Andrew Simmonds

You gotta make your own kind of music, sing your own special song; even if nobody else sings along.
[views my own]

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Looks like a burger from a trailer in a lay-by on the A38…. This is supposed to be a @McDonaldsUK “deluxe” offering 🤦‍♂️

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@OnTheSquareCo Don’t worry, everything will be alright. The goat doesn’t bite.

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Well done @Barclays yet again you excel! I made a complaint and you wrote to me, yes, you put it in writing that you’d get back to me “no later than 30th September 2023…… hmmmm

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@BarclaysBizChat your customer service is atrocious and the people you have on the phone have no clue.

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@sam44721513_sam @moving_charlie Sam; I think you’re referring to lenders valuers who have to justify the purchase price to the lender.

[The Negotiator @TheNeg]

Parker’s back in business after January wash out @Andrew_Simmonds #ParkersEA #Somerset #businessnews #estateagents https://t.co/B7MACFk3It

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@FishwickDavid Costa del Burnley 😉

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Looking forward to welcoming @SRubinsohn Chief Economist for @RICSnews onto The Right Move? podcast today

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@PropertyJourn Typical @UKLabour mathematics

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Wow. Just, Wow.

https://t.co/3rDYqR0Wx2

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@PropertyJourn @moving_charlie and I have been saying this for months. Sadly, deluded agents who’ve been blowing smoke up the holes of vendors to win instructions have created a bigger gap between asking and sale price; the data of which we’ll see in the coming months.

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@moving_charlie @__Gothmog Yes, an agent is obliged to do so as it is a material fact. I’ve experienced this where in one case at the same property some people walked out at a viewing and others couldn’t care less.

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Hmmm, @AvantiWestCoast ; I’m not sure this constitutes a “window” seat 🤦‍♂️

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@PropertyJourn My pleasure Graham 👌

[Moving Home with Charlie @moving_charlie]

Newsflash:
Do Not Use Purplebricks. They are effectively out of business.

Purplebricks puts itself up for sale as instructions plummet and forecasts losses of up to £20 million https://t.co/CscohOS39d

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@moving_charlie sales progression and soon became regarded as faceless. There has been no impact on high street agency. PB has shown that the future of estate agency rests with professionals who engage with clients not just whack a few photographs on a portal and wait for the phone to ring. 2/2

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@moving_charlie 20 or so years ago there was a dotcom boom with every service being taken online. While Purplebricks had an initial element of success, playing on itself being far cheaper than a high street agent, it failed to recognise certain aspects of traditional agency such as (1/2)

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@moving_charlie He’s been listening to my Podcast! Didn’t I say 20% recently 🤷‍♂️🙄

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@HarmonyConcord @HambrookLodge @priorylodge6913 @Sincerity7658 Thank you everyone 👍

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@Bristolfreemas1 @HarmonyConcord I can remember very little….. but it came back the following evening when I visited Sodbury Vale 👍