Did you read the OP?Out of curiosity ,how long after you got rid of EA did you agree/sell house?
I took the house off market and had people interested in renting it.
The following week a friend made me an offer for the house, which I agreed to.
If this private sale is through a friend - then I would assume it would stand up in court that the EA did not facilitate the introduction of the purchasor.
Another one for EA's, trying to claim commission on the sale of a house in which he didnt introduced the buyer to.
Read the small print on the EA's Ts&Cs.
If they're the same as those which I've seen before, they will claim a right to fees for any sale within a certain period. I think these Ts&Cs will also state that the seller has a duty to pass on anyone to the EA who directly contacts the seller and expresses an interest.
I'm 100% sure that EA's have put these contractual safeguards in place to stop people doing exactly what has happened in the OPs case.
There's lots of arguments for and against claims that the EA failed here, but I'd wonder how after 4-months as the sole agent, board up, place on myhome or whatever, it could be argued that the reason the friend knows the house is for sale is only because the OP told them? Surely if they friend was in the market for a house, they would have seen it advertised too - consitituting an introduction of sorts?
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