For a brief period of time your agent is going to have a forensic knowledge of your personal affairs. You will need to trust that individual with the workings of your finances and your personal arrangements and he or she in turn must trust you. Your buying agent needs to know what you mean by “big” when you describe a room for example and when they say that the view is “stunning” you need to know how that measures up to your current view. There’s no point your agent describing what you call a drawing room as a lounge or visa-versa! You must speak the same language.
To my surprise not everyone shares my sense of humour. I may not be everyone’s cup of tea but if you have sensibly decided that you might want some help with what is likely to be your largest single purchase then whilst of course I’d love the chance to pitch for your business it’s more important that you get the right advisor even if for some reason it’s not me.
If I can’t help because I’m already working for someone similar or frankly because you just don’t like my style then here are the best in the business who I think you might like to consider. Many are prettier than me, most are more eloquent!