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estate agent has asked us to leave the house during a vewing, normal?
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thistledome wrote: »OP was merely asking if this is normal procedure. A simple yes or no would suffice, but judgemental comments are much more fun aren't they
OP, I don't know if it's normal or not but I've never been asked to leave a property when I've been selling, nor have I ever asked for it to be done in a property I'm viewing to buy. I think you should ask the Estate Agent why, in case it's something that you need to know. It might not be, but you'll never know unless you ask.
when buying i've never asked the EA that the vendors not be present at a viewing and an EA/viewer has never asked me to vacate my house when trying to sell either...
that's because the normal, expected situation is that a house is empty for viewings0 -
Torry_Quine wrote: »When I sold my house I did all the viewings including one second viewing myself. I'm not paying someone to do something I can do myself!
I'm sure you or a member of your family could cut your hair - but I'll bet you pay someone to do it for you.
I could do my own car maintenance, but I still take it to the garage round the corner.
I'm sure many other examples could be found where using someone who routinely does the job on a professional basis is more productive than the customer doing it themselves.....0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Well that's lovely, but most people have to be at work full-time and out of the house 12 hours/day... possibly only returning when it's dark... so most people'd not be available for viewings at the whim of a potential buyer.
Most first viewings are during daytime hours... and second ones too, often.
All viewings were arranged at a mutually suitable time actually. Neither I or my husband have ever had a job with such long hours but just a normal working day. I was just putting my view, not saying it's compulsory.;)I'm sure you or a member of your family could cut your hair - but I'll bet you pay someone to do it for you.
I could do my own car maintenance, but I still take it to the garage round the corner.
I'm sure many other examples could be found where using someone who routinely does the job on a professional basis is more productive than the customer doing it themselves.....
That's obviously why I had my first offer within hours of it going on the market and having the first viewing, I'm obviously not going to be as productive!
To me it's more personal and there is always information the seller can give that the agent can't.
It didn't bother me when they talked of what they would change either.Lost my soulmate so life is empty.
I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have -
Diana Gabaldon, Outlander0 -
Torry_Quine wrote: »That's obviously why I had my first offer within hours of it going on the market and having the first viewing, I'm obviously not going to be as productive!
Dare I suggest you're the exception, rather than the rule, then?
When was this, anyway? Recently? Whereabouts?0 -
Dare I suggest you're the exception, rather than the rule, then?
When was this, anyway? Recently? Whereabouts?
N/East Scotland in the last few years. Lost my soulmate so life is empty.
I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have -
Diana Gabaldon, Outlander0 -
I would much rather speak to the seller than the estate agent. In fact, as a buyer, I would want to deal with the estate agent as little as possible.0
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It's not normal in my experience. In fact estate agents have never offered to show viewers around unless I've been selling an empty property. Maybe it depends on where you are in the country but I don't know anyone who has had the agent do the viewing for them.
Personally, I prefer not to have vendors there as you can have a good poke around but on the other hand you can get to know a lot more from the vendor.0 -
When I read the thread title I misinterpreted it as being about a buyer who'd been asked to leave during the viewing. I looked forward to learning what behaviour the EA considered asking the buyer to leave? Or was it about an EA who'd just had enough during the viewing?0
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I much prefer the vendor to show me round. I am sick to death of dealing with estate agents that don't know the basic details about the properties, or have never even been to the property before! So they are just there to open the door really!
At least with the vendor you can ask relevant questions and get an immediate answer. On the house I've just sold, I did 95% viewings myself, and I've found that viewings I've done with vendors have all been done the same way. You show them round, let them have a wander round themselves, then see if they have any questions. I know my house far better than any estate agent could ever do so it makes sense.0 -
p00hsticks wrote: »novel - I used nappies ;-)
Whoops, I think I missed out a comma there somewhere, lol :rotfl:Mortgage-free for fourteen years!
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