Waste of time viewing?

lessonlearned

I understand that vendors work during the week but then again so do most purchasers.

Most EA's will condescend to do viewings on a Saturday. Some really keen ones might do the odd one on a Sunday if you really push them.

However, you will rarely get the negotiator for a weekend viewing, you will only get a "key-holder", someone who works part time just doing viewings. They rarely have any EA experience.

There is nothing wrong with that per se, however, they will know absolutely nothing about the property, they will be a on a very tight schedule and the viewer may feel pressured and rushed. The viewer may have had to wait a week or so to get the chance to view. None of which is by any means ideal.

Still as I say, it's the Vendor's choice, they are the boss.

Itismehonest

Some EAs insist. However, if anyone wants to earn several thousand pounds of my money I expect them to do a bit more than just run some ads & farm out particulars. Conducting viewings is part of what we pay them for.

Most people have already mentally sold & moved on by the time they put their house on the market. In most cases they WANT to move so they, obviously, find the place no longer to their liking.
While a vendor can answer all the prospective buyers questions, they can say too much or too little. It's a bit like the personal photograph syndrome. A buyer wants to be able to picture themselves in a home not know all about the vendor's life & way of doing things.

I've viewed houses where I've been bombarded with practically whole life histories when all I wanted to do was know a few things about a house :rotfl: Much easier to ask honest questions of an EA than an owner & give honest reasons why the property doesn't fit the bill. Most people are still naturally polite & won't tell vendors why they think their house isn't for them so they get the "It's lovely but not quite what we were looking for" type replies.

witchy1066

definitely go have a look,
we looked at a house some months ago, at the time we couldn't afford it , the EA told us that little chance of vender accepting our offer as they had a lot of interest, 6 months later its still up for sale at a reduced price, we are going for a second viewing but will be offering at least another 5% less, we might not get it but plenty other houses on the market , and like another post said, when you view the house it might not live up to your expectations but if you don't have a viewing you will never know , go have a look, and good luck

J
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Perelandra

It might be the price that has put off other people, it might be something else- at this point you just don't know.

If you go to see the property, you might find that there's something "wrong" with it that has put other people off, but isn't an issue for you. Alternatively, you might go along and discover that there's a pylon in the back garden! If you see it, and it's all great, then perhaps the vendor has been difficult on price; I don't think I'd assume that before going to see it though.