
I would not recommend originally rung up and told there were more than one interested in property and that X was was best option as he had the money in place and was just waiting for money to arrive from parents. He put in an offer and asked me to take it off the market for two weeks so that he would have the money and we agreed on around 25 Feb on the basis that this would be a quick sale and was expecting that contracts could be exchanged by the beginning of May.
I signed my part of the contract on 7 may and after that constant false promises about X being ready to exchange contracts - do not know who was lying client X / client solicitor/estate agent but it turns out X had a flat to sell and that there were problems with the lease on his flat and after many false promises contracts were not exchanged until the beginning of August.
At the end of the day I do not know who was lying but had I known at the outset that he had a property to sell then I would have considered the other interested parties and their offers and had I known in early May he had issues with the lease on his property I would have re marketed the property
On 31 July 19 days before sale was told "you will now begin to hear from our Sales Support Manager, Sandra. She will introduce herself shortly and will be your primary point of contact moving forward .......She will be in touch regularly" I did not receive any call from this lady at all
regular communication with the estate agent was also far from perfect on occasions with calls emails not returned/replied... Read more
Seller
26th Aug 2025 (6 mo. ago)
Before using Peter James I believed an agents main job was marketing and due dilegence around the buyer, however, when our chain ran into problems it was the experience and advice of Peter James that helped bring about a successful conclusion of sale and purchase.... Read more
Seller
9th Nov 2020 (5 years ago)
We've been pleased with the services of Peter James. We appreciate their help with resolving a few challenges caused by the covid-19 crisis.... Read more
Seller
13th Apr 2020 (5 years ago)