An unhappy property marketing experience
We went on the market with Roger Parry of Welshpool in April 2025 after failing to sell with McCartneys. After 5 months of disappointing service, we have returned to McCartneys. During our period on the market with Roger Parry, the photoset in our online ads in Rightmove and On The Market suddenly appeared badly out of order giving a chaotic look to the ads. Of course this was not due to anything that Roger Parry actually did, but the estate agent is the custodian of those ads, and this happened on Parry's watch. We got no viewers through Parry's for two and a half months, and while that in itself is not their fault, not once during that time did they reach out to us to see if we wanted to reconsider the asking price, refresh the ads or take other action. Whenever I tried to pin down the staff at Parry's on the true market value of our property, they were vague and evasive. In some of the email communications from the staff at Parry's, they failed to address me by name, which is a pretty basic error for an organisation which is supposed to offer a personal service to clients who are undergoing one of life's most stressful events. When we had become disillusioned and I wrote to enquire what their withdrawal fee was, I was simply informed that they didn't have one and that we just needed to give two weeks' notice - even with this clear indication that we weren't happy, no effort was made to reach out to find out why. That was the last nail in the coffin and crystallised our view that we had no sense at all of being their valued clients. To crown it all, when I emailed Parry's to say we were withdrawing, they reacted by whipping us straight off the market without consulting us instead of observing the two weeks' notice period, which would have left us with an unbargained for and unasked for period off the market. To be fair, they reinstated our ads and apologised as soon as I complained.
Our unhappy time with Parry's made us see that with McCartneys, we get a sense that they're doing their best for us, they keep in touch and they consistently provide a personal service. Regretfully, I cannot recommend Roger Parry of Welshpool.








