Great looking and functional website. Needs time to grow it property numbers. (Look4aProperty.com)

Member Name: hamb

Product:	Look4aProperty.com
Date:	01/06/06 (65 review reads)
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Advantages: Clean and simple layout, easy to use and navigate

Disadvantages: Website has only just launched and therefore needs time to grow its property numbers

I find the mixed bag of previous reviews quite interesting. The first review was probably over-egging things slightly and the last review seems very bitter?

Look4aProperty.com is a well-thought out and easy to use website with clear and simple navigation. To me it seems to be everything that a property portal should be.

I think the website launched in late February so clearly the property numbers are never going to match say Rightmove's who has been online for over 5 years and spent literally tens of millions of pounds on their TV advertising. I find it surprising and a little naive that after 3 months reviewers expect portals like Look4aProperty.com to match the market leaders? Its probably because they have some kind of vested interest.

Whilst I do not work in estate agency myself I know a number of people who do and it would seem as if the major market-leader is now attacking Look4aProperty.com at every sales pitch its team makes. This may be because they feel threatened by a new portal who's Agency Listing fees (from what I am told) are less than one-sixth of their own and who's running costs are insiginifcant compared to their own PLC's costs?

To sum up I would say stop criticising this portal for a lack of properties. In my local area the spread of property on offer was impressive although I understand that the coverage in some areas is still not great. Again from my naive viewpoint I would suspect that whilst this doesn't aid general website Users now but this does offer new incoming Agents in these areas a rare opportunity, i.e. to list their properties free from any competition? Using a website like Rightmove I find it very tough to weed through all of the poor property to find something decent these days.

To sum up I think Look4aProperty.com is a great looking, simple and functional website. Yes it's property numbers may not rival the market leaders but aren't people allowed to start somewhere these days and grow a business? Every website like this (be it a job site or property portal) has to start somewhere and grow it's number of adverts.

Summary: Great looking and functional website. Needs time to grow it property numbers.