And if you get them to market your property some of the photos they take are dire - I have seen property for sale with a pic of a door, toilet, and in one a close up of an ironing board
Good luck! Last year I wanted to go show houses to view few properties on homegate.ch. The response rate to my emails was 0.00%. In fact those portals is a joke because either properties are sold out or simply adverts are obsolete.
Homegate is alright. When the price is right you just should react fast, first come first serve. You can subscribe to ads by email to get notified of the new ones.
On Monday (assuming they didn't have an extra day off) they were only just back to work after the holiday so catching up on their holiday tales. On Tuesday they were going through all the thousands of e-mails they had received over the holiday. On Wednesday It was Albertos 23rd birthday so they spent all day eating cakes. On Thursday it was almost Friday & now it's Friday, it's snowed so they are leaving early to beat the traffic.
Our single interaction with an estate agent was positive; she agreed to let us advertise our property ourselves as well as through her agency and if we sold it, we would save ourselves her fee. She organised numerous viewings and our eventual buyer was one of her clients. Admittedly, it was in her interest to help us sell as we were buying our build through her, but that seemed to expedite the entire process. She was helpful, friendly and super efficient throughout the entire process.
Having just sold 2 properties in 3 months, I have nothing but good to report about Trust Immobilien in Richterswil. Mind you, they specialise in a pretty limited geographical area and know their market inside out
I don't see the problem with the first one. You're not obliged to offer the asking price.
I decided what I wanted to offer on a property recently. It was more than one offer less than another offer. The agent still put it forward as the other two were no longer playing. There were two people selling (a parent and adult child). One agreed to my offer. The other did not. He held out and in the end three months later sold it for the asking price.
Last week I saw another property and asked the same question. The agent said there was one offer but it was under the asking price and the owner didn't want to negotiate the price.
I said I wouldn't offer the asking price and she said she would still present it to the client. In the end I decided I didn't like the village.
Generally agents here are quite good at getting back to me with the dossier. What drives me nuts is they won't give me the address unless I make an appointment to see it. Fine. I make an appointment. Find out the place is sitting on the railroad tracks, or something then I cancel the appointment. It wastes everyone's time!
2) Apparently Gemutlich is Swiss German for "needs tearing down and starting again" - it has a burgundy bathroom sink!!
3) There appears to be a rather large hole in the renovation fund - which has seen the price tumble. Not ideal - but it does deserve further consideration - after all it is in one of my most favourite villages.