Viewing with no intent to buy

confused31_2

brightonman123 wrote: »

i feel its rather unfair for some on here to diss some 'non buyers' viewing houses- it may be unsuitable for various reasons.

as for wasting time tidying up etc, wouldnt that have to be done anyway, for the eventual buyer?

only ONE can actually buy a place at a time.. and i doubt no one has ever viewed just one house, and then bought it?

Its personal opinions, i wouldnt dream of doing it, but ask yourself this why should the vendor tidy and clean their house to make it look nice for some stranger to come round and have a nose, when they have no intention of buying???

To be honest if i knew someone had done this i would let them come, and then when they arrived i would not answer the door, if its okay for them to waste my time its okay for me to waste theirs.

krazykidskate

I agree on seeing as many as you need to when you are ready to buy, after all it is probably the biggest purchase of your life. But looking just for the sake of it is not on. Its a pity we don't have more 'open houses' in the UK where the vendor might have a couple of hours at the weekend where the EA shows lots of potential buyers around the house. You should look out for these as you less likely to inconvenience the vendor.

POSSETTE

i dont think you should view unless you are buying at that time..i have 3 dogs so i have to drive 8 miles to drop them off at mums whilst i had views,then there is the tidying,cleaning etc i tried putting them outside but then you need to go outside and its mad bringing them in! people do have a lot of different things to do to present thier houses,its not fair to pi55 them about.

Paulgonnabedebtfree

RetroBob wrote: »

I did just this at the weekend and will do so again so that I get into practice about what to ask for. I am intending on buying soon but don't want to miss things, or fall in love with the first house I see (been warned off that!).

For the record, I did exactly the same thing when I got my current job - applied for a couple of jobs I didn't want to get back into the swing of interviewing (had not done for 4 years); when the job I wanted came up, I aced the interview and got the job.

I haven't and wouldn't go around viewing someone's house if I had no intention of buying. I must confess though that I have done dry runs for interview practice when I was job hunting and unemployed. I think the difference is though that I would have taken any reasonable job offer at the time but would have quit quite quickly if a job I really wanted came up. Not nice, but it was borne of desperation at the time. As things turned out, I got no job offers (probably exactly what I deserved ) and I ended up going self-employed. There was a lot of unemployment then (1991).

hamblettamaud

barnaby-bear wrote: »

It's also quite awkward going into someone else's house and lives. I have good friends and I haven't seen their kids bedrooms. I personally feel a bit awkward going round a complete strangers house while they are trying to be welcoming, pleasant etc... and putting them out, you can tell washing/meal preparing put on hold, going round a house while their baby is sleeping and their apologising the curtains are closed, their toddlers pestering for a drink, looking round a 13 year olds room whist they look on really uncomfortable - not exactly Alton Towers... or the sad obvious coming up repossession, ok house but embarrassing proud but really hard up family - with bare kids bedrooms and pitiful lack of possessions... or the old person bewildered who has to move, or the house being sold by the bereaved still furnished with the sad reminents and tail of someones life.

thanks for putting it into perspective the awful consequences of rubbernecking. i hope it puts off those who are only out to entertain themselves cos there's nothing on telly.

Pennywise

I would (and have) done it. Not for pure nosiness, but certainly for a house that may be of interest, either now or in the near future. As far as I'm concerned, when a house is put on the market, the vendors have to accept that people will want to view it - if they are serious about selling, they should keep it relatively tidy. In fact, the house we currently live in was such a viewing - we absolutely hated the estate for various reasons and would never have even dreamed of buying, let alone viewing. However, when we were viewing a nearby house, the EA viewer just happened to mention it - we almost laughed in his face, be he persisted and told us the house was well worth viewing. We only went along because he had the keys with him, he knew the vendors were on holiday, and we had nothing better to do - we'd bought and moved in within six weeks! Likewise, we are now viewing a house next weekend very close to us that has been on the market for a couple of years - we've no real intention of selling ours and buying theirs, BUT, we could be persuaded by price and its interior condition - if it stacks up, we could well buy it - we have access to the funds and wouldn't need to sell ours immediately to buy that. I think in this market, a vendor has to be open to all interest - you just never know!!

Gingernutmeg

When my parents were selling their house it was so obvious that most of the people who came to do viewings on a Sunday, with their entire family in tow, were just viewing for something to do because they were too cheap to pay to get into a National Trust property and they fancied a snoop round a house (not that my parents house was anything like an NT property lol). We felt like making cream teas and charging for them ...

poppysarah

Within 1/4 mile of where I live on rightmove there are 14 propertys
6 have are being lived in at time of taking photos...
And I've viewed 3 ... 1 left that I've not viewed in my budget

In all I've ever viewed 12 houses - we counted them up the other day.

hethmar

brightonman123 wrote: »

only ONE can actually buy a place at a time.. and i doubt no one has ever viewed just one house, and then bought it?

Weve done that 3 times out of the 5 houses we have lived in. Its a matter of doing homework BEFORE looking for a place rather than taking any old details from the EA.

ess0two

People and i include myself have better things to do on a saturday,than waiting in for time wasters.
Last house i sold after a week, i told the EA no viewings unless aip or sold,one person told us they had been dying to look round our house,this triggered my response to EA.