Yeah I also looked on DAFT at properties in our area and there wasn't one that the owners were selling by themselves, but I have seen properties on DAFT before that were selling by themselves with just a mobile number.
"It could be a nightmare" - that's what we thought originally when we decided to sell. So we rang a few agents, all lazy b*stards to be honest, not even interested enough to try and coax us into going with them, got two out to view the house and went with one, as I previously mentioned, have wasted the past 3 months with him, crap photos, not getting back to us, coming back to us with stupid bids - the last 3 months has been the nightmare - selling ourselves couldn't be worse than battling with this clown about what price to ask for, what to say to people and worst of all, after getting a friend to phone
twice, realising they're taking 2 days to return calls.
I think it's just like everything else in Ireland at the moment - we are a lazy bunch of tw*ts who are afraid to take a risk and consequently get conned into paying MASSIVELY over the odds for substandard services...
Did anyone see that documentary a few months ago about the reporter who went undercover in Foxtons, one of the biggest estate agents in the UK? What an eye opener!