There is no point in selling the house until you are ready to do so as no amount of money will assuage your feelings of not having adequate "closure" with the house. If your family bereavement was recent, it would not be a good idea to be making big decisions like this until you have had a chance to grieve properly. As other posters have said, if the house is attracting this kind of interest now it will probably still do so next Spring or whenever you're ready to let it go. The suggestion from samanthajane of speaking to the person who called you personally about the house sounds like a good option. That way you have a fall-back position and also avoid EA fees. If an EA isn't prepared to negotiate on their %, don't give them the business. Everybody has to be prepared to negotiate these days, and if not, there are plenty more fish in the sea.