Observations gained from 30+ viewings!!!

RHemmings

DKLS wrote:

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:

I keep hearing from agents that a house is "finished/renovated/developed to a very high standard within". Usually they say this when I ask them why a house is being sold for £20,000 more than other properties in that area have sold for. Do you have an experience of houses that are "finished/renovated/developed to a very high standard", and when you see them ...

Raggie

when we bought this place.. it was a right state.. for about 12 months after moving to the village. people refered to us as the family that bought "that" house..

not saying it was bad.. but the surveyor insisted that the cat poo be cleared up before he would enter many rooms..

we got a right bargin.. bought in 1999.. and the survey said decorate it and you will add 10% to the value.. he was more than right..

so don't knock these places.. there a gold mine.. in hiding.. lol..

sportbeth

RHemmings wrote:

I keep hearing from agents that a house is "finished/renovated/developed to a very high standard within". Usually they say this when I ask them why a house is being sold for £20,000 more than other properties in that area have sold for. Do you have an experience of houses that are "finished/renovated/developed to a very high standard", and when you see them ...

When we bought ours it was sold as "decorated to a high standard" On close inspection having moved in and been there for 6 weeks it was a very classy botch job. They put the house on the market and slapped paint everywhere. Everything needs re-painting now as the attention to detail is awful (paint splodges in radiators, drips, smudges on ceilings etc)

Beware that what you see needs really close inspection even when it looks cosmetically good!

MascaraMinx

Tut, and I thought everybody watched Property Ladder these days, and knew that the three golden rules are 1) minimise clutter 2) neutral decor and 3) bake bread or make fresh coffee prior to having viewings - some people even put vamilla essence in the oven on a low heat to get a decent aroma!

I have been viewing houses and had mine viewed in recent weeks. We moved everything into cupboards out of the way, hoovered and dusted the place obsessively, and the garden's never looked so good. We viewed one house where there was a dumped car in the front garden (?!?) and one that reeked badly of old nappies (it's true, you do associate the place with the smell in your memory when recollecting). The one we bought had incense sticks burning in the fireplace, mmmmmmmmmm

Philippa36

We saw so many houses when we were looking to buy that we had almost totally lost heart when we finally found the house of our dreams. We were about to give up looking for 6 months as we figured we'd seen them all ~ it had an avocado bathroom suite but it was an original art deco one and although it was totally cluttered it was immaculately clean and tidy. No dog or cat smell, no strange
inhabitants lurking on the sofas, no teenagers glaring at you for disturbing their peace........

You will find the perfect place ~ you just have to keep strong til you get there!

Good luck

Conrad

We were nearly bored to death by the people we bought from telling us about all the improvements they had made which were all very chintzy, cluttered and Faulty Towers style.

In the end I couldnt resist shutting them up with "we're going to gut the place and start again".

They were very unfreindly form then on throughout the sale!

Odd really that some people think thier taste is somehow universal!

For us if it involves brass, chintz, clutter, patterns, ornaments, big photos of dogs or faux waggon wheels hanging outside - forget it.

The other real off putter is people who never open the windows but instead drench the home with these awful artificial pjug - in type smells that give me an instand head ache.

lynzpower

Weve stopped smoking since weve started decorating indoors, and Im happy to bin/ remove/ sell/ any old clutter and carp

But Im not starting to brew coffee and listen to classic FM for anyone!

Conrad

lynzpower wrote:

I wouldnt mind a stinky hole

Try sewing it up:eek:

lynzpower

theres always one :rolleyes:

Adbru

mmmh,

saw one last week, 11:30am, kids still in bed (on a school day!), other beds not made, ashtrays overflowing, paper peeling off the walls etc etc etc

It has profit written all over it, just not sure if I have the time at the mo.....

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