'Well presented'

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This is why brokers get a bad reputation. This photo posted by a well known broker who describes the boat as 'well presented'
Lazy,lazy,lazy. And the vendor is probably wondering why the boat hasn't sold...
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There are dozens of examples like that on broker's sites. Bathrooms tend to be the worst with all manner of toiletries strewn everywhere, toilet seats up etc. These are boats going for nine figures so you think the owners would be sharp cookies and would be straight on the phone incandescent at the amateurism.
 
Cashbuyer said:
This is why brokers get a bad reputation. This photo posted by a well known broker who describes the boat as 'well presented'
Lazy,lazy,lazy. And the vendor is probably wondering why the boat hasn't sold...
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Stop moaning....the little doggie is divine.... and you get the chance to spend several thousand on some new nav gear as well :):):)
 
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Cheery said:
There are dozens of examples like that on broker's sites. Bathrooms tend to be the worst with all manner of toiletries strewn everywhere, toilet seats up etc. These are boats going for nine figures so you think the owners would be sharp cookies and would be straight on the phone incandescent at the amateurism.
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Surely its the owners responsibility to prepare the boat for the broker to photo?

This makes me chuckle...."I have seen boats that look a lot better than this cosmetically but problems came up on survey and also seen boats look worse that have actually done well on the survey"

I mean, honestly, what the juddering **** does that mean? Its just mindless drivel to make the listing look like there's more detail than there is.
 
Here is an example of what I was talking about. Not in the same untidiness league as the one above (mind you it's only for sale for €1) but it's attention to detail.

http://www.yacht-marine.com/sale/list.asp?categoryId=51&id=140#;

Surely, if you do your own photos or video, as in this case, the broker has a duty to point out the shortcomings. If it was me I would make sure everything was spot on so I could get my commission asap. Can you imagine rubbish car pictures on Tom Hartleys website? Overflowing door pockets, dirty glass? Me neither.
 
Back in the day, I had to attend a site meeting with an agent who was trying to sell the factory of a company which had gone pop. The building was so close to the railway that the train drivers had to fold-in their wing mirrors to get past and, all in all, it was probably the most depressing building I have ever seen. As yet another train hurtled past causing us to fear for our safety, the agent turned to me and said, 'in my house-selling days I'd have listed this as: "ideal for commuters; very close to rail link."'
 
burgundyben said:
Surely its the owners responsibility to prepare the boat for the broker to photo?
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+1

When we sold Kindred Spirit, the broker turned up and photographed her as she was. I wouldn't have expected him to go round and tidy up first. So I made sure the boat was thoroughly clean, tidy, with no personal gear on board and the gear included with the sale stowed neatly. She was on blocks in the yard, we antifouled her and repainted the boot-top as this always made her look her very smartest. She sold within a couple of months; having seen her, the buyer even cancelled his appointment to view another boat the following day.

Pete
 
prv said:
When we sold Kindred Spirit, the broker turned up and photographed her as she was. I wouldn't have expected him to go round and tidy up first.
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Well I would. For 5-6% of the sale price I would expect them to ensure that any photos they take show the boat in it's best possible condition and if that means moving a dog basket and an ironing board, so be it. Surely it is in the broker's own interest to ensure that this is done? Too often they just rely on some out of date photos and information provided by the owner and for doing that they expect to earn several thousand pounds. Many brokers are stuck in the dark ages when it comes to selling
 
Why does "ironing board" sound like livaboard which translates as boat has not moved for years and no servicing been done ?
 
oldgit said:
Why does "ironing board" sound like livaboard which translates as boat has not moved for years and no servicing been done ?
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Yes, it certainly looks like that might be the case. But that doesn't alter the fact that this boat is described as 'well presented' which makes me think that the broker has copied and pasted some text from another ad, which as I said before is just plain lazy.
 
prv said:
Now I'm not a motorboatalist, but isn't it conventional on this sort of boat to have a seat of some kind behind the steering wheel? :)

It looks as though on this one you might be expected to perch on a kind of Ikea-esque "modern design" coffee-table :D

Pete
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Never heard of a shooting stick? Just make sure you get it the correct way up:o
 
I remember when we bought this house, almost didn't bother to look & we see past decor etc. Turned out to be pretty good & well under priced, which the vendor knew but couldn't figure out why it hadn't sold. We snapped his hand off, estate agent went bust shortly after sale.
 
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