<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Based purely on personal experience, of the inner suburban agents I'd give a plus to Biggin & Scott and a minus to Noel Jones. YMMV.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And while Sunshine seems to have become a fall back location of choice, none of the local agents there impressed me favourably. When I dealt with agents around Essendon my experiences were mostly better, but that was long ago.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>However it always helps to assume they aren't going to go out of their way to do anything for you. Even with Biggin & Scott, if we hadn't kept up the pressure over a place we were keen to move into but which was awaiting maintenance, the subsequent positive relationship may have easily been missed.</DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 24/09/2007, at 1:54 PM, Toby Corkindale wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">One other question that comes to mind is - are there any estate agents that one should avoid like the plague?</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Tony Smith</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">0405 499 718</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">TransForum Developer</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="http://www.transforum.net">http://www.transforum.net</A>/</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>