Took 4 months to exchange - buyer now wants a 2nd viewing!!!!

marcusjames

After getting the keys to my house I was surprised that the seller had left some old (worthless) furniture, plus a stairlift.

When challenging my solicitor, they said I should have made an internal viewing between exchange and completion. I'd never had this advice previously.

Paully232000

How would viewing between exchange and completion have told you that they wouldnt leave old furniture and the stairlift? If someone came to look at my house between all my furniture would still be here.

What did you do, just remove it yourself?

Jenny.W

pimento wrote: »

Your buyer wants to check you haven't sold the lawn.

:rotfl::rotfl:

gazter

Jenny.W wrote: »

Our buyer viewed only once and made an offer. We then took 4 months to exchange (which was last week).

Now I've just heard they want a 2nd viewing. Now I don't mind as they are perfectly entitled to but just wish it could've been before we exchanged as now I have boxes everywhere and repaintng walls where we've been making good.

I will tidy up best I can but I assume they'll be expecting things like this?

When you think about house buyers get very little time to see the house they are buying.... There might be questions they want to ask, simple things like how the boiler works, any little quirks they should know about etc.

Ivana_Tinkle

Given that you've already exchanged, you could just say that, sorry, you're too busy and the house is in chaos. It might be a bit mean but there's nothing they can do to force you. Personally, I'd be reluctant to allow another viewing at this stage as, from your point of view, no good can come of it. If they do complain about anything, or start getting worried about how the house is going to be left, it's just more stress at an already stressful time.

DRP

Ivana_Tinkle wrote: »

Given that you've already exchanged, you could just say that, sorry, you're too busy and the house is in chaos. It might be a bit mean but there's nothing they can do to force you. Personally, I'd be reluctant to allow another viewing at this stage as, from your point of view, no good can come of it. If they do complain about anything, or start getting worried about how the house is going to be left, it's just more stress at an already stressful time.

What's the worse they can they do at this stage?

They probably are just going to measure up.

We've had quite a few threads on similar subjects over the summer and I must say i find it difficult to understand the 'inconvenience' factor of a buyer requesting multiple viewings (a second viewing in this case!). They are just about to give hundreds of thousands of pounds in this transaction - just let them look around the place! (at a time of your own convenience, of course)

moneyistooshorttomention

In OP's circumstances, I would regard the buyer as having a "spare viewing in the bag" (as they had not had a Second Viewing) and they would have to "take me as they find me" (bearing in mind the house is now being packed-up).

In my own circumstances, I am refusing to accept après Exchange visits from THEIR workmen about THEIR work they plan to do to the house after its theirs. Reason being they have had rather more "visits" than expected to the house already and I don't intend to have them use any more of my time in order to do them a favour in effect. Having had all visits necessary by any stretch of imagination, then I have now reclaimed MY time for myself. I would have stated I required a couple of extra days Exchange to Completion if I'd known they were planning on taking up more of my time (ie in order to make sufficient time available for their wishes, as well as my own needs). I was also worried that agreeing to one of their workmen coming in might have turned into "thin end of wedge" and I would have ended up with endless "requests" for more and more of my time to see their workmen.

I think this might be of a "generation gap" expectation going on here, as people in my own generation understand exactly where I am coming from here and that its not reasonable in my position to be asked to do this and wouldn't do so either. In our books it equates to going up to a stranger in the street and asking them to do you a favour.

pimento

Jenny.W wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

You're laughing but it has happened!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4438983

sinbad182

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

In OP's circumstances, I would regard the buyer as having a "spare viewing in the bag" (as they had not had a Second Viewing) and they would have to "take me as they find me" (bearing in mind the house is now being packed-up).

In my own circumstances, I am refusing to accept après Exchange visits from THEIR workmen about THEIR work they plan to do to the house after its theirs. Reason being they have had rather more "visits" than expected to the house already and I don't intend to have them use any more of my time in order to do them a favour in effect. Having had all visits necessary by any stretch of imagination, then I have now reclaimed MY time for myself. I would have stated I required a couple of extra days Exchange to Completion if I'd known they were planning on taking up more of my time (ie in order to make sufficient time available for their wishes, as well as my own needs). I was also worried that agreeing to one of their workmen coming in might have turned into "thin end of wedge" and I would have ended up with endless "requests" for more and more of my time to see their workmen.

I think this might be of a "generation gap" expectation going on here, as people in my own generation understand exactly where I am coming from here and that its not reasonable in my position to be asked to do this and wouldn't do so either. In our books it equates to going up to a stranger in the street and asking them to do you a favour.

Give it a rest money, posting the same waffle over and over again wont somehow validate your selfish and obnoxious attitude towards others.

DRP

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

In OP's circumstances, I would regard the buyer as having a "spare viewing in the bag" (as they had not had a Second Viewing) and they would have to "take me as they find me" (bearing in mind the house is now being packed-up).

In my own circumstances, I am refusing to accept après Exchange visits from THEIR workmen about THEIR work they plan to do to the house after its theirs. Reason being they have had rather more "visits" than expected to the house already and I don't intend to have them use any more of my time in order to do them a favour in effect. Having had all visits necessary by any stretch of imagination, then I have now reclaimed MY time for myself. I would have stated I required a couple of extra days Exchange to Completion if I'd known they were planning on taking up more of my time (ie in order to make sufficient time available for their wishes, as well as my own needs). I was also worried that agreeing to one of their workmen coming in might have turned into "thin end of wedge" and I would have ended up with endless "requests" for more and more of my time to see their workmen.

I think this might be of a "generation gap" expectation going on here, as people in my own generation understand exactly where I am coming from here and that its not reasonable in my position to be asked to do this and wouldn't do so either. In our books it equates to going up to a stranger in the street and asking them to do you a favour.

I actually asked you the reason for not allowing post-exchange visits by these workmen in the other thread, but i don;'t think you answered.

Do you have a specific reason apart from they will be using up some of your time? It just doesn't seem particularly neighbourly or considerate.

Presumably the thin end of the wedge argument could be entirely negated by allocating one slot of time before completion for the visit?