As some of the world’s top golfers pack up their clubs and head for home, the sunlit greens of Wentworth in Surrey return to their quiet, exclusive state, host merely to the district’s rich and famous. From a property agent’s point of view, this area of Virginia Water nestling around the golf course is pure [...]

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Property agents in London have reported a record gap between asking prices for houses and actual sales prices.  According to analysis by agents Douglas & Gordon, which compared the asking prices on the Rightmove website with those logged on the Land Registry, there is now an average £79,000 gap between the two figures. This compares [...]

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From: JENOLIVIA@xxxxxx.com To: feedback@theadvisory.co.uk Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 10:08 AM Subject: Feedback Hi Gavin Useful information on your site  and very clearly presented.  I came across your site when having problems with my estate agents who were insistent that I instruct my solicitor to pay their fees from the proceeds from the sale.  I [...]

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From: “nick howarth” To: <feedback@theadvisory.co.uk> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:40 AM Subject: Feedback hi: Just finished reading the extremely useful tips at http://www.theadvisory.co.uk/estate-agents.php (for the third time!). Just a quick (and probably has an obvious answer) question or two: Does all of this still apply if I go through movewithus? i.e. can I still [...]

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To: TheAdvisory Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:20 AM Subject: RE: Feedback Gavin Thanks very much.  Great to get such good advice to my questions so quickly.  Really appreciated.  Keep up the good work. Cheers Paul ——————————————————————————– From: TheAdvisory Sent: 12 March 2008 10:54 To: Paul Subject: Re: Feedback Hi Paul – thanks for getting [...]

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From: Dawn To: feedback@theadvisory.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:40 PM Subject: Feedback Hi. Thanks for all that you say on your website, it’s been a godsend. We have read every word and used a lot of the information. Some tricks we had already used but this site confirmed that we had done the right [...]

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Dear Gavin Thank you so much for your prompt reply and the estate agent information sheet. In order to keep matters simple I omitted to mention that, as per the contract, I wrote listing my reasons for giving 28 days notice of termination after my late father’s property had been on the market for over [...]

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To whom it may concern I’m not sure if I’m being cheeky asking for advice directly but we have a problem with our estate agent. We’re about to sell our house and agreed on 1.6% plus vat commission in their usual agreement contract. We’ve had a far from good experience with them unfortunately and are [...]

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Good afternoon I would like your comments on my situation! I saw a house that I wanted to buy and I put my house on the market with the same estate agents as I was assured that this would simplify matters! Even though we got a full price market offer on our house within a [...]

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Gavin, I am looking for some guidance on a how to sell what seems like an unsellable property. The more I think about it the more stressed I become and I am really struggling to come up with any ideas on how to resolve this situation. Myself and my girlfriend bought our leasehold converted mill [...]

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