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No one knows more about estate agents than Charlie.

In his videos he shares the wisdom of 22 years working with agents: Dos, don’ts, and how tos. You’ll learn all the tips and tricks to get you the results you need from agents when moving.

Don’t move, until you’ve checked them out.

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The best single piece of advice for UK Home Sellers

This video explains the big mistake people make when selling their home, and the single most important piece of advice Charlie has for them.

For the full video on how ...to choose the best estate or letting agent:
https://youtu.be/d21Q1BUaKAE

4 Golden Rules Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9klZFpqhtk

4 Golden Rules Blog
https://bestagent.co.uk/the-4-golden-rules-of-how-to-choose-your-estate-agent/

Find an agent to sell or let your home:
https://findyouragent.bestagent.property/

Want to find your next home?
https://bestagent.co.uk/

Follow BestAgent:
https://www.facebook.com/bestagentproperty
https://twitter.com/bestagentprop
https://twitter.com/bestagentfinder
https://www.instagram.com/bestagentpropertyuk/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bestagentproperty/

Follow Charlie:
https://twitter.com/moving_charlie
https://twitter.com/bestagentboss
https://www.facebook.com/MovingHomeWithCharlie
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlie-lamdin-4231054/
https://www.instagram.com/movinghomewithcharlie/

To find out everything you need to know about moving home go to:
https://mhwc.co.uk/

How estate and lettings agents move people
https://bestagent.co.uk/diagram-how-lettings-and-estate-agents-move-people/

If you need a mortgage in principle click here:
https://mojomortgages.com/app?journey=eligibilityPurchase&brand=bestagent

The best single piece of advice for UK Home Sellers

This video explains the big mistake people make when selling their home, and the single most important piece of advice Charlie has for them. For the full video on how to choose the best estate or [...]

Why you should never sign a lock in agreement

You've had some agents round to your house and had a range of valuations (the more the better). What do you ask the agents to find out which ones are the real deal and which ones are the hot-air [...]

Home seller secretly films 11 estate agent valuation appointments

Everything you think you know about choosing an agent is wrong.

Filmed from November 2021 to February 2022, this documentary uncovers:

- Agent dirty tricks
- Most valuations are actually too low
- 3 ...month lock-in contracts are dead

Also, it:

- Shows all agents are not equal (but most will lose you money)
- Shows what to look out for in the agents who come round
- Shows what can happen when you get it right

This documentary by Charlie Lamdin (amateur film maker, YouTuber, home-schooling parent, seaplane pilot and founder of https://bestagent.co.uk ) was filmed when his colleague, Samantha, was thinking of selling her home, a 3 bedroom semi-detached house near Taunton in Somerset.

Charlie jumped at the chance to perform an experiment to prove that although most estate agents will lose you money when selling your home (just look at the valuations provided, compared with the price that was achieved) there are always a few who are better than the rest.

The problem is there is no reliable way to identify them, without meeting them all in person, (at least all the ones who accept the condition that no lock in contract will be signed).

In this film, Samantha telephones all 18 of her local agents, 11 of whom accept her invitation to attend the property to meet her, give their opinion of what the property is worth (they’re almost all wrong, one agent even says that she’ll never get the price she did get) and pitch their services.

She whittles the shortlist down from 11 to 3 based on the 2 days of meetings, and finally picks one.

The film goes on to show the whole story of the sale, and eventually reveals the successful agent, who was from an estate agency brand that Sam said she would “never have called”.

“We made this film to demonstrate that picking 3 agents at random is always a bad idea, and is the main reason why most people have such a terrible experience selling their home” explains Charlie Lamdin.

He continued “The end result of this experiment is that Sam now has life-changing opportunities. It also shows that most agents, even the nice ones, don’t fully understand that their job is not just to sell a home, but to achieve the highest possible price for it, in a short period of time. Only 3 of the 11 agents who attended actually demonstrated an understanding of their job and had a credible proposal on how to achieve the highest price. The other 8, while (almost) all very nice people, had nothing to differentiate their approach. Unfortunately this is the reason why agents have a reputation for ‘just chucking it on the internet and waiting for enquiries’. Many agents do nothing more than exactly that, and somehow scrape a living doing it, while underselling their client’s properties, if they sell them at all.

Sam, the owner of the property, said: “It just goes to show that the whole debate on what kind of agent to use, corporate v independent, online v high street, one-man band v team, is irrelevant and a red-herring. None of these are considerations, it just boils down to finding the individual person, the human being, who knows how to deliver.”

She continued “It also shows that taking local For Sale boards and online reviews into account is a distraction. You just need to find that person you click with, who demonstrates a real understanding of what you want, why you want it, and knows how to get it for you.”

“I found all the brochures, presentations and marketing materials deadly dull and unhelpful. Charlie told me to only focus on the person, are they listening to me, do they understand what I want and do I trust them to get it. He said just disregard everything else.”

For the full video on how to choose the best estate or letting agent:
https://youtu.be/d21Q1BUaKAE

Find an agent to sell or let your home:
https://findyouragent.bestagent.property/

Want to find your next home?
https://bestagent.co.uk/

Follow BestAgent:
https://www.facebook.com/bestagentproperty
https://twitter.com/bestagentprop
https://twitter.com/bestagentfinder
https://www.instagram.com/bestagentpropertyuk/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bestagentproperty/

Follow Charlie:
https://twitter.com/moving_charlie
https://twitter.com/bestagentboss
https://www.facebook.com/MovingHomeWithCharlie
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlie-lamdin-4231054/
https://www.instagram.com/movinghomewithcharlie/

To find out everything you need to know about moving home go to:
https://mhwc.co.uk/

How estate and lettings agents move people
https://bestagent.co.uk/diagram-how-lettings-and-estate-agents-move-people/

If you need a mortgage in principle click here:
https://mojomortgages.com/app?journey=eligibilityPurchase&brand=bestagent

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Bad advice for movers from the media is one reason moving house is so painful.

My video on Phil Spencer's bad advice on choosing an agent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NImhIIqVLQ For the full video on how to choose the best estate or letting agent: [...]

2022 House Market Advice

Charlie and Sam discuss Advice on the 2022 UK property market for home buyers and sellers. Conditions for a house price fall are stronger in 2022 than at any time since 2007. Follow me on [...]

"It's not my job to help homeless people."

Charlie speaks to Vanessa Warwick co founder of Property Tribes about his long term approach to homelessness and the commercial advantage to getting involved in making a difference. Treat helping [...]

Is the golden hello working?

Charlie speaks to Vanessa Warwick co founder of Property Tribes about the Golden Hello and if we're seeing any improvement for landlords and tenants. [...]

Can we stop landlords rejecting high risk tenants?

Will Rent Guarantees work? Charlie speaks to Vanessa Warwick co founder of Property Tribes about his Rent Guarantee Scheme and if this could be the key to helping landlords reduce the risk of [...]

Can landlords prevent new homelessness?

Charlie speaks to Vanessa Warwick co founder of Property Tribes about the risk of new homelessness and how this can be prevented when a landlord sells a property and a tenant is forced to find [...]

Landlords. How to find a GREAT agent with Vanessa Warwick

The difference in finding an ordinary agent and a GREAT agent with Vanessa Warwick Charlie speaks to Vanessa Warwick co founder of Property Tribes and asks for advice on what first time landlords [...]

How to avoid being tricked by Estate Agents

Why do some home sellers have to change agents when those agents don't sell their home for them? Because those agents tricked them into signing up. Watch this video to find out how to avoid being [...]

Vendor has 11 estate agent valuations, learns a lot, explains selection criteria and calls winner.

To see what happens in the end, see the full documentary here: https://youtu.be/FFAJRdZvgmA Choosing your agent is the single biggest and most important decision you'll make when moving house. [...]

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