If you think Estate Agency is all about the money, think again!
We fight for months to hold a sale together.
Chasing paperwork. Calming panicked sellers.
Talking buyers back from pulling out.
Only to have it fall apart the morning of exchange because some Solictor forgot to check something really basic on week 1.
We take the calls where someone cries down the phone because their dream is slipping away.
We absorb the shouting, the frustration, the blame ... even when none of it is ours to carry.
We listen like counsellors, negotiate like diplomats, and keep smiling when inside we’re breaking too.
Most of us aren’t on big salaries (the average front line neg is on £25k a year)
Some weeks, a sale falling through means the only “commission” we would have earned is gone .. maybe fifty quid in our pocket after months of work.
This job is one of life’s most stressful, because we’re moving people through one of life’s most stressful events ... right alongside divorce and bereavement.
No wonder some burn out.
No wonder some numb the pain with drink.
And yet… we come back.
Because for all the heartbreak, there is nothing like handing over the keys and watching someone’s new chapter begin.
That is why we do it. Every bl**dy time.
We fight for months to hold a sale together.
Chasing paperwork. Calming panicked sellers.
Talking buyers back from pulling out.
Only to have it fall apart the morning of exchange because some Solictor forgot to check something really basic on week 1.
We take the calls where someone cries down the phone because their dream is slipping away.
We absorb the shouting, the frustration, the blame ... even when none of it is ours to carry.
We listen like counsellors, negotiate like diplomats, and keep smiling when inside we’re breaking too.
Most of us aren’t on big salaries (the average front line neg is on £25k a year)
Some weeks, a sale falling through means the only “commission” we would have earned is gone .. maybe fifty quid in our pocket after months of work.
This job is one of life’s most stressful, because we’re moving people through one of life’s most stressful events ... right alongside divorce and bereavement.
No wonder some burn out.
No wonder some numb the pain with drink.
And yet… we come back.
Because for all the heartbreak, there is nothing like handing over the keys and watching someone’s new chapter begin.
That is why we do it. Every bl**dy time.