Rude house buyers

Muscle750

everytime weve sold ive just left it to the agents end of even if it was out of their hours after all thats what you pay them for they are quick enough to send you the bill at the completion if they want the sale they will chase and follow up its very strange thou opposite us is a house that has been on market over a year then one 5 doors away goes on the market same condtion same size similar money and sells in a fortnight why this should be i dunno apart they were with different agents

KateLiana27

I can see why you're irritated, but ultimately, if the viewer doesn't make an offer, they just aren't interested. A lot of people see viewing houses as akin to browsing in a car dealership, where you don't need to explain to the salesman that you aren't buying or why. They may not realise (particularly if they haven't sold themselves) the effort and emotion that goes into selling your home.

Most viewers will be like this, so do yourself a favour and treat viewings more nonchalantly. Don't get your hopes up until an offer is received, and don't expect social courtesies or you will be disappointed.

whatyadoinsucka

its easier to say you'll speak the the EA rather than say your house is too small/expensive/remote/crowded/etc etc

as a buyer i found it annoyinmg estate agents would tell you how great a house is, after you said you weren't interested, as a buyer you just know. we saw lots of houses and we played our poker face at all. Its the only way at the moment especially for first time buyers.

people who owned houses in 2000 have made ridiculous gains that new buyers will never make.

I looked at a house up for £160k, at the 2008 peak it got bought for £140k
i offered £120 then £130k. i asked about improvements since purchase and there were non.

at that point you realise the seller is dillussional and walk away. the EA rang and rang and in the end we had to be quite rude, and said the seller needed a reality check and cut her losses.

Sugared-frog

When we viewed our first house this time around (last time was 20 years ago), we felt very unsure of what to do. We went to view it, expecting to love it and found it really disappointed us. We didn't know what to say to the Estate Agent as we didn't want to offend the vendor (although the fact it had been on the market 6 months or more at that stage should of given them some hints).

With each subsequent house viewings it has become a little easier - but there is still the basic how do you tell someone that their house isn't the one for you. The one we are in the process of buying was a little easier as it was a probate sale - so no one to offend really.

Running_Horse

Use the search function. This has been done to death many times.

The buyer is viewing a product for sale. You are not entitled to feedback. If it's not the one, it's not the one, and no amount of feedback will change your house.

Rude buyers? How about rude sellers? Or those who think their overpriced filthy hovel is a palace.

tyllwyd

Well, at least you can thank yourself lucky that she didn't make an offer on the house, and then ring a week later to say she'd changed her mind but didn't really have a reason why (which is what happened to us). As other people have said, you have to be a bit thick skinned about it all or you'll go potty.

Better luck with the next one!

bristol_pilot

pamplem0use wrote: »

Was v enthusiastic, promised to get back to the agent the next day. She was interested in somewhere else too but said our house knocked socks off it.

If they had told you your house was full of faults, too small, decorated in poor taste etc would you have preferred that or would you also have considered that rude?

Just wait until someone changes their mind the day before exchange or fails to tell you about how the neighbours vandalise any car parked in the driveway (which you only find out about the hard way) - THEN you are entitled to feel peeved.

roger196

I think you would be more offended if they told you they did not like the wallpaper, nor your choice of decorations, the odd smell etc. I think you are expecting someone to tell you for free what is "wrong" with your property when you are paying an estate agent lots of money who should be telling you these things.
So much about a property is personal taste or personal preference. Some people want to be close to a school as they have children others want to be far away to minimise noise etc. same for motorway, train station, shops etc.
Try to think of buying / selling a house as a business transaction like buying/ selling a loaf of bread. Do you tell the supermarket as you leave why you did not buy a particular product.

bev97

I must admit I've felt exactly the same as you especially at the start and so don't feel bad about it OP. Preparing for a viewing is stressful especially if you have the house to get cleaned and put straight beforehand. I think to be selling when you have a baby aswell is brave (we have waited until ours are older and it is still stressful). As far as being thick-skinned this is easier said than done!

BobQ

There is no excuse for rudeness.

However, at present its a buyers market and you have to accept that if you want to sell your house you have to be flexible and polite but they can be as abrupt as they like.

Last year when I was selling my house a football supporter who had parked in the street while he went to the local stadium, banged on the door (and I mean banged) and said he was just passing and had seen the For Sale sign and wanted to have a quick look around. I said, it was not convenient and asked him to make an appointment via the agent. He assured me that as I had erected a for sale sign outside I was legally obliged to allow him to inspect the house. Obviously I told him to get lost but the idea there is any etiquette involved is fanciful.

Good luck with the next person!