Do viewers not read the brochure?

harrup

ILW wrote: »

Most British people hate to say to someone "I think it is too expensive" and will just make up any reason to be polite.

It's true...we've done the same. It just seems terribly rude and insulting. Whatever the prospective buyer may say or think in private, there are (mercifully perhaps) few who'd candidly say, even just to the EA, " £XXXXX for THAT? In yer dreams!"

An occupied house isn't an impersonal object - it's someones home. And most people are mind and respectful of the owners feeling.

jozbo

As a buyer, I'm always uncomfortable when viewing a house for the first time with the vendor present. For a second viewing, fine, but there's nothing more off-putting than a slightly desperate seller following you around telling you about the boiler when all you want is to try and visualise yourself there.
Saw one lovely place with the whole family there... I realise in retrospect I might have gone back for a second viewing had the vendor not made me feel so pressured.
Just a thought.

PasturesNew

When I was selling mine, the EA called to make an appointment, then when he turned up he explained he was showing the woman round and her husband would be here soon.... so I settled in the garden, in a corner. Husband turns up, walks in the front door, straight through the house, out the back door, to the workshop where the agent/wife were ... he walked up to his wife and said "We're not having it" and left as fast as he arrived.

harrup

PasturesNew wrote: »

When I was selling mine, the EA called to make an appointment, then when he turned up he explained he was showing the woman round and her husband would be here soon.... so I settled in the garden, in a corner. Husband turns up, walks in the front door, straight through the house, out the back door, to the workshop where the agent/wife were ... he walked up to his wife and said "We're not having it" and left as fast as he arrived.

:rotfl:Brilliant! LOL.

Well, hubby wouldn't win any prizes for charm but at least he wasn't a time waster either.

But what did YOU think of it????

Hailstorm

As others have said it isn't always the viewers fault that they end up viewing a property that clearly doesn't meet their requirements. Sometimes the EA is to blame.

I phoned one EA where the property I was interested had gone but they asked me about what I was looking for and said they had one "that had just come onto the market so they do not have details yet". I arranged a viewing for the following evening. Despite clearly stating I was looking for a house with 2 double bedrooms, the house turned out to have one double and one single bedroom.

harrup

theartfullodger wrote: »

Have you considered, 'ave'n-need-her, that your esteemed property is either garbage (when assessed by fair-minded punters) or overpriced, perhaps??

Nope, silly suggestion, no possibility....

Lodger

Gawd....it's people like you which make a great forum like this ...to borrow from your own eloquent words .,.. "garbage".

WHAT could you possibly get out of insulting the OP who was asking a genuine question?

Overpriced or garbage, ey? I bet your own house is a palace and you'd sell it for 10 K. Definitely, yes.

If you haven't got anything useful or at least witty and amusing to contribute - WHY write at all?

avenida

harrup wrote: »

Gawd....it's people like you which make a great forum like this ...to borrow from your own eloquent words .,.. "garbage".

WHAT could you possibly get out of insulting the OP who was asking a genuine question?

Overpriced or garbage, ey? I bet your own house is a palace and you'd sell it for 10 K. Definitely, yes.

If you haven't got anything useful or at least witty and amusing to contribute - WHY write at all?

Thank you for replying with that statement as I did feel very after reading the post from the theartfullodger

wodgerdodger

We had around 13 viewings when we marketed ours over the last 6 months and had various reasons why not interested except of course "too expensive" but noone ever said that; the main reasons were no garage, busy road etc.
I do think though that the use of wide angle lenses for interior and exterior shots by our agent and most others do give a very false impression to prospective buyers so whilst the measurements are on the web or leaflet the shots flatter to deceive .

This may explain many of the comments by other posters experiences .

avenida

wodgerdodger wrote: »

I do think though that the use of wide angle lenses for interior and exterior shots by our agent and most others do give a very false impression to prospective buyers so whilst the measurements are on the web or leaflet the shots flatter to deceive .

This may explain many of the comments by other posters experiences .

That is very true, it would be more beneficial to vendors if viewers are just brutually honest! That way vendors can use that criticism and make changes (obviously depending on what the reasons are) to sell their house. Any houses I view I try and be as honest as I can be to help the vendor!

I viewed one property and in one room all I could smell was the dog and in the other the leftovers from dinner were sitting round the sink

Catbells

TBeckett100 wrote: »

i viewed a house the other day but didnt like the fact it had stairs. We looked at the floorplans and what we thought was a large heated towel rail was in fact a staircase. I feel misled.

HOW !?

People are going on about reading the brochure but I've read dozens of brochures in the last 5 months while looking for a house and gone to see all of em and only one has grabbed me. So the brochure is only the first stage - you then have to connect with the property when you go into it.

As they say its chemistry... Nowt to do with floorplans, size or any of the stuff in brochures.

MMmmmm one thing I have gone for though is..... storage. Realise its important to put loads of STUFF out of sight and mind.