clandestino
no llevar papel
Hipsters can't afford to buy and sell houses.
Work starts on the eagerly awaited new Foxtons office on Brixton Road
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cuppa tee
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Also featured on Brixton Blog with comments.......... http://www.brixtonblog.com/yuppies-out-scrawled-across-window-of-new-foxtons-on-brixton-road/10823
clandestino
no llevar papel
This reminds me a bit of the graffiti that was on the hoarding outside the old Russell Hotel.
Now a Tesco...
Now a Tesco...
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
94% is a high %.. higher valuation bands (they work in 25,000s at the lower end) can always be negotiated down. Every buyer knows there is a Foxton's premium. They also know that is a prop doesn't sell and it is closing in on end of 0% commission time, you can offer (at the every least the balance in commission between 2.5% and a local agent) so the buyer doesn't have to pay Foxton's more..
It means if you want to buy in the Brixton area you will almost certainly have to buy through Foxton's.. who will then be able to claim a higher and more recent sales record than any other agent. And so it will continue. Moving forward other agents will start adopting sharper practices to survive..
its what Fucksticks do though right? Value everything higher and its a vicious circle, seller is told foxtons will get them more, they go with foxtons, they have more control over the market... I have been burnt to the tune of many thousands twice after Foxtons interfered with a purchase.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
is that true?
TruXta
tired
Keatings at least already have answered with a 0% commission rate of their own.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Have they? Their flyer two weeks ago warned sellers not to sign up to 0% deals with locally inexperienced agents.
TruXta
tired
Pretty sure I saw a poster of theirs with a prominent 0% on it. Could have misread it of course.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I think you may have done. They launched a campaign which targeted Foxtons 0% deal without naming Foxtons. It had a big 0% on it but basically suggested that the 0% deal was for suckers. Reckon the 0% deal must be hard to resist if you are selling.
TruXta
tired
You could well be right, yeah.
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
I think people are aware of how shitty Foxtons are though, I would never sell my house through them.
When I sold my flat in Loughborough Junction, Oliver Burns in Herne Hill valued it much much higher than Haarts in Brixton or Burnet Ware in Herne Hill who both came in at the same price.
I went with Haarts & Burnet Ware on a joint deal, sold at a fair price in 3 weeks. Downstairs neighbour sold his a year later through Oliver Burn who overvalued it and it took him months to shift.
Foxtons sold a friends flat in Clapham, reeled him in on a high valuation and over the next couple of months devalued it by 25%
TruXta
tired
Sadly they got the valuation for the flat we're currently in spot on, didn't take more than 2 weeks for the landlady to get her asking price.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Mate of mine was advised by two agents for his 2 bed in Herne Hill. One agent advised putting it on at 345 for a slowish sale or 325 for a faster sale. He put it on at 325 on the Thursday, had eight bids at asking price by Saturday, went to sealed bids and sold for 345ish on the Monday. He was rather pleased.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
hipsters are a subset of yuppies, to my mind.
TruXta
tired
There's some overlap, but no, they're not.
TruXta
tired
Indeed most are. Though you do see some 30/40 somethings that manage both. Worst of both worlds
TruXta
tired
They sure seem to get up your goat if nothing else
Chilavert
Undermining strikes :-(
Yuppies having some sort of early mid-life crisis. Poor lambs.Indeed most are. Though you do see some 30/40 somethings that manage both. Worst of both worlds
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Is 40 something early for a mid-life crisis?Yuppies having some sort of early mid-life crisis. Poor lambs.
TruXta
tired
Bang on time I reckon. Why, you having one or planning to have one?Is 40 something early for a mid-life crisis?
Chilavert
Undermining strikes :-(
I think 40s fine Rushy tbh, I was covering myself though as TruXta also mentioned 30-somethings.Is 40 something early for a mid-life crisis?
editor
hiraethified
Not really, although their general lack of political interest is disappointing.They sure seem to get up your goat if nothing else
TruXta
tired
Who are you referring to really? Honestly curious. It's not like hipsters are a demography that is clearly defined.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Phew. Thought I might be peaking early...
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
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Ian March 27, 2013 at 1:45 pm · Reply
hmm… not bad, no spelling mistakes; however I think a more effective ‘protest’ would be to get nicely drunk, walk in, sit down and order a number 24 and a number 35 (don’t go for the green curry was always awful) and repeat weekly – if group dinners can be arranged even better…
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