Rude house buyers

timmyt

pamplem0use wrote: »

Maybe I'm being incredibly naive but I'm really peeved with people viewing our house and then being uncommunicative.
We've now had a second person view for the second time. 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.
Now we find she's bought the other place, failed to contact our agents and has been evading his calls for 72 hours. usually it is because she cannot actually afford your.
The second time she viewed she gave us just 45 minutes noticed despite kno9wing we have a small baby.....yes but you agreed
I just think it's the ultimate in poor etiquette to view someone's house TWICE and not bother to answer the phone for a thirty second conversation about why you don't want to buy the house...... hope you haven't been hounding her though as that will put her right off

viewers do not have to respond, as your house is a shop, let them view and if anyone wants it, they get in touch with you

terrierlady

funny old thing its usally the ones who pick faults that buy, they give objections to knock money off, the nice remarks are normal for people viewing who have no intention of buying, learn the lesson as others have said , you are a shop open for viewing, you invite them in so dont complain .many people in this market dont even get viewings.

Credit-Crunched

When shopping for a car or a sofa do you feel the need to contact the seller to tell them, thanks for showing me that car but i am buying from someone else?

Nope..

I viewed 15 properties before buying my home, and you are mistaken if I am going to spend 5 mins explaining each properties positive and negatives of each property.

Dont take this the wrong way but you are being over emotional.

The boot is on the buyers foot and its a buyers market, suck it up or you will be in for a very troublesome few months, lord help you at offer stage!

nomnomnom

Gromitt wrote: »

Exactly the same problem I have. Agent rings me up at work and asks what I thought of the property, I answer "Its not for me, thanks" and then its "Why?", "Too much for what it is", "Really? I think its a great price for what you get, would you like a second viewing?", "No", "Would you like an appointment with a mortgage advisor?", "No", "Ok, I see you looked at another property of ours", "I'm trying to work! I'm not interested in the property, ok?".

and then they wonder why we ignore their calls....

Oh you summed up the many conversations i had over 3 years i was a buyer!! so true!

devotee

She didn't like your house enough to buy it. She doesn't owe you a reason or anything else! Get over it, there will be other buyers.

poorlittlefish

I can sympathise with the OP but it's true - if you have viewings you're quite likely to encounter rudeness. As I ended up seeing it, if they end up buying the place then the aggravation will have been worth it. I was fortunate to get six viewings in a week and only one of them was on time and polite. Of the others...

1) The estate agent gave me less than an hour's notice, then the girl didn't even show up.
2) Strange chap who was only interested in looking in the loft and left dried mud all over the hallway.
3) Couple who totally ignored me (the homeowner!) and only spoke to my husband, going so far as to shake only his hand on their way out.
4) Chap who raved on about the place, saying he'd been looking for a year and it was exactly what he was after. He wanted to come back with his wife the next evening, arranged a time and said he would call me if there was any reason they would be late. They didn't turn up or call, nor did they let the estate agent know so I had to sit around waiting and wondering if they were going to arrive or not.
5) Estate agent told me one chap was coming round but seven rather "loud" people turned up en masse. When they came round for a second viewing they turned up an hour late and hadn't bothered to call. Although a sixth "polite" person viewed, it was the people from viewing number 5 that ended up buying.

propertyman

Gromitt wrote: »

and then they wonder why we ignore their calls....

Buying a home? First buy a pay as you go phone for £10.

You can turn it off and leave a message; the only calls will be from agents.

"Hi it's me; I am working! Leave a message and I will call between 6 and 7.

And when you make an offer, leave it on.

Kathy535

I agree with what you are saying, I found it frustrating not to get feedback but I did have to learn that it's not in my control and that, as others have said, if they don't give feedback then it's because they aren't interested. And when I was looking for my house, I can recall telling one estate agent that we weren't interested in a leasehold property (hadn't been mentioned on the paperwork) only to get regular phonecalls explaining i) what a leasrhold was; ii) why we were wrong to exclude a leasehold iii) the advantages of lving there which outweighed the disadvantages of the leasehold; iv) the community spirit which existed because of the leasehold arrangements and neighbours group. Each call started with 'the seller has asked me to explain...' Drove me mad and eventually I cracked and explained exactly why I didn't like his over priced, over decorated, tasteless, pokey house and that the idea of having to meet with neighbours down the pub every 4 weeks to discuss the latest community venture filled us with horror and under no circumstances would we be buying his property. The calls stopped.

Jennifer_Jane

My experience as a seller has put me off the whole idea of selling. Showed house, offer made, I enter into a chain of, say, 4 or 5, and make my offer on a house. Surveys done by my purchaser's side and mine, solicitors, everything proceding. Some weeks later (and removal quotes in hand), the chain breaks down beneath them. Estate Agent says they love my house, it's the only house for them, etc. New chain comes into effect, I cannot buy the previous house which I loved as they now say that they don't want me (in a chain) as their buyer. I put offer on another house, which I'm not in love with but will go with to sell mine (I'm downsizing). The chain breaks down below my buyer. Eventually another chain is in place, but my buyer no longer wants mine.

The reason - apparently my house is 'jinxed'!

busydaffodil1

Hi Pamplemouse - I do agree about how annoying it can be.
As in most of life's situations, people act how they want to act.
However much we wouldnt work that way, we cannot expect others to live up to our standards. (in relation to morals, etiquette, etc).

Accept viewing to fit in with you and dont expect feedback. It works for me.