Always conscious that any estate agent always represents / is paid by the seller not the buyer… however, Curchods strike that balance extremely well, and as a buyer we felt that Ben & team were very fair in also representing and guiding our interests and helpful in trying to coordinate all parties (lawyers, us, sellers etc) and push things along & unblock any issues between Offer and Exchange/Completion. For any prospective sellers it’s also worth mentioning that they value and guide sellers well in terms of asking price - rather than promise the world (and therefore achieve disappointment when offers are not forthcoming), they value fairly but conservatively in order to generate interest and multiple offers so that you’re pushed to give your highest possible price in order to outbid others. In the Guildford market where there is healthy demand and limited supply, that is a good strategy and why we would use Curchods if we were selling. For those interested, we paid over asking, and I’m sure the vendors were very happy, but equally I don’t feel we overpaid. Curchods created an environment where the ‘market price’ was achieved - being the highest price of a number of credible bidders (there was a higher offer, but Curchods correctly advised the vendors that we were in a much better position re chain free etc). As I say, the best compliment I can give them is that having experienced and gotten to know a number of different agents and their different styles & ‘strategies’ in our 6 month search for our house, Curchods would be the first agent we would pick up the phone to if in due course we ever want or need to sell.