Viewings, an uncomfortable experience

tommie1shunt

Is it only us or does anyone else feel the same, about viewing house that are lived in. The last one was on Sunday, turned up at the house, guy answered the door and looked a bit surprised we was there. On entering the property, I think we where not expected, the house was untidy, and on going round the house the bed was unmade, pots not washed etc. It left me and my better half with a grubby feeling, not about the house having a "duvet day" but about the sheer intrusion in to someones very private domain.
This is only are second viewing of a lived in house, plus three where empty.
We do find it uncomfortable viewing a lived in house, so much so we target empty properties to avoid an emotional and personal feeling that might clutter up an house sale, and even viewing a prepared house is not the most joyous of experinces, hell, we have only done one of them.
We are moving first and going to sell our own house after we have moved so we don,t have to have the same experience as resident sellers.
Is it just us or does anyone else feel the same?
And before the trolls come along, yes our house has "duvet days".

poppysarah

Was it a renter rather than the owner?

Terry_Bam

Hi,

Yes we have had some similar experiences, but we have also had the opposite where the viewings have gone very easily and been very relaxed and comfortable

kiki*_2

Would you really avoid a house because it's lived in? Seems a little silly, you could be missing your perfect house.

BigAunty

Yes, I once pitched up to view a house to find the vendor wasn't expecting me and was holding a prayer or meditation session with a large group of visitors....Mix up by the estate agent who didn't tell him of my visit.

On another occasion, I was shown a room by the vendor and a man emerged from under the duvet, his son who was sleeping after working nights.

I am happy viewing properties that have occupiers, otherwise it would cut down the pool of potential properties to buy by 90%!

vickynleon

i felt exactly the same when we went to view houses. although the people were lovely i didnt know where to look, i felt as if they would think we were being nosey, the house that we did buy the first time we went to look they left us up stairs and said have a look around yourself, we didnt we just stood at the door and said yes thats nice lol didnt feel right looking around someones bedroom

WhiteHorse

Anyone who feels that they 'can't' view an occupied property really needs to get out more.

Beckyy

Request that the Estate Agent shows you round next time. It might make you a little more comfortable when it's nto the person living there showing you around.

tommie1shunt

poppysarah wrote: »

Was it a renter rather than the owner?

Was told it was the owner, assume he/they where informed, the veiwing date was made the date before.

tommie1shunt

kiki* wrote: »

Would you really avoid a house because it's lived in? Seems a little silly, you could be missing your perfect house.

No, but still look at empty proprieties first, it still wont alter the fact we still find viewing occupied properties uncomfortable.

tommie1shunt

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Anyone who feels that they 'can't' view an occupied property really needs to get out more.

Was that aimed at me? If so will mark you down as Troll number one.