Estate Agents. Meh. Foxtons Muswell Hill (together with the Islington Branch) require 2.5% on whatever my house sells for as their fee as sole agency responsible. No flexible deal - just a straight, no fuss 2.5%, no negotiations possible. Which sounds fair, that is until you apply it to your potential house sale value (which in my case made that percentage work out to be twenty one thousand pounds when you include the VAT on it too!!) Since when should it cost £21K with an Estate Agent to sell a residential property - and a sole deal at that?! Unbelievable that they won't consider a more fair price for their services.

We already pay a high level council tax and it hardly takes a massively increased effort to sell a slightly bigger property. Nothing that warrants THAT figure anyway. It's no wonder they have plush offices everywhere and too many Mini Coopers. I'd be better off buying the adverts from the Evening Standard myself and employing a sandwich board person on Islington Upper Street or rent a billboard or bus side..!