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Castle Estate Agents - stressing me out!

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    #62
    MysticalRain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭MysticalRain


    I can't go into specifics, but I encountered some very dodgy dealings with an apartment Castle Estates were selling a few months ago. I would steer clear of any property they are involved with.


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    #63
    Kaizersoze81
    Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭Kaizersoze81


    Heisenberg1 wrote: »
    If you are dealing with the stillorgan office beware absolute cowboys. Tried to bully Mrs Luzon on more than one occasion to increase our offer on a place. Sale fell though in the end but the bull they came out with was a joke.

    Agreed . Had dealings with the Stillorgan office recently. Horrendous experience. Agent never even bothered phoning us back even though we bid the asking price and viewed the property 3 times. Very unprofessional crowd. Told us a lot of personal information about sellers circumstances. Turns out we knew the sellers through a friend of a friend. Our offers had never been passed on to them and they weren't one bit happy to hear the agent had been disclosing personal information about them


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    marie rosanna
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭marie rosanna


    tricky D wrote: »
    In this day of mobile phones, off playing golf or bowls is a bit less than credible. Viewing with another couple, is that normal? I'd be thinking of putting in the original lower offer.

    That's what I would do.


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    Penalty
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭Penalty


    When we were looking I viewed a house with castle that had been up for a while but the price was reduced dramatically.

    We viewed and were seriously interested and told the agent we would look again in a few days.

    2 days later it was sale agreed.

    It then appeared on the register as sold at 25% less than the new asking price which we would have been prepared to go beyond.

    Strange does no come close to describing this.

    We also know of someone else in the same boat who was putting an offer in and couldn't find anyone to take it before it went sale agreed.


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    Riverireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 833 ✭✭✭Riverireland


    On the other side of this a lot of sellers, myself included, are holding out in the possibly misguided belief that prices are going to rise. This couple don't sound like they're pushed to sell. There are also people being forced by their lenders to put their house on the market. I'd watch estates agents like a hawk myself but I do think naming them in an initial post is unfair.


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    Riverireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 833 ✭✭✭Riverireland


    Penalty wrote: »
    When we were looking I viewed a house with castle that had been up for a while but the price was reduced dramatically.

    We viewed and were seriously interested and told the agent we would look again in a few days.

    2 days later it was sale agreed.

    It then appeared on the register as sold at 25% less than the new asking price which we would have been prepared to go beyond.

    Strange does no come close to describing this.

    We also know of someone else in the same boat who was putting an offer in and couldn't find anyone to take it before it went sale agreed.

    There are also people who are offering a cash lump sum, say 50k, and the remainder is what is registered in PPr. Don't mean to be defending estate agents but there is a lot going on out there.


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    eileenf99
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭eileenf99


    Anyone care to PM me of the dodgy dealings they have with this crowd? I have some issues on a property we were bidding on recently with some very questionable practices...


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    #69
    The_Morrigan
    Moderators Posts: 9,368 ✭✭✭The_Morrigan


    Folks if you consider the estate agents to be acting in an unethical manner lodge a complaint with the regulator. You cannot come on here and make libellous statements.


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