Observations gained from 30+ viewings!!!

DKLS

Excuse my rantings, just returned from viewing yet another property where I want a shower and a de-lousing after leaving.
I have now viewed over thirty properties, and only 2 have been what you could call dressed/cleaned/prepared for viewings. Have sellers never seen the numerous sort your house out TV shows?

Might help sell the house if they:

Cleaned the house

Move/Hide/throw out your clutter

Get rid of slobbish husbands loafing on the sofa enjoying a never ending supply of fags and beer

As above but include kids and dogs (I dont appreciate your Rottweiler attempting to get romantically aquainted with my leg, then growling and baring its fangs when I dont accept its advances) nor can I picture myself sat in the garden on a sunny day when all I can see is dog turds and the "Feature Rockery" made out of lumps of concrete.

Its no use having all the cleaning stuff out for show, when its obvious the owners doesnt know how to use them

I have the imagination to see past dodgy decor and furniture but if your house stinks of kids/cats/dogs/damp and general grubbiness it puts me right off. Its got to the stage when I walk round knocking money off as I walk from room to room.

Its also surprising the number of times I have heard
"Whoever buys this house wont have to do any work on it" :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I love the calls from estate agents asking for feedback, as for their descriptions of properties :rotfl:

Shame they cant do scratch and sniff details, would save me a lot of time

My house is out there, somewhere.................

jamminjamaica

i know what you mean. i have seen a couple of horror stories myself.

Doozergirl

:rotfl: So funny!

Can I add, not doing viewings yourself if you have verbal diarrhoea? I really don't care how many plug points you have or which is the best corner for the TV on a first viewing. Also, at some point in the day, I will want to go home myself. :rolleyes:

Rosie75

Doozergirl wrote:

:rotfl: So funny!

Can I add, not doing viewings yourself if you have verbal diarrhoea? I really don't care how many plug points you have or which is the best corner for the TV on a first viewing. Also, at some point in the day, I will want to go home myself. :rolleyes:

I had a viewing on a house with a woman who had verbal diarrhoea. To make things worse, it wasn't the house she wittered on about, it was her baby! I can't remember much about the house, but I remember a fair bit about dear little Oscar.;)

nearlyrich

We once viewed a house, a very small house, who's owners had several very large wolfhounds and cats, the place made me gag( there were piles of poo in the kitchen.) :eek: There was no way my DS could have lived there, he had severe allergies to almost everything and would not have been able to breathe in there.

emg

I also lost count of the number of times I heard 'you wouldnt have to do anything to it' - well I guess it would be true if I was happy to live with an orange formica kitchen and avocado bathroom suite!

clutton_2

i like avocado





























on a plate !!!

DKLS

I am glad, I am not the only one!!, Also agree about the verbal scutters, Only had one viewing wher the vendor was clued up, intelligent, and told me about the house and not the fact that their sister has bowel cancer or who is sha**ing who on the street.
I had a first last week, I never knew that you could get burgendy bathroom suite arrrggghhhh! what is wrong with white?

If a vendor cant string a sentence together why dont they get the estate agents to handle the viewings????????

JennyW_2

DKLS wrote:

Excuse my rantings, just returned from viewing yet another property where I want a shower and a de-lousing after leaving.
I have now viewed over thirty properties, and only 2 have been what you could call dressed/cleaned/prepared for viewings. Have sellers never seen the numerous sort your house out TV shows?

Might help sell the house if they:

Cleaned the house

Move/Hide/throw out your clutter

Get rid of slobbish husbands loafing on the sofa enjoying a never ending supply of fags and beer

As above but include kids and dogs (I dont appreciate your Rottweiler attempting to get romantically aquainted with my leg, then growling and baring its fangs when I dont accept its advances) nor can I picture myself sat in the garden on a sunny day when all I can see is dog turds and the "Feature Rockery" made out of lumps of concrete.

Its no use having all the cleaning stuff out for show, when its obvious the owners doesnt know how to use them

I have the imagination to see past dodgy decor and furniture but if your house stinks of kids/cats/dogs/damp and general grubbiness it puts me right off. Its got to the stage when I walk round knocking money off as I walk from room to room.

Its also surprising the number of times I have heard
"Whoever buys this house wont have to do any work on it" :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I love the calls from estate agents asking for feedback, as for their descriptions of properties :rotfl:

Shame they cant do scratch and sniff details, would save me a lot of time

My house is out there, somewhere.................

I cant believe some people show their houses in a state like this? When I was selling earlier in the year, my house became spotless. Every morning I left it in showhouse condition and with each viewing, my mum had the dogs or I put them in the car. I always had flowers on the windowsill and a nice discreet airfresher. There wasn't even a book out of place. It was hardwork keeping it like this but worth it to receive an offer in 2 weeks.

Jorgan_2

Unfortunatley people who live like this, think everybody else does as well so they are unable to see any issues with their property. I've lost count of the number of times I've been told by prospective vendors that there is nothing wrong their bathroom/kitchen/decor etc as they have lived with it for 15 years without any problems.

They also can't understand why I suggest an asking price of £10k less than other similar properties when 'one down the road sold for £xxx,000 & wasn't a patch on mine.' Your right there, it was a palace compared to yours Mrs Vendor.

Somebody also tried to tell me avocado was coming back into vogue, they did have an avacado bathroom suite though.

lynzpower

I love avocado suites personally, they ARE coming back into vogue, purely because they are impossible to buy, I almost got one on ebay for 600 but was outbid! ( not that i NEEDED It etc)

Surely isnt this what us moneysavers want? A vendor who has been sat on the market with a dated gaff and thus we can offer embarrasingly and have a chance of geting it. I wouldnt mind a stinky hole or vendor , as long as the price was right