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Strange Viewer

avenida
avenida Posts: 486 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
So I had a viewer last week a cashbuyer but was really stange, below are a list of things that caught my attention :

He arrived with a clipboard

He didnt actually walk into any rooms apart from kitchen

After I showed him round the house he didnt even go back through the house to go to his car

I have never seen anyone view a house so quickly in my life, he told the agent that the house was nicely presented and good size living room but the garage was a bit small, but was not ruling my house out, confused?
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  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    what s confusing ? he obviously knows exactly what he wants... once you have seen a few dozen houses they all blur into one... i used to make notes on a clipboard when i went round looking to buy investment property - nothing odd about that.....
  • Leory
    Leory Posts: 386 Forumite
    avenida wrote: »
    After I showed him round the house he didnt even go back through the house to go to his car

    He's still in your house!? that's very strange indeed! ;)

    doesnt sound like a tourist though does he. did you notice what was on the clipboard?
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,078 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Weird or not, he's not interested. That's about the sum of it.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Sounds like he was from one of those 'we buy your property from you' companies, rather than a private buyer.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • avenida
    avenida Posts: 486 Forumite
    Doozergirl wrote: »
    Weird or not, he's not interested. That's about the sum of it.

    Why tell estate agent that he liked the house and not ruling it out, would rather people be honest, I am honest when I view a house as it doesnt do the vendor any good!
  • avenida
    avenida Posts: 486 Forumite
    maninthestreet wrote: »
    Sounds like he was from one of those 'we buy your property from you' companies, rather than a private buyer.

    You know I was thinking that too, I have had viewers that are not interested but this was just weird, he just didnt spend any time at all, so fast
  • SimonMrGreenWard
    SimonMrGreenWard Posts: 154 Forumite
    Agent should find out all the things about him prior to viewing, so shouldn't be too much of a surprise when things like this happen.
    I'm an estate agent. :j
  • BASFORDLAD
    BASFORDLAD Posts: 2,418 Forumite
    SimonMrGreenWard wrote: »
    Agent should find out all the things about him prior to viewing, so shouldn't be too much of a surprise when things like this happen.

    Agents find out s**t about people who come to view properties.

    They may say they do.....
    For everthing else there's mastercard.
    For clampers there's Barclaycard.
  • underlay_guru
    underlay_guru Posts: 1,025 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    he didn't rifle through your knicker drawer when you weren't looking, did he? I'd check if I were you.....if there's a pair missing then you have your answer!
    Profit=sanity
    Turnover=vanity
    Greed=inhumanity:dance:
  • avenida
    avenida Posts: 486 Forumite
    underlay_guru wrote: »
    he didn't rifle through your knicker drawer when you weren't looking, did he? I'd check if I were you.....if there's a pair missing then you have your answer!

    :rotfl: No he got the guided tour
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