Not a pleasant experience really. Very unprofessional staff, less than 1week away from completion - it was the staff threatening to pull out unless sale was completed prior to month end (which of course fell midweek and affected their figures). Few problems along the way, certainly out of my control but they're supposed to be the professionals .... NOT!!!!.
Average place and service.
Gets you a sale (star for that only) but terrible with sales progression. I was told no issues to exchange by end of the week. Then it's impossible to exchange Friday will be done on Monday. Then Monday comes around oh your buyer hasn't transferred their deposit funds and her mortgage has a problem because the AML checks were not completed (basic fundamentals not checked at offer stage or asked when they reassured they saw no issues with exchange originally). I get Normie are not a solicitor.. but I'd expect basic questions to be asked. I was an excellent buyer when I worked with them previously extremely organised and Ocean were excellent solicitors (we exchanged 8 days before completion). This time false assurance and being asked to take the risk of booking a removal company with no idea if exchange really can take place Tuesday. This time around it is clear Normie are not the MVP when it comes to sales progression. It was my previous solicitor. If you know the conveyancing process and you are a buyer and you have the time to consistently chase Normie and ask you'll be great. If your mid chain and busy and dont have the time to chase the process of purchase and sale... It will be painful and emotionally distressing!! Another example they accepted the offer with a solicitors office listed that was permanently closed..where was the due diligence from the start!
Horrible manipulative and aggressive agents ever!
AVOID! Decided to go with Normie due to their “reputation’ but have been very disappointed with their service throughout. Initially gave our property to Normie as Nigel was very pleasant and seemed confident that he could sell our property at the initial visit but his demeanour changed after signing the contract. Nigel took photos of the house at the end of the day and it was quite clear he was rushing and the photos were taken in less than 10 minutes. After gaining a second opinion from another estate agent they said that these were the poorest photos that they’ve ever seen from Normie. There was no communication from Normie following months of the house being on sale to discuss price deduction or alternative marketing techniques and it was ourselves who had to contact Normie to suggest this. Normie are the professionals and if they did not feel as though they could sell the house at the agreed price then they should have not taken on the property. There were multiple times that Normie cancelled viewings without prior notice leading to massive inconveniences on the day. We were even told by a sales agent in front of a potential buyer ‘I’ve never been to this property before, I’d like to be shown around’ which we found to be very unprofessional. When my husband expressed his concerns regarding lack of communication and unprofessionalism, Josh the office manager was not apologetic and wanted to put the blame on us. Please avoid at all costs and go with a company that can offer their time and effort which Normie do not have the ability to do.
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