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How to eliminate property 'tyre-kickers'

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  • evoke
    evoke Posts: 1,286 Forumite
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    Okay, points taken. I suppose the viewing side of it is just an inconvenience. Not everyone is going to fall in love with my flat and make an offer on it on the spot. However, once an offer is made and things swing into action, it's that stage that I would like to protect myself a bit more, if possible.
    Everyone is entitled to my opinion!
  • wessexw
    wessexw Posts: 224 Forumite
    An AIP doesn't mean a whole lot either, it's not until the lender starts processing the application properly that things might crop up, and that might be after the survey is done. The 'things which might crop up' could be things that the buyer was deliberately trying to hide, but just because lenders are being so cagey at the moment that they will sometimes refuse to lend on the slightest issue which would have been ignored in 'better times'. It's just all part of the process I'm afraid
  • missile
    missile Posts: 11,813 Forumite
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    You could let EA do your viewings. That would save you time and inconvenience.
    "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
    Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:
  • Catatonia
    Catatonia Posts: 433 Forumite
    Missile makes a good point. I actually much prefer looking round a property when the seller isn't around.
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    missile wrote: »
    You could let EA do your viewings. That would save you time and inconvenience.

    Give your agent a key and leave him to it.

    Keep the house reasonably tidy.

    Job done.
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