A new online agent that has started advertising in prime time TV slots as a “genius way” to sell your home has a familiar name at its helm – Quirk.
However, the director of Homeseller, which is also advertising on the Underground, is not Russell Quirk but his cousin Anthony, 48.
The pair were in business together in the limited partnership of a family high street agent, Quirk Deakin, until 2008.
Russell Quirk went on to set up eMoov while today Anthony Quirk still has three high street estate agency businesses as well as his new online enterprise.
Anthony Quirk’s Homeseller lists properties on Rightmove and Zoopla, and costs £695 including VAT for the first six months, paid upfront.
A further six months costs £120.
According to Rightmove, Homeseller has 16 sales properties listed, of which six are available.
The longer-established eMoov has over 1,000 properties listed on Rightmove. It charges £595 upfront including VAT, or £1,195 at completion, on a no sale, no fee basis.
At the weekend, eMoov had attracted over £2.3m from nearly 700 crowdfunding investors.
Russell Quirk confirmed the family connection.
EYE called Homeseller twice and left messages for Anthony Quirk, as we were keen to speak to him, including asking him if he plans to go down the crowdfunding route.
You can access Homeseller via what appears to be another online agent, www.e–stateagent.co.uk/
Comments (6)
Another person above commenting/complaining about the frequency of Mr Quirk’s appearances on here, like I did last week. Perhaps some notice might get taken soon.
A lot of people complain, but it gets views & Comments which in turn the advertisers like.
If you feel that strong do not read or comment.
Well said Smile. I don’t understand the thought process of people who get twitchy about what is covered (or not) on these pages. If they don’t like it, go somewhere else. These must be the same people who get all worked up about certain TV programmes. They seem to forget there is an off button. Or maybe they would just like to exercise their own form of censorship and not let us use our own common sense about what is amusing froth (a pair of Quirks indeed!) or real news.
Hmmm… according to their website homepage – and pretty much every other page – they market property on Zoopla.
Not according to Zoopla, they don’t! Unless, that is, you search under e-statewhassname… which takes you simply to Homeseller’s RM page.
Strange? Not nearly as ‘strange’ as the website itself…
I’m beginning to wonder if property eye are running some kind of advertising campaign for Mr Quirk.. Please can you start to publish some actual news on the industry and forget about this daydream believer!?
A TV advert during X factor and a double page spread in the Evening Standard (and the rest) and yet they have only taken on 1 property in the last 14 days according to Rightmove. Amazing.