How many properties did you view before buying?

jules888

Think we viewed 7 houses but ended up buying the first one we looked at anyway!
We didnt have loads of choice.

JPG82

We viewed 7 in the last month, 3 of those for a second time. Decided on our first choice and had offer accepted only for the vendor to ask for more money from us 3 days later.

But as luck would have it 'we slept on it' prior to withdrawing our offer and another of the houses we viewed dropped their asking price (only reason we discounted it was that it was over our budget) that night so we bid and were successful on that one.

lulu650

We did some research and went to look at the outside of a house that had only just reached the estate agents books with no photos. The owner saw us lurking and invited us in and we bought at the asking price. It had only been put up for sale a few hours previously and didn't even have the for sale notice up.

We've extended twice and certainly made the best choice. In fact, although we'd like to move, we're having a hard time finding anything comparable in the next price range.

This was over 40 years ago and I still remember the estate agent having a go at us for daring to enter a house without him showing us around!!

pinkpiglit

We looked at seven (eight including the one we've bought). Five in the area of London where we currently live and wanted to stay, and two just on the opposite side of the river when we felt like we'd never be able to buy where we wanted to.

We offered on three (all in the area we wanted to stay). We missed out on two due to other offers above asking price, and the third one because the owners are daft and have completely over-priced it (it's still on the market today, 12 months after it was first listed.... this is in an area where places go under offer in a matter of days if not hours!

Eponym

I looked at nine, I think, in a period of 6 or 7 weeks. Purchase is going through now...

verulamium

Probably 15-20 over a six month period. Started looking for flats in a separate area, then decided we could get a far larger house in another area just slightly further away for a bit more money.

Prothet_of_Doom

perbinder wrote: »

Currently on 60 in last 4 months.

Then you really need to get Kirstie Alsop to assist

1st House ? Birmingham. Had 200 sets of details.

Drove past 20 houses in 6 different areas

Viewed 5 houses in 3 areas

Viewed 5 more houses in 1 area

Viewed the house we bought twice.

2nd House ? Moving to a job in Keithley

Drove past 20 houses in 6 different areas

Viewed 5 houses in 3 areas

Viewed 5 more houses in 1 area

Viewed 1 house, got to exchange. they pulled out
Viewed 1 more house, got to exchange. they pulled out

Viewed 3 more houses

Bought a new build

Third House? We knew we wanted to live in L37

Only 4 houses on sale which met our needs / wants that we could afford.

Viewed them all. Bought the one which was empty.

Jaybo10

From March to August last year I think we viewed around 20-25ish, offered on about 8-10 (all but one went to sealed bids - east London market) and we offered over asking price. Finally got one in august!

paulsad

About 12 - lost the one we really wanted, then had solicitor advice against the next one - ended up with bit of a rushed buy - if I am honest I am a very impulsive person and sometimes wish someone would give me a good talking to beforehand ... but that's me passing the buck again!

cattie

In the past I've tended to view in between 20-35 properties before finding the one I wanted. However, with my most recent sale, I had a very particular location & type of property in mind where I wanted buy, so I viewed only 2 properties.

One that was just where I wanted to be & the other was something I was willing to consider as not far from my first choice & internally very nicely done.

Although this 2nd property I looked at was ready to move into & cheaper than the 1st choice, I chose my first choice as I knew that it would be perfect for me when fully refurbished & now the place is finished, I'm more than happy with my new home.