Discouraging viewings after offer accepted?

hazyjo

Dan-Dan wrote: »

And if your mum told you to pull out?!

Haha she wouldn't! But if there's a couple I liked, she would help swing it for me. It's the comments like 'I can see you there' or 'that's a Jo house'. She just knows.

She did like the house I've recently bought, but did keep saying OMG, that kitchen! It's pretty dire. But I always knew I'd replace it and rejig the room slightly, so no biggie.

There was a two-bedder I took her along to recently and she did say she couldn't see me there, didn't like the way you stepped down into the house (said you should always step up) and that there wasn't much that could be changed. She tends to rule by her head, I'm definitely with my heart. I didn't offer, and am VERY relieved I didn't rush into buying it. Was a bit desperate at that time as there was naff all on the market. She will give an opinion - sometimes it'll rub me up the wrong way if I love it (like my current house), but she'll always back my decision. She can see what a happy house this one is and always comments on it. We just wish my dad could've seen it.

Jx

isisini

We did three viewings - 1 pre-offer, 1 post-offer (to bring my Mum & Dad round as it goes) and one just before exchange to measure up.

I think that a viewing for the parents is fairly normal these days, in our case the bank of M&D was gifting part of the deposit, so I don't think it's mad to want to them to see the place before we signed the contract. They picked up a few things that we didn't which helped.

moneyistooshorttomention

Dan-Dan wrote: »

a viewing to bring mum round?!?!

True...they could have "doubled up". I brought mine around in my Second Viewing of my current house and she was busily flashing "Take it" signals at me behind the vendors back. What's the point of bringing round parents/Aunty Mable/old Uncle Tom Cobley and all after you've had your standard two viewings and made your offer?

DRP

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

True...they could have "doubled up". I brought mine around in my Second Viewing of my current house and she was busily flashing "Take it" signals at me behind the vendors back. What's the point of bringing round parents/Aunty Mable/old Uncle Tom Cobley and all after you've had your standard two viewings and made your offer?

To reassure yourself you've made the right decision?

As i posted above, in our case good old ma' accompanied the 3rd viewing (after we accepted the offer) and presumably she liked what she saw.

I'd rather know everyone was happy and sure of the decision ASAP, even if that happens after we 've accepted the offer.

Kildare

witchy1066 wrote: »

what is wrong with people ?
10 viewings by 10 different couples ,no sale
5 viewings by the same couple , who has committed to buy
I know which I would rather have

Totally agree with this. We're currently looking for a place to buy (second time buyers) and I would want two viewings before making an offer and would most likely bring another family member with me on the second viewing (they might spot something we miss). The first viewing is usually only 15-20 mins anyway so the second one is to get a really good look.

I would then expect a third viewing after the survey, just to check everything is ok if there were questions from the survey and also to remind myself of what I'm purchasing. I don't think I'd need any more than that. If a seller seemed to be continually evading me coming over for the third viewing I'd start wondering what was wrong and if they were either hiding something or looking to pull out. :cool:

isisini

Also it depends on the market. Where we were buying in London no decent house would have hung around long enough for us to do a second viewing before offer, and most viewings were open days where you're fighting for space with loads of other couples.

So it wasn't feasible to do it pre-offer, but post-offer you definitely want to go back and check there's nothing you should be noting for your solicitor/surveyor to check on, and having parents as a less emotional second pair of eyes is helpful.

moneyistooshorttomention

Think I probably got lucky on the family members. Those of my viewers who wanted family with them brought them along to their first viewing and that was that (ie the family viewpoint obtained at the outset one way or another). Personally, I learned that it was a plus point to have said family with them on Viewing 1, as every time family came along they wanted their "child" to buy the house and it was obvious they would have received family help to get it too (though I do live in an area currently where very few people would be able to buy their starter house in the first place without family help).

QTPie

Interesting variation in replies!

Well within 7 days we had the initial viewing (then offer accepted), another one to show the kids and Mum around (think that the Mum may have gone to the first viewing too) and a 3rd viewing to "check that furniture fits" (despite the house that they are selling is considerably smaller and all of the rooms are smaller). All viewings have been 45 minutes to an hour. Hopefully things will settle down a bit now for a while.. I don't mind accommodating reasonable requests, but it feels like they have moved in already... We are off on holiday tomorrow morning and it is impossible to get the laundry done and packed with people viewing the house (I would have turned down speculative viewings the latter half of this week).

5 viewings BEFORE valuation - eeek!

Davesnave, hope that you are well - has been a while. Property in this area is "up and down" at the moment (lots of interest, but not all highly motivated): things seem to be hotting up at the moment.

We turned down another (very close, cash) offer to accept these buyers. Possibly why I am feeling fairly "messed around": if their is any uncertainty in their minds, I want them to withdraw asap.

QT

Old_Git

Dan-Dan wrote: »

a viewing to bring mum round?!?!

I viewed my house the week my mum died .
I can just imagine the look on the vendors face if I said I wanted to bring my mun ,and the coffin arrived at the door .:rotfl:

Anyway I had two viewing ,the second two days after sale agreed.Mum wasn't at either .

Davesnave

:wave:

QTPie wrote: »

Davesnave, hope that you are well - has been a while. Property in this area is "up and down" at the moment (lots of interest, but not all highly motivated): things seem to be hotting up at the moment.

We turned down another (very close, cash) offer to accept these buyers. Possibly why I am feeling fairly "messed around": if their is any uncertainty in their minds, I want them to withdraw asap.

QT

Hi, yes, I'm well. We bought a smallholding to motivate us into remaining 'active,' and it's done that! We only sold off the remaining bit of garden we retained last year, so the ties with 'up there' are now severed.

Looking at the price our old neighbours achieved recently, I'd say prices are back to where they were, at least in our market sector. At my age, I couldn't afford to wait for that to happen, however.

I realise that frequently visiting buyers can be wavering. We had one of those. Not sure what can be done about it, except expecting a sign of commitment, such as a survey, within a set time frame.

Hope it goes well for you, both sale and onward purchase.