All sales pitch, no substance
From start to finish Samuel Makepeace caused us endless headaches. When first meeting Dino we made it extremely clear that we would not want to be forced into temporary accommodation through selling our property, Dino assured us that this would not need to happen, as this was our number one concern regarding selling the house. With our worries settled we listed the property with Samuel Makepeace.
We were very pleased with the actual listing. The information about the house was perfect, and the pictures were beautiful (we even had a viewer comment on how accurately the pictures represented the house). The quality of the photos and listings was one thing that actually drew me to Samuel Makepeace in the first place.
Viewings came in slowly, but we were happy. However, it became frustrating when sometimes viewers turned up at different times to what we had been told, didn’t show up at all, or the estate agents themselves didn’t bother showing up, or arrived late. When we did get an offer we were not informed by Samuel Makepeace, but by our buyer when they came back for a second viewing. This put us totally on the back foot, as we had no clue they’d made an offer. This was several days after the buyer had made their offer. The buyer also informed us that Samuel Makepeace had advised them to put in a lower offer, which was actually lower than our asking price. I found this very odd, and never received an explanation.
We did accept the offer, and from that day the process continued to be a nightmare.
It felt like the buyers situation took priority, despite us being the ones to pay estate agent fees. We did have to move into temporary accommodation, as this obviously wasn’t made clear enough to the buyer from day one, and we didn’t want to lose our sale as this meant we’d lose our dream home. We were blindsided with this the day before we were due to exchange contracts, so we were unable to find ourselves a new buyer, as again we risked losing our new build if we delayed the process. This along with covid now means we will be in temporary accommodation for up to six months.
Having had this experience I am thankful and relieved that our next house will be our forever home, because Samuel Makepeace have put us off ever selling a property again.
If you’re purchasing a new build property, please take my advice and just part exchange! Yes, you’ll get less money for the sale, but trust me it’s not worth the toll it’s taken on our mental health.
23 maja 2020
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