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Vilesh Rew

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"completions plummet due to surveyors panning all houses in order to conform with their insurance company requirements, and provide no context (such as 'consistent with a house of this age/price') so buyers panic and pull out", says survey company who pan all houses to conform with their insurance requirements.

From: Vilesh Rew 14 August 2023 17:29 PM

When the person suggesting sellers wont object to paying for "home information pack-style information", you know he wasn't an agent when HIPs were a legal requirement. Bless his cotton socks.

From: Vilesh Rew 18 July 2023 07:48 AM

Checking broadband availability for buyers/renters??? Whatever happened to caveat emptor. Do buyers need to check nothing themselves?

From: Vilesh Rew 13 December 2022 10:57 AM

Is anyone aware of how this will affect people completing their purchase transactions today?

From: Vilesh Rew 23 September 2022 11:01 AM

All the solicitors need do is set up online portals where they log progress on a file (that they keep up to date) and allow it to be accessed by their client and their clients' agent. Then the agents won't be calling for updates unless the poop hits the fan and extra involvement is required. There is a lot of useless tech out their marketing itself as revolutionary/time or money saving, etc. when it's totally superfluous, but a portal for all conveyancers would save everyone time and money.

From: Vilesh Rew 21 June 2022 09:58 AM

Stop the whingers in their tracks? Like May or Major or Thatcher did after performing better in their VONC sagas? And "getting the never ending Brexit done"? Are you kidding? Failing to do any proper negotiations until all options bar one have disappeared and then saying, "Look, I got us a deal" is not exactly something you should be celebrating. We need to expect more from our politicians than the current government are providing, and the contempt with which they treat the general public will be prolonged unless they are made to believe they can be voted out of power.

From: Vilesh Rew 07 June 2022 15:01 PM

From: Vilesh Rew 24 May 2022 08:51 AM

“Agents have a major part to play in the battle against money laundering (however we shall not pay them for their efforts. Actually, we will charge them for the work they do for us). "

From: Vilesh Rew 10 May 2022 11:21 AM

They have a point. If you want a house, you have to save a deposit. If you have to save a deposit, you have to economise. If you regularly have Greggs or Costa coffees, if you stop buying them then you’ll have more money to save. Do the same with all the other places you might “leak” money each month and you’ll save your deposit quicker. I’m not sure what the fuss is here.

From: Vilesh Rew 17 March 2022 07:41 AM

Boomin are terrible.

From: Vilesh Rew 28 February 2022 08:40 AM

We should probably try to find a bit of context here. 4500 human being would be a more accurate description - working at an estate agent office does not necessarily make you an estate agent. Then consider that “since September” means during one of the biggest stock droughts in living memory - resulting in insane pressures on corporate staff to achieve unrealistic targets, and increased fear of being given the boot. Then consider if the 4500 just applied to PB or if they applied to a dozen other agencies as well. I don’t know the facts because the article contains few, but the reality is that desperate staff from novices to journeymen, will apply to work anywhere if times are hard. It does not mean PB is a beacon of vertue transforming the lansdscape of agency employment as we know it 😂🤣😂

From: Vilesh Rew 01 February 2022 07:51 AM

The owners have every right to sell to whomever they choose. The agents also have every right to choose to act for whomever they choose, or not as the case may be. Without checking, I’m pretty sure that every agency agreement I’ve ever seen states that the agreement will continue until either party gets written notice to terminate. There tend not to be too many conditions attached to that other than the length of the soul agency agreement. Unfortunately PBs terms usually require upfront payment so that will likely complicate things, however if I was in Purplebricks shoes I would’ve done exactly the same thing. If the owners had simply said that we don’t want to sell to this couple and didn’t give a reason then I would probably have put it down to their prerogative, however (if the reporting is true) they went further than that and if what has been written is accurate then I would simply choose not to act for those people and sack them off.

From: Vilesh Rew 28 January 2022 08:12 AM

I know from bitter experience that targets are the only thing that interests the Sequence Group. They have no interest in customer satisfaction or best customer outcome. They certainly pay lip service to it on their websites, but it all about targets, targets, targets. And as anyone who has been a manager in a corporate knows, they don't let you manage properly, your simply the targets whipping boy or girl on the front line. Your area director is then target whipped by the regional director, and so on. Any client satisfaction comes down to exceptional individuals within the corporate machine - and for those who act drone like in those front line offices, who can blame them. It is soul destroying. With the small independent model, or self employed model, there is usually a much better level of genuine customer service & outcome, imho.

From: Vilesh Rew 23 December 2021 08:43 AM

They label any fool an expert these days

From: Vilesh Rew 22 December 2021 08:29 AM

Locked door policy, all the way, imho.

From: Vilesh Rew 01 December 2021 08:43 AM

It doesn’t require your belief to be a fact.

From: Vilesh Rew 17 November 2021 08:31 AM

This kind of issue suggests a requirement to invest more, not less, in technology. Systems dealing with such incredibly important matters needs the very best IT systems with top level security and lots of redundancy and back-up in place should the principal system go down.

From: Vilesh Rew 12 November 2021 08:13 AM

Thanks, Jan. Very helpful.

From: Vilesh Rew 10 November 2021 16:51 PM

Any further updates?

From: Vilesh Rew 10 November 2021 16:13 PM

Please can someone forward this guys details to HMRC as they'll no doubt want to tally this up against what he declares to companies house.

From: Vilesh Rew 08 October 2021 10:13 AM

Utter nonsense (from someone simply trying to encourage people to use his own business type).

From: Vilesh Rew 08 October 2021 10:10 AM

Mike Riley, you probably should stop talking now. I once read the line, "Every word you utter diminishes the overall intelligence of our species", and becoming the subject of that quote is not desirable, I would imagine? Just re-read what you write back to yourself every once and a while and maybe, just maybe, you'll start to realise how the rest of us perceive you. And remember, agents' "BS Detectors" are more sensitive than most.

From: Vilesh Rew 29 July 2021 08:41 AM

The only message that is clear that some idiot has had a brainwave and decided to “monetise viewings”. An easy scenario to illustrate how this system can be abused: put a house on the market at around 20% below market rate. Not so much that it causes alarm bells, but enough that it becomes a very attractive proposition to prospective buyers. 100 people booked to view. Lots of people make offers. The owners then says actually I’m not selling and takes the three grand and has a lovely holiday in Cyprus. I know that’s an over simplification, which was intentional to illustrate my point, but I guarantee that there will be people who will use this as a way to simply fleece money out of prospective buyers. Anyone can put their house on the market with very little in the way of upfront cost (usually just the EPC) and can take the house off the market with no cost as well. If people were willing to have an open day at their house and ended up with three grand in their back pocket as a result, it wouldn’t take long for the complaints to start rolling in.

From: Vilesh Rew 24 July 2021 09:29 AM

This is a joke, right? And a moronic joke, at that. Seriously, who launches writing drivel like this, “It's so frustrating to miss out on a property because it was snapped up before you had a chance to see it. Especially if some of the people who did view were not as serious as you. ” ??? It’s like it was written by a 12 year old.

From: Vilesh Rew 24 July 2021 08:11 AM

Please can you provide confirmation of what qualifications and/or experience you have when dealing with communicable diseases, or anything else flu or pandemic related, to allow us to judge whether or not to take your comments seriously? Many thanks.

From: Vilesh Rew 19 July 2021 11:03 AM

Haha, back pedalling faster that Pritti Patel there, mate. This Savill's guy did not "comment on poor play". You should read the content before commenting. All you've done on here is make yourself look very foolish.

From: Vilesh Rew 13 July 2021 13:33 PM

James Gibbs, you might just want to wind that in a bit, sir. Bravery - stepping up to take a penalty with the expectations of 65 million people on your shoulders (no matter how much you get paid) Cowardice - firing racist comments at young men who did more to contribute to the country's football team than you ever could (no matter how disappointed you feel)

From: Vilesh Rew 12 July 2021 12:14 PM

This will be based on all staff, so long serving senior management and administration staff will boost the average. If it was based purely on office based/customer facing staff then I'm certain it would be less. I was at a sequence meeting once where the staff were asked to introduce themselves and say how long they'd been with the company - please bear in mind this was for a new product the company was launching, not training for new staff. 20 people there, longest serving was an administrator with 10+ years. The median average of the rest was 9 months. As The Daily Mash headline once put it, "Box of Green Tea in office cupboard now longest serving member of staff"

From: Vilesh Rew 13 April 2021 10:16 AM

It's interesting because the only time we have fall throughs is at survey stage. And in almost every case it is not due to the property's condition, but how that condition is put over to buyers (particularly inexperienced buyers). We had one this week. A 172 page report for a 1960s detached house. 13 REDS, lots of use of inflammable panic inducing words like "immediate" and "safety", all contained within standard paragraphs. When it came to the "Opinion" box where the surveyor summarised things, it basically said, "this is a 60 year old house in average condition and as such requires regular ongoing maintenance. I see no reason why these should cause any special difficulty on resale in a normal market." So he's saying it's what you'd expect, but the rest of the report just screams "Run, run you fool!". They need to do away with standard paragraphs, do away with this stupid traffic light system, and actually write a bespoke report for their client. The buyer paid over £500 for 172 pages of standard paragraphs and crappy photos, and the sale will likely terminate at this point.

From: Vilesh Rew 07 April 2021 09:39 AM

Always presume there is a camera pointing at you when you're in a client's home. It's the only way to be certain.

From: Vilesh Rew 18 March 2021 11:56 AM

They've had tech problems galore so far, so make sure your safeguards are in place.

From: Vilesh Rew 08 March 2021 09:08 AM

Because it puts them one step closer to dealing directly with sellers and missing out the agents. If it can all be done online, with little negotiation, sale progression chasing, etc. required, they no longer need the agents and can take the sellers fees directly. If every agent pays then £1350pcm, they make wild profits, as we know. Now imagine if every SELLER paid them £1350 instead. The sales transactions pcm far out number the agents. They are looking long term at the £££s (imho)

From: Vilesh Rew 15 February 2021 13:23 PM

A gradual re-introduction is the only logical solution in the short term. As the above comment says, moving the date is just moving the cliff edge. A gradual-introduction over 3 months is wiser. 25% month one, 50% month 2, and 75% SDLT month 3, then a full return from there. A lot less house sales will terminate with this set up AND the revenue will start to enter HMRC's coffers sooner.

From: Vilesh Rew 01 February 2021 11:59 AM

A more gradual reintroduction of the SDLT would also seem like a wise option. At the moment we are facing a potential sheer drop in market activity, and lots of aborted sales. If there was a 3 month gradual reintroduction where first moth buyers paid 1/4 of the tax, 2nd moth 1/2 the tax, and then month 3 3/4s of the tax (and obvs full tax from then on) it would soften the blow at a time when continued lockdown and redundancies now, and on the horizon, may already start to weaken the housing market. Just a thought.

From: Vilesh Rew 26 January 2021 13:08 PM

Sorry, what part of the conveyance cannot be carried out remotely/online/by post?

From: Vilesh Rew 04 November 2020 09:00 AM

Genuinely interested to know, do any agents actually do their initial appraisal on the basis of price per sq ft/m? I know the average price range for £/sq ft for my area as I have my system calculate it retrospectively after instruction, but don't use that data on valuations unless I'm really stuck for comps on something quirky or very individual and am having to make an "educated guess" on a price. I would then do the maths quickly to double check it falls roughly into the local price band, but I have never, in 32 years, started with the £/Sq ft calculation. Thoughts?

From: Vilesh Rew 05 August 2020 08:51 AM

This article, and some of the comments, suggest people are not reading, or following, their TPO guidelines. Houses should not be sold simply on the basis of a video viewing. They are a great add-on tool and our buyers really like them, but a physical viewing is required to sell a house. Video Tours are certainly not dead, and are a great tool for listing as well as helping buyers decide if they have a strong interest in a property prior to an actual viewing.

From: Vilesh Rew 19 June 2020 08:42 AM

If he has sense, he will make a bet on Wales to win that will cover that cost. Best way to protect himself against loss whilst keeping up the great marketing ploy, surely?

From: Vilesh Rew 05 September 2019 11:26 AM

"...this may apply to existing staff irrespective of their extensive experience." hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha***breath****hahahahahahahaha. So, the 21 year old with an A level in PE is better suited than the company director with 35 years experience in the business.

From: Vilesh Rew 20 August 2019 10:48 AM

SLASHED HIS STAKE? A drop of 5% in the total value or 18% of his total holding. Slashed? Really? Why sensationalise everything, ETA? You're getting very tabloid-esque.

From: Vilesh Rew 06 June 2019 12:49 PM

Tenants DO want longer tenancies, and I always add a clause into agreements to allow a tenant an early get out as long as they pay the re-let fee, and must continue to pay the rent until a new tenant is found. Without exception, tenants comment on this being a good idea.

From: Vilesh Rew 07 February 2017 15:01 PM

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