Hi,Thanks for all your comments and help.Last night I had the final valuation from another two firms (Had a total of 7 in the end!!).Have decided to run with a local, well established independent Acton based (seeing as my property is in W3 - just!)firm for 4 weeks. They have been around since the 1980's. They also have an office in Ealing, Northfields, Isleworth, Greenford etc and the other offices will help sell my place too.They were really helpful and I was shown that they are ranked in the top 5 in the W3/W4 area on Rightmove. (Even above Foxtons Chiswick!!)They have agreed to a fee under 1.5% which is very competitive considering my house is worth £850,000... they are totally no sale no fee (and throw in everything for that price) and they do not have a contract term... it is open ended so they only require two weeks notice if I want to take it off them. They do all the same marketing as the big shiny corporates (rightmove, Zoopla, Prime location, the glossies) but at the same time have great local contacts.The guy who I met last night has already lined up 5 viewings for me today and several for the weekend! Also, he was the only agent who actually seemed to want to listen to my needs and what I had to say. All the others seemed to want to do their 'set piece' and tell me how wonderful they were and how rubbish everyone else was...It seems odd to me that anyone would sign up to a fee in excess of 1.5% in the current market AND to an agent who is not totally 'no sale no fee'...All I can say is that I am glad I took the time to read the small print on the terms and conditions as many of the agents who came round appeared to be nice and fair - and claimed to be the No.1 - but in the detail of their terms and costs - they were actually pretty bad.Aston Rowe and a few other independent agencies were good but could not match the terms of these guys. The corporate agencies were nowhere near!We will see! However, initial signs seem pretty good.Will keep you posted.Jackie.
Jackie Williams ● 4681d