Rude house buyers

propertyman

Which is a perfect example why a viewer will say anything and any feedback must be taken with the proverbial pinch. Of course we are very bad at politely saying no thank you, refusing to get into such discussions, and moving the conversation on. It's probably worse to be polite, listen and then eventually out of patience, snap.

Practice " Seen it, not for us , not buying it - what's else you got? " and

" I know they like feedback, I am at work, I only have a few minutes, and we need to move- What else have you got, please"?

missile

If that is the worst you have experienced then you have been extremely fortunate.

dawyldthing

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....

i had a similar call the other day and was like 'its too much for what it is, and would need far too much work and money spending on it' then she asked if i wanted to make an offer which i felt like replying well if you want me to offer about 20k less then probably, but its not worth what it is on for now, even if it was monopoly money

billybear1

Me and my fiancee went to see a house the other day which we thought we would be absolutely in love with. It seemed to tick all the right boxes. It was in a perfect location for work, family, the rooms were just what we were looking for. It was slightly overpriced we thought, but knew we could stretch or offer lower.

Once we got there we were horrified, it was a pokey dive, that had been let out to people who obviously have no intention of selling. I explained to the EA throughout the viewing that, whilst I appreciate the seller feels it should be valued at this price, I would not offer that. He kept telling me how she had been on the phone and was looking for a sale. He kept pushing and at this point I said "In all honesty, I think it's 25% overpriced AND at the that price, I still don't think I would make an offer!"

The point to this tale is as follows:

1. Sometimes people may be a little rude because they are feeling a little let down, I know we thought this place would be the place of our dreams, but in fact it was no where near.

2. Sometimes, if you keep pushing people, they will be brutally honest. As the rabbit from Bambi says, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all!'

Gromitt

I'm sure that some estate agents somehow manipulate photographs to make things appear larger than they actually are to get more viewings. You get there thinking the house is perfect and as soon as you walk through the front door, you go "oh.".

On one viewing it didn't help that the agent drew the plan incorrectly and swapped two rooms around (so you had to view the property to understand what was going on) and measured one of the rooms at 300 metres long, which, for a house values at £119K is quite impressive. The actual measurement was more like 2.9 metres. I wonder if readers exist at estate agents or they just think "that'll do, our job is to get viewings, nothing more.".

DKLS

I wouldn't worry too much op, if I do leave feedback 9 times out of 10 its been "it's not for me". Simply I rarely can be bothered, same with eBay feedback I usually give feedback but f someone asks more than once they won't receive any at all.


I have only given truly honest feedback twice, once when I went to view a house that was filthy, there was a huge box of cleaning materials on the table but it looked and smelt like none had been used in over a year the other was a gothic villa I viewed, where the owners had removed every single original feature :eek:and it made me so angry I vented my spleen.

Ulfar

The problem is estate agents are too pushy, as others have said if you are at work it is a pain. My employer as many others do has a policy of not allowing personal calls to your work number and mobiles must be turned of while at work.

Couple that with Estate agents just won't take no for an answer.

In the OP's case they viewed another property, do you have any idea which property it was and how does it compare to yours.

Estate agent photos, do they accurately portray your property. If they don't they are worse than useless they will actually put people of as when the viewer turns up it gives them am instant negative outlook. Look at your photos critically and if the estate agent has been very creative with their photos get them redone.

How about posting a link on here, you will get some very honest feedback, it may not be what you want to hear.

jimjames

Its obviously nice to have feedback but not that useful as a seller. Far more useful to an agent as it can (hopefully) point them more in the direction of houses you do like.

In the end when we were buying the agent did have a good idea of the type of property and when we get the phone call to view it was exactly what we were after

gingertips

to the OP - agree with most of the comments here - dont take it personally if they don't respond or provide feedback. You would be surprised how many people take offence to feedback offered!!! Also, sometimes one house just "feels" better than another.

A recent property we looked at there was a loud hum from a nearby factory which put me off. When I told the agent that the noise from the factory put me off he rolled his eyes & said "well what do you expect for the money - why do you think its selling so cheap". I told him that if he felt it was such a bargain then perhaps he should purchase it...

LudaMusser

Me and my wife went to view a house and the vendor showed us round instead of an estate agent, I actually prefer this as they are better at answering questions like how long ago did you wallpaper the hallway?

Anyway, the vendor told us that one woman came round and then said that she had no intention of buying the house, she just lived nearby and wanted to have a look what it was like inside and at the extension... I would have kicked her out the front door!!!!!!!!

I`ve never had to sell a house but I imagine it can be a right pain, just like selling a car, you`ll get loads of timewasters and ppl who don`t even turn up. I did avoid a few calls from estate agents though, this was because you just can`t get through to some of them