{"id":582,"date":"2022-04-26T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T10:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uk7.whitelabelcpanelhost.com\/~proptechreviews\/?p=582"},"modified":"2022-04-26T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T10:31:10","slug":"strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proptechreviews.co.uk\/homeowner-tech\/strike","title":{"rendered":"Strike Estate Agent Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As one of the longest-running online estate agents, Strike<\/a> have won several awards for their service.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n That includes an award in 2018 at the Estate Agent Awards for ‘Best Online Agent’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Working like most of the other online agents, Strike do not have local high street offices but do use local property experts. That allows them to value homes and provide a point of contact without the overheads that come with multiple high street offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time of conducting our Strike review, we found their service consisted of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The price of all of the above is \u00a30. Yes, you read that right, selling your property with Strike is 100% free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How can they do this? Put simply, they know that when you sell your property, you need other services too.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For starters, you may well need an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). This is available for \u00a390 inc VAT. There’s also a hosted viewings package available if you don’t want to do them all yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plus, of course, there are mortgage advisors, solicitors, removal firms, and so on. They’ll have relationships with most of these types of services where they receive a kickback if you choose a service they recommend. That’s how they make up for not charging you for the sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The process with Strike<\/a> is relatively straightforward. It all starts when you request a free valuation. At this point, a local assessor will contact you to arrange a mutually convenient time to come and look at your property. In some areas, your valuation may be done remotely instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This visit will consist of a valuation, photographs being taken, and measuring up for the floor plan. It should be noted that it doesn’t mean you are obliged to use Strike just because they have started taking photographs, etc. They simply do this to help save time if you do decide to list with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you have instructed Strike to sell your home you’ll be allocated a local expert who will become your main point of contact. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n They’ll make sure your property description, photos, and everything else is up to scratch. Once everyone is happy, your listing will go live on all the major portals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Viewings, feedback, and offers all happen via the online portal you’ll be given access to. This allows you to ensure viewings happen when it’s convenient to you. Offers are handled this way too. Once you’ve accepted an offer, your property expert will help see everything through to completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are just some of the advantages of Strike estate agents, we\u2019ve discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can list your property on both Zoopla and Rightmove without any fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to listing your property, Strike offers full estate agency services without any fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Strike team will negotiate any offers and progress the sale on your behalf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As with any service or platform, there are some potential downsides to using Strike estate agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In person valuations ar not available in all post codes. If you\u2019re not in certain postcodes, an online valuation will be used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Strike offers free services, it does need to make money in other areas. This is through referrals and add ons. Although there are no high pressure sales tactics for these optional services, you will be asked regularly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To delve into Strike\u2019s history, we need to look first at Housesimple. This was the original company name before it was rebranded as Strike in July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Housesimple was established in 2007, making it one of the first online agents in the UK. In the early years, Housesimple was overlooked by many sellers in favor of bigger spending rivals. At this point, Housesimple was still charging for listings, but this changed in 2016. Sir Charles Dunstone, founder of the Carphone Warehouse, provided a \u00a313 million investment in the company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This helped Housesimple to establish itself as a leader in the online market. So, it came as a shock when in June 2019, Housesimple announced that it was moving to a 100 percent full service for free. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The reaction from the competitors was certainly scathing, and the company was called out to be \u201ccertain to fail.\u201d However, within a year, the free model was still in effect, and Housesimple was retaining its title as a leading online estate agent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2020, Housesimple again mixed things up by rebranding. No definitive reason for the name change was given, but it did make a cleaner break from its paid services. With a new name, Strike is set to continue growing its market share to become a leader in \u201cfree\u201d estate agency services. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat They Offer:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How It Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Advantages of Strike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Free Listing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Free Agency Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Free Negotiation and Sales Progression<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Disadvantages of Strike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Limited In Person Valuations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
A Little Pressure for Add Ons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A Closer Look<\/h2>\n\n\n\n