Viewing house after purchase started

cns06

We have started the process to buy a house - we are 4 weeks in.
We have our mortgage offer and we expect to exchange contracts in a few weeks.
In an ideal world we want to get back in the property so we can measure to order a new kitchen as kitchen supplier is saying 6 weeks lead time.

What is the general operating practice with getting access for a property for this kind of thing? I took the rough measurements to the kitchen people and they cant use them so I need to go in and spend an hour accurately measuring.
Thanks!

Mojisola

Our buyers came in several times - to measure up and to bring tradesmen round so that they could get quotes.

cns06

Ok thanks, our current house was new build so if we needed to measure anything we just went to a show home.

The kitchen is very much a measure twice cut one deal so it would be great if we can get in. I will e-mail the EA....

Chanes

Our buyer sent trades to measure up for all sorts. I didn't mind, it was going to be her house pretty soon.

whitesatin

We are under offer and I am more than happy for our buyer to come in (by arrangement through the agent) to measure up etc. In my opinion, it shows that they are committed to buying. They will be spending a huge amount of money on our house so why would I not welcome them here?

dgtazzman

Don't base your measurements off show homes, there might be (slight) differences between properties. I made the same mistake last time I bought a new build, though I was let into the neighbor's property to measure up for blinds as that build was more advanced than mine, rather than a show home.

I wanted blinds in asap and they had a few weeks delivery time. Turned out waste of time and money. Even if in theory it was the same house, there were slight differences in the recess measurements, enough that I was able to take half the blinds I ordered straight to the tip after they arrived... Won't make that mistake again.

jellie

cns06 wrote: »

We have started the process to buy a house - we are 4 weeks in.
We have our mortgage offer and we expect to exchange contracts in a few weeks.
In an ideal world we want to get back in the property so we can measure to order a new kitchen as kitchen supplier is saying 6 weeks lead time.

What is the general operating practice with getting access for a property for this kind of thing? I took the rough measurements to the kitchen people and they cant use them so I need to go in and spend an hour accurately measuring.
Thanks!

What if the purchase falls through for some reason and you don't end up buying this property? You'll have a kitchen on order which you'll have to pay for, and no home to put it in.

You may be better off living with the kitchen as it is for a while, as you might find you use it differently than you thought you would, and your newly ordered one no longer meets your needs.

Mocha61

Im sure you would be able to go to the house to measure but remember that if you dont exchange then you will be left with a kitchen and no house to put it in!

PasturesNew

Don't rush. Once you live in it for awhile you'll realise things you hadn't spotted before - you'd make different (better) choices if you've lived in the house and stood in the space and thought about it better for some time (unless you're doing a straight swap that's just newer units).

I've been in my house a year and it's only just beginning to dawn on me how all my kitchen woes could be solved.

Joskat

I agree with Mocha61 and jellie. We were in the process of buying a house, was welcomed back to take all sorts of measurements - curtains, bedroom furniture etc then 2 months down the line the owners decided to stay put. Soooo glad that we hadn't done anything other than measuring. :mad:

twohooter_2

Davesnave wrote: »

I'm taking it that this is a new build without a kitchen, as it would be crazy to buy one and then rip it straight out, even if new build kitchens are often mutton dressed as lamb.

OP said his/her current house was a new build not the one he/she is buying!