally, one offer has already fallen through which is why I am keeping my fingers crossed. And viewings were few and far between.

[chessington]

thank you all