Hi Ray. It is very disappointing to read your comments, it's never good to hear that customers are unhappy especially when we pride ourselves on our customer service and indeed we understood from your visit to our branch that you had been happy with our marketing and even commented on how well we had communicated with you, how many times we had revisited the property to help continuously improve the marketing and the speed and clarity of feedback you received from us after viewings. However, it would seem that since that visit your feelings have somewhat changed and that is a real shame. All we can do now is hopefully clarify a few things for you as this might help you with your property marketing arrangements going forward. With regards to the “termination charges” you will recall when we talked you through our terms of business in advance of marketing your property that we ask sellers to agree to a minimum period of marketing. This is known as an ‘agency period’ and is standard practice with most estate agents. An agency period is essentially us asking you to give us a ‘reasonable’ period of time to find a buyer, agree a sale and earn our fee, in exchange for no-upfront costs or charges being incurred by you, the seller. Before the end of the agency period, we understand from your visit to our branch that you wanted to move your property marketing to another agent as they were marketing the property that you wanted to buy. We highlighted the potential cost of terminating our agreement before the agency period had expired and even ran through the agreed terms of business with you in branch. I believe that we also suggested that it might be more beneficial for you to see out the agency period to prevent you from incurring any costs, however you decided to transfer within the agency period and as such the charges applied (inclusive of VAT at 20%). As a gesture of goodwill we reduced those charges for you. Hopefully this helps to clarify matters but if you would like to discuss further feel free to contact us at your local Lillingtons Branch. In the meantime we wish you every success with your moving plans and hope that it all works out for you.