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Selling - 1 Viewing in 2 weeks

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  • Red-Squirrel_2
    Red-Squirrel_2 Posts: 4,341 Forumite
    I'd actually take it off the market until the tenants are out and you can get in there and get it scrubbed and properly presented.

    You might think its not an issue because you can't tell from a rightmove pic, but when somebody rings the agent to book a viewing it usually becomes obvious and that's when people might be put off. We've all seen 'can't pay we'll take it away' so most people realise now how hard it can be to get tenants out if they don't want to leave.
  • Cheeky_Monkey
    Cheeky_Monkey Posts: 2,072 Forumite
    gazfocus wrote: »
    The EA is fully aware there are tenants living there as they have to contact the tenants to arrange viewings.

    In which case, the 'honest' thing to do would've been to include that information in the details. Although I realise we're talking about EAs :D
  • ScorpiondeRooftrouser
    ScorpiondeRooftrouser Posts: 2,851 Forumite
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    gazfocus wrote: »
    The EA is fully aware there are tenants living there as they have to contact the tenants to arrange viewings.

    Have you asked the EA whether they have had calls and when they have said "There are tenants there now" the caller has said "Oh, I won't bother then"? I, like many other people, would never bother viewing a house with tenants in situ.
  • pimento
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    "leasehold house" would be the deal breaker for me.
    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
  • Crashy_Time
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    Red-Squirrel wrote: »
    I'd actually take it off the market until the tenants are out and you can get in there and get it scrubbed and properly presented.

    You might think its not an issue because you can't tell from a rightmove pic, but when somebody rings the agent to book a viewing it usually becomes obvious and that's when people might be put off. We've all seen 'can't pay we'll take it away' so most people realise now how hard it can be to get tenants out if they don't want to leave.


    Some owners and mortgage holders (not saying this one) are so greedy that they want the rental income, and tenants showing people round, right up until they pick up a buyer. It is certainly getting harder to juggle all those plates though, especially as buyers have vanished. Catch 22 really?
  • gazfocus
    gazfocus Posts: 2,374 Forumite
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    Crashy_Time wrote: »
    Some owners and mortgage holders (not saying this one) are so greedy that they want the rental income, and tenants showing people round, right up until they pick up a buyer. It is certainly getting harder to juggle all those plates though, especially as buyers have vanished. Catch 22 really?

    The tenants that are in our house are only there because they were in the process of buying the house and needed to move out of their rental house that they were in. Everything has remained amicable and the tenants are moving into a new long term rental property in a couple of weeks. I certainly wouldn't expect tenants to show my prospective buyers around - that's what the EA's job is :)
  • AnotherJoe
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    Its leasehold, shared ownership,and has tenants in it?

    Sherlock Holmes not needed here.
  • Cheeky_Monkey
    Cheeky_Monkey Posts: 2,072 Forumite
    AnotherJoe wrote: »
    Its leasehold, shared ownership,and has tenants in it?

    Sherlock Holmes not needed here.

    :T:T:T

    In view of those three things, I'm amazed that he's even had one viewing - although I guess they were probably tyre kickers
  • gazfocus
    gazfocus Posts: 2,374 Forumite
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    Cheeky_Monkey wrote: »
    :T:T:T

    In view of those three things, I'm amazed that he's even had one viewing - although I guess they were probably tyre kickers

    Well, smart !!!!, by definition, a shared ownership house is always going to be leasehold. When you staircase to 100% you get the freehold.
  • ScorpiondeRooftrouser
    ScorpiondeRooftrouser Posts: 2,851 Forumite
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    gazfocus wrote: »
    The tenants that are in our house are only there because they were in the process of buying the house and needed to move out of their rental house that they were in. Everything has remained amicable and the tenants are moving into a new long term rental property in a couple of weeks.

    That's fine; I'll believe you. I have no reason not to and nothing to lose.

    Would I take your word for it if I was buying your house? Of course not. Until the tenants are out it's not even worth my time looking.
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