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23 May 2012
Real Estate / Poland's flat rental agents and the anger they brew in me.... [60]
Janek- you are absolutely right, however, more often than not the agents in Poland are useless tools.
When we sold our house we had our house listed with 5 agents. The difference is that here they don't ask for exclusivity. In other parts of the world- exclusivity is expected but also the agents know the house inside and out. They do all things necessary in order to sell the house. Here in Poland they do nothing but open a door.
In our last house one of the agents from Emmerson actually called my husband while he was showing the house to clients to ask details about the home. Not very professional. There was another agent who showed our house to a client who would be living with her father who was wheelchair bound- the house had 10 stairs going up to the front door, stairs to the basement and stairs to the first floor- didn't exactly meet the needs of a man in a wheelchair.
When we were searching for a house we found an osiedle and we were hoping to view a house listed with an agent- it was Sunday but my husband called the agent and she said she was at the movies but she doesn't work on Sundays. Ok, so he called a different agent that the house was listed with- 15 minutes later the guy shows up and we bought the house from him.
Agents in this country don't do half the job that agents in other countries do. No "open houses" or any of the other sales techniques that "western" agents do. Perhaps this is why most agents here in Poland are considered to be bottom feeders- they chase other peoples listings.
Janek- you are absolutely right, however, more often than not the agents in Poland are useless tools.
When we sold our house we had our house listed with 5 agents. The difference is that here they don't ask for exclusivity. In other parts of the world- exclusivity is expected but also the agents know the house inside and out. They do all things necessary in order to sell the house. Here in Poland they do nothing but open a door.
In our last house one of the agents from Emmerson actually called my husband while he was showing the house to clients to ask details about the home. Not very professional. There was another agent who showed our house to a client who would be living with her father who was wheelchair bound- the house had 10 stairs going up to the front door, stairs to the basement and stairs to the first floor- didn't exactly meet the needs of a man in a wheelchair.
When we were searching for a house we found an osiedle and we were hoping to view a house listed with an agent- it was Sunday but my husband called the agent and she said she was at the movies but she doesn't work on Sundays. Ok, so he called a different agent that the house was listed with- 15 minutes later the guy shows up and we bought the house from him.
Agents in this country don't do half the job that agents in other countries do. No "open houses" or any of the other sales techniques that "western" agents do. Perhaps this is why most agents here in Poland are considered to be bottom feeders- they chase other peoples listings.