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Matthew Gardiner Legge
Matthew Gardiner Legge
Freelance Property Pofessional
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About Me

I am a property professional who has been around the block a bit - West Country, Spain, Gibraltar and latterly London. I live with my wife and two greyhounds in Ascot and enjoy sailing - big boats and dinghies, fell walking and pub research.

my expertise in the industry

Thirty five years experience in the property business in various forms, mainly in estate agency dealing in the upper end of the market. I started in the West country, migrated to Spain and Gibraltar in the mid nineties where I was an estate agent, sales and marketing manager for Taylor Woodrow (Gibraltar) for eight yeras before setting up my own estate agency in Sotogrande. Moved to London in 2008 where I have been in property in West and Central London ever since.

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Matthew Gardiner Legge
So much negativity guys (and I note you are all blokes). Estate agency is going through a period of change and evolution right now. Let's see how they do in the long term and in the meantime criticise by all means but cut back the anger stuff (Chris Arnold excepted) and show a bit more respect. We're all just trying different ways to make a living.

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 24 July 2020 09:53 AM

Matthew Gardiner Legge
Totally agree Rollo, an absolute no brainer as far as I'm concerned.

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 07 July 2020 09:37 AM

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As an estate agent currently looking for a large family home it has been an interesting time to see things from the applicant's perspective. IMHO Matterport walk throughs are useful, videos and music attachments can be long and dull but for me, 6 - 10 good quality photos, a clear floorplan and an accurate location pin are all I need to decide what gets shortlisted and what doesn't.

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 19 June 2020 09:06 AM

Matthew Gardiner Legge
I can see the problem. In Central London where prices and fees are high and professional photographers are plentiful and reasonably priced, an average of 6 good quality images is sufficient together with a clear, easy to read floorplan is easily attainable. Ten photos would, in my opinion, be the limit. Where the quality of housing stock isn't so great and fees are low, the agent might not have access to an army of professional photographers or can't afford them (or both) and the result is bad quality photos taken by the neg on his iPhone. Add in a scruffy unkempt property and you have a problem. I suppose the answer here is for the agent to up his camera skills and get busy with impromptu house cleaning .

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 09 June 2020 09:46 AM

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Very helpful comment...

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 03 June 2020 10:16 AM

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Definitely agree with what you are saying Andrew. I have repositioned from corporate to self employed BUT with a company that retains a (just off) the High Street office in Central London. As consultants we come and go as we please and I am finding myself being far more efficient than I ever was working traditional office hours. It's not easy and things take a while to get going but it's certainly exciting. Respect to ALL estate agents trying to find new and exciting ways away from the corporate model.

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 08 April 2020 11:48 AM

Matthew Gardiner Legge
Estate agents offering mortgages/advice makes perfect sense until you go down the corporate route with pressure from up on high to meet targets.

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 17 January 2020 11:00 AM

Matthew Gardiner Legge
So far, a highly thought out approach with transparent charges and an interseting pricing policy. This is agents thinking outside the box, being brave and bold enough to take the risks. Good luck Amy Dixon!

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 29 October 2019 09:01 AM

Matthew Gardiner Legge
On the other hand.... Russell Quirk has been upfront and honest about the failures of online and he was big enough to to step right out there to try and make it work in the beginning. How many people dismissed Rightmove when it first started up? With the benefit of hindsight, estate agency isn't going to transfer from High St to online in the way travel agency did so rapidly, but it is starting to happen. Personally, I have seen High St office footflow fall massively over the years sometimes to the extent where whole days would go by without anyone walking through the door. And yet, I was busy on the phone, e-mailing etc. It may take a while for the the traditional model to change but change it will and I would say that expensive street level offices will be one of the first causalties.

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 09 September 2019 10:50 AM

Matthew Gardiner Legge
Great communication, great Proptech... all good tools for manging vendor expectations BUT it's the conveyancing process that continues to hold back the sales process. And that's the real problem.

From: Matthew Gardiner Legge 18 July 2019 09:06 AM

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