Fed up with Buy to Let & Animal Lover viewers

pastmybest

bitsandpieces wrote: »

Cats get onto high walls - but they'll get onto a high something if they want, anyway, unless you live in a flat desert... Never tested it - but cats land very well, so I doubt they'd hurt themselves even if they did fall/jump off 6ft wall. Odd.

It is odd but me also thinks that the great British public don't always give truthful feedback. So invent a good excuse but this didn't sound like a good excuse.

LandyAndy

LandyAndy wrote: »

Your EA should be making it clear (probably by including it in the particulars) that no pets are allowed.

talulahbeige wrote: »

Why oh why would a company who want to make money do this?

Because the vendor tells them to put it in the particulars to avoid the position the OP described.

The EA works for the vendor.

pastmybest

not_loaded wrote: »

On every occasion before we viewed, we’d always run our checklist with the EA. It’s surprising what short memories they sometimes have. The ‘must haves’ had to be ticked, or there was no viewing. They pretty soon stopped their silliness, or they were dropped.

Pastmybest, I think you’re suffering from the same problem we have: plenty of viewers but very few serious buyers. We reckon less than 20%, maybe only 10% are serious buyers. We accept viewings which are of course always based on what they’ve told the EA. They seem to think we don’t talk to the EA, and quite often there are glaring discrepancies within a minute of them opening their mouths.

Then you come to the strange comments, tapping on walls, questions like ‘would I be able to knock down that wall?’. I’m sure that very few vendors will be structural engineers, or legal experts as yours seem to expect.

The sort of questions we CAN answer rarely come, which makes me suspect they’re not serious.

We too have agreed two sales, and similarly both pulled out after a number of weeks. One with no explanation at all, the other muttering about lenders.

I’m not at the point of refusing viewings though – I feel that people new to property buying (possibly the biggest decision in your life) should be allowed to ‘browse’ but, well, yeah, do what you want to do, and make your decision. That’s what the viewing is for.

PS: Over thirty years spent went with cats: not one has ever had an injury from falling off a high wall or fence.

Thanks for your thoughts.

One thing surprised us is that not one of the EAs, when pitching for the business, said they would vet (excuse the pun!!!!) viewers for affordability.

We have been under offer a number of times and even from going on the market to getting the first buyer and then re-selling between offers has never been more than three weeks'ish. So many viewers so far and realising what idiots are around.

Yes your PS is noted:beer:

LandyAndy

pastmybest wrote: »

Hi of course we want to sell but feel like being a bit more hard nosed about it. Our price IS right otherwise we would not of got the interest we have done. Apart from several EAs figures I did a very thorough excercise after reading a very good thread posted some time ago which confirmed the EAs figures.

I guess I do have a problem with the concept of buy to lets and second homes both having ruined the housing prospects for younger people. But hey I am entitled to be as obliging or as awkward as I want;)

Of course you can be as accomodating or as awkward as you like.

Nevertheless, and not withstanding your research etc, if a house doesn't sell it is because it is too expensive.

Talk is cheap in house buying. No one has actually put their money where their mouth is.

LandyAndy

not_loaded wrote: »

PS: Over thirty years spent went with cats: not one has ever had an injury from falling off a high wall or fence.

One of ours fell from an upstairs window ledge. Didn't seem to do her any harm.

pastmybest

LandyAndy wrote: »

Nevertheless, and not withstanding your research etc, if a house doesn't sell it is because it is too expensive.

I never said I had this as a problem as I don't. See my post a few minutes before yours as I sure will not bring the price down after only a few weeks back on sale. I am NOT subisdising any would be buyer no matter if they are MSE'ers:D

LittleMissAspie

My mum's cat came in with a dislocated shoulder once, cost her a fortune to fix and poor cat had to be kept in a cage for a while, while it healed. He's a very outdoorsy cat, treats the place like a hotel. Mum thinks he was up on the conservatory roof and fell because it was wet and slippery.

Either way, a buyer is entitled to not want to offer, or to offer low, for any reason they like! There was a thread the other day, a seller was put out because they'd had a low offer because the buyer wanted to move some walls around. Apparently that wasn't a valid reason for offering low. All low or no offers boil down to one thing - it's not the buyer's dream house and so isn't worth paying too much for.

SingleSue

My younger cat has severe double hip dysplasia and it is very dangerous for him to jump off high walls (one side operated on, waiting for that to heal before the other side can be done)...that said, it is a very rare condition.

My first cat was also not very good at landing on her feet, she feel off the window sill and landed on her side! She was ok ish (I thought she was dead!) but did suffer arthritis in later life as a result.