What has been your worst viewing experience?

Starbrite

Today My Manger and Myself went to look at some flats for colleagues relocation to the UK, Told agency all info 24th is the day we need a palce etc

Upon looking at the 1st flat of 3, we was informed its being decorated so bit of a sight, On we went to find workmen in there pulling walls down and doing work...... After seeing the lounge and Kitchen, My boss declared it won't be ready in time (2 weeks) and turn on his heels and walked out..... There's me feeling sorry for the estate agent, and trying to explain we need them to be able to move in on 24th Aug etc Next flat was no better and as for the 3rd we didn't see it as it was going to be ready 1st sept!!!

Words of my Manager... "That was a waste of time"

Sensible_Jess

This was a while ago when I was selling my house.....

Single woman (mid 30's) came round with EA - feedback was that she liked it, and wanted a second viewing. All so far so good.
EA couldn't make the second viewing, so I offered to do it (thought I could answer any questions in more detail)

So the day of viewing and she comes along with her Dad, obviously for a second opinion. As soon as he came through the door, he looked as though he'd stepped in something. I took them both round, but she wasn't allowed to get a word in edgeways. Her Dad was asking the questions, with her looking as though she'd reverted back to being 15. I was sorely tempted to turn to her and ask if she had anything to ask, as this was going to be her house, not his.

As they left, she looked very dispirited, and he said that she wouldn't be putting in an offer as the house ' was not up to our standards'.
I felt like slamming the door in his face!!
I often wondered what happened to the daughter. Hope she got out from such an overbearing father!

EccentricRavenJewellery

When I was younger my father showed some potential buyers round our lovely Victorian house.
They were really impressed and loved it, until they got out into the garden, at which point they promptly left.
Considering it had rosebeds, a pond, a huge weeping willow, several glorious fruit trees and a 200-ft lawn, Daddy was a tad puzzled.
Until, that is, I got back from playing at the bottom of the garden and noticed the 'present' our cat had left for us next to the back door.
It was an enormous rat, bigger than Daddy had ever seen since his vivisection days.
The buyers did not arrange a second viewing.

olias

EccentricRavenJewellery wrote: »

bigger than Daddy had ever seen since his vivisection days.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

another classic comment!:D

Olias

LydiaJ

Craig_Grant wrote: »

Some 5 years ago, when I was looking to buy a house with my now wife, we viewed a small 3 bedroomed house on a large housing estate. The place was beautiful and the owners, a husband and wife in their 40s were lovely. Anyway, we didn't buy the house in the end after my wife walked in to the bathroom and stepped straight on to a pile of human faeces. We'd taken our shoes off at the front door !!

Well, obviously that's a really unpleasant thing to happen, but why would you let it put you off buying an otherwise lovely house? I mean, it's not as though it's a permanent feature.

googler

LydiaJ wrote: »

Well, obviously that's a really unpleasant thing to happen, but why would you let it put you off buying an otherwise lovely house? I mean, it's not as though it's a permanent feature.

If the owners have managed to sh*t out in the open, on the bathroom floor, who knows what will await the buyers in the cupboards, behind the washbasin, IN the washbasin, under the carpets, under the floorboards...... and wherever else.

Run. Run far and fast.

Davesnave

Things vendors probably shouldn't say, Nos 1 - 4:

(To ostensibly English couple.) "Oh yes, it's lovely here, everyone on this road speaks Welsh....."

At a plant nursery, where all outdoor stock was either dead, dying, or covered in weeds and the polytunnel held nothing, except a few cardboard boxes: "I'll have to keep checking the car park, and I might leave you on your own if we get a rush on. It can suddenly get so busy...."

"Don't worry, if I get a decent offer, I'll chop up the old caravan the chickens are living in, but no way is anyone having my workshop!"

(Outside two isolated properties, each with acres of land and a shared lane/parking area "Before you come inside, would you mind moving your car forward a foot or so. The neighbour is funny about things like that...."


These, and many more, are genuine examples of why it is often best to let the agents do the viewings.

Davesnave

googler wrote: »

If the owners have managed to sh*t out in the open, on the bathroom floor, who knows what will await the buyers in the cupboards, behind the washbasin, IN the washbasin, under the carpets, under the floorboards...... and wherever else.

Run. Run far and fast.

Given the circumstances described, that would be much less likely than the "offering" coming from from a disgruntled or deranged family member who was off-site during the visit.

22rescueyou

i'm sure that after 20 years it will be quite theraputic to share this with you.
A viewer was booked to see my house, but just half an hour before the appointment, my uncle, who had been mending a cupboard door for me, very suddenly died. just conked out with his head in the cupboard. This had never happened to me before, so the viewer went completely out of my mind as I attempted to revive uncle after calling an ambulance.
Meanwhile the viewer arrived. I explained the very obvious situation, and apologised and whilst the blue light flashed outside, the chap asked if he might still look around, and when i declined, complained about the waste of his time. My neighbour lifted him bodily from my doorstep and deposited him next to his car - he drove off swearing.

planningforthefuture

I've just had a viewing where the estate agent showed me round an old cottage. She couldn't have been less interested if she tried. She said my questions were strange (i.e. how wide are the stairs - is there sufficient width to take our chosen furniture up?). She said "Is your furniture not flat packed"? She did this while having a look on her face which indicated that I was lucky to have had an undeserving moment in her presence.

She did not once tell us anything about the property, left us to walk around and then didn't even say goodbye. I'm convinced that she hasn't communicated our second offer to the vendor as I don't think she wants to sell his house. She said that the house next door sold for X amount more 3 years ago. Not my problem - it was a different market then and you can't compare house interior!

I'd love to communicate her snooty attitude to the vendor. The only reason we put in an offer was because we liked the property so much. She made the whole experience so uncomfortable that I was tempted not to offer at all!

B!tch Thanks to the thread starter. This post has been therapeutic :rotfl: