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- Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:08 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Agency fees: how low will they go?
- Replies: 13
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- Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:30 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Agency fees: how low will they go?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3784
Interesting Zebedee...but I suppose the one aspect which concerns me is how easy or difficult it might be to drive viewings to your site? I do have a little web site on PMP which I think is perfectly adequate and we have an ad in the window of the cottage, but I wonder how many people will find it i...
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 5:52 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Agency fees: how low will they go?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3784
Thanks for feedback; yes I suspect I may have to hand in notice which I don't want to do since it's a lot of hassle doing evrything oneself or swicthing agency...but the other annoying thing cottages.com do is their so-called dynamic pricing which means in practice they chop the price arbitrarily so...
- Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:19 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Agency fees: how low will they go?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3784
Agency fees: how low will they go?
Hi folks, we've had three months as newbies with cottages.com, have had plenty of bookings but the usual gripe of how much they cream off what with their £39 booking fee then the 19% plus VAT on whats left. So of course what we end up with looks a lot smaller than we had hoped as they make great pla...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:13 am
- Forum: Personal websites
- Topic: Promote my Place users
- Replies: 145
- Views: 43350
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:50 pm
- Forum: Personal websites
- Topic: Promote my Place users
- Replies: 145
- Views: 43350
PMP code?
Hi folks
Am just working on a simple site with PMP...could an existing user kindly PM me a referral code?
With thanks Rob
Am just working on a simple site with PMP...could an existing user kindly PM me a referral code?
With thanks Rob
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:56 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Cottages.com and discounting ...any advice please?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4053
Thanks for the replies. Yes I will contact them, but I wanted to see what other experiences people might have had first. Of course you can do owner bookings in the winter but then you meet all the issues about heanding the bookings, depositsm refunds, cancelaltions and orther legals and it could I a...
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:00 am
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Cottages.com and discounting ...any advice please?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4053
Cottages.com and discounting ...any advice please?
Hello all, just up and running with cottages.com but already I can see some pricing issues which worry us..first I hadnt really clocked the booking fee they charge (currently £39)...they badge it up as a charge to customers but as it comes off the headline price of the rental it feels like another 7...
- Wed May 30, 2018 11:30 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Help! Changeover cleaning etc?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1791
- Wed May 30, 2018 9:55 am
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Help! Changeover cleaning etc?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1791
Help! Changeover cleaning etc?
Hello folks, We are really struggling to find changeover services for our new place (Peak District)...the ones we have identified online are either too far out of area or not taking on new clients. We are too far away to do this ourselves, and hadnt anticpiated it being such a difficult issue. Has a...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:57 pm
- Forum: Managing your property
- Topic: Management agencies...Peak District...local v national?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1281
Management agencies...Peak District...local v national?
Hello we're just setting out on the road with our first place...in the Peak District. We have read with interest the discussions about agencies, particularly the advantages of smaller local agencies to handle bookings, advertise etc. I wonder if anyone can recommend (or warn me off!) smaller agencie...
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:18 pm
- Forum: Just starting out
- Topic: Peak District: new venture, advice re servicing, agencies..?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1095
Peak District: new venture, advice re servicing, agencies..?
Hello all, We have bought a little place in the Peak District and are getting it ready for letting. Has anyone any experience of "Cottage Team" ...http://www.cottageteam.co.uk/ who seem to offer a comprehensive service (changeover, laundry, etc), at what seems to us a reasonable price? Alt...