Seller won't let us look at house again until we exchanged contracts!

Greatgimp

Your plan B is to go into rental instead of buying. That's what I intend doing. Two reasons:
If my buyer pulls out, I haven't wasted money on survey/searches/legal stuff on an aborted purchase.
I would be a more viable purchaser from a rental property as my money is in the bank waiting, and not dependent on selling a property as mine would already have been sold.
Cost of rental may be recouped through being an ideal purchaser.
There are the removals fees to consider though...

firstaspect

What was the outcome OP?

sonastin

I think it is important in this situation that the OP is flexible regarding viewing times. It is unreasonable for the vendor to refuse ALL viewings but it is not unreasonable for the vendor to refuse a viewing when it is inconvenient. If the OP is as flexible as possible about when the viewing can take place, it will minimise the chance that it is because the vendor has other plans at the requested time and make it more likely that the refusal is because the vendor is hiding something or just downright awkward.

sunshinetours

Think most of the above replies say it all really. Either insist on an evening or weekend viewing or assume the worst. I cannot think of one reasonable excuse to say no further viewings in the current market.
My money would also be on noisy neighbours, so alternatively wander by about 7pm and 9pm say on Friday night or knock on neighbours door. I would have to knock an adjoining neoghbours door if I was buying s a semi or terrace I have to say, after all you are going to be living a few feet away from them for the next X number of years?

Good luck

neverdespairgirl

bluebeary wrote: »

the more views a buyer has the more the place can feel like home so i would let a buyer who has agreed to buy the house come as many times as they like, within reason

makes sense to me. You'd like your buyers to be working out where they'd put the sofa and what colour to paint the kitchen.

mlz1413

Pumkin have you been allowed to view yet?

Have to agree that not allowing a viewing rings alarm bells, as its a simple and fair request.

I agree with a previous poster as the EA to set up a load of viewings on other properties and then say that you are not withdrawing your offer just keeping your options open.

No viewing at a time(s) to suit you and no exchange of contracts.

dirtmother

I wouldn't be at all keen to let buyers keep coming back without a much better reason than 'measuring up'. Especially one who professed to love the house. The more you see it the more you will notice the reality and not the dream. It would be me as seller thinking this wasn't a good sign - vendor looking for things to reduce the price or feeling wobbly about it. A post survey follow up, perhaps to get quotations for work is OK (and obviously that might mean a few). I am particularly loathe when someone didn't have a full survey done.

Plus I found it incredibly difficult keeping my house straight for viewings for various reasons nothing to do with the integrity of what people were buying.

LongTermLurker

dirtmother wrote: »

I wouldn't be at all keen to let buyers keep coming back without a much better reason than 'measuring up'.

How about a couple hundred grand? Is that a good enough reason?

Especially one who professed to love the house. The more you see it the more you will notice the reality and not the dream. It would be me as seller thinking this wasn't a good sign - vendor looking for things to reduce the price or feeling wobbly about it. A post survey follow up, perhaps to get quotations for work is OK (and obviously that might mean a few). I am particularly loathe when someone didn't have a full survey done.

Plus I found it incredibly difficult keeping my house straight for viewings for various reasons nothing to do with the integrity of what people were buying.

But the point is, you're selling - they're buying, and the customer is king if you want the sale to go ahead. In the example you give, if they "notice the reality", you might lose the sale, but if you make them feel unwanted, you probably will lose the sale and then you're back where you started. You should be happy they want to come back - I know people who never got a viewing.

If it's worth selling, it's worth showing off and if as a customer I can't see and feel something it probably isn't for me. No different to buying clothes, just a lot more expensive and a lot more reason to make sure you like it before buying.

DVardysShadow

dirtmother wrote: »

... The more you see it the more you will notice the reality and not the dream. It would be me as seller thinking this wasn't a good sign - vendor looking for things to reduce the price or feeling wobbly about it. ....

Plus I found it incredibly difficult keeping my house straight for viewings for various reasons nothing to do with the integrity of what people were buying.

The more you resist post offer viewings, the more the buyer will be feeling there is a reality to be hidden.

You'd risk a sale of thousands of pounds over being unwilling to tidy up?

neverdespairgirl

dirtmother wrote: »

Plus I found it incredibly difficult keeping my house straight for viewings for various reasons nothing to do with the integrity of what people were buying.

Then say to them - you are welcome to come round, but you need to be aware we're getting ready to move / have kids, etc. Take us as you find us.