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2nd Viewing - presentation
ccskitten
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I accepted a full asking price offer on my house this week and they have asked for a second viewing on Sunday.
They obviously want a more thorough look. Would you make more effort to present your home for a second viewing? I don't know whether to do some jobs that I didn't do for the first viewings such as cleaning the oven etc. (I would deep clean before moving!)
If we were further into the process and they were just coming to measure up I would be more relaxed but we are still at a stage where they haven't lost anything if they pull out which is unsettling! I keep looking at the walls and ceilings thinking maybe I should touch them up just in case!
They obviously want a more thorough look. Would you make more effort to present your home for a second viewing? I don't know whether to do some jobs that I didn't do for the first viewings such as cleaning the oven etc. (I would deep clean before moving!)
If we were further into the process and they were just coming to measure up I would be more relaxed but we are still at a stage where they haven't lost anything if they pull out which is unsettling! I keep looking at the walls and ceilings thinking maybe I should touch them up just in case!
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If it were me, I would spend a bit of time tomorrow on those jobs you have been putting off, oven cleaning and whatever else you can do to present the property in its best possible light. If these people don't buy it then you will kick yourself. If they don't buy it, then it's better for the next people viewing. What have you got to lose?0
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I wouldn't clean the oven in a hurry for the viewing - seriously I've never known anyone actually open an oven door!
But get the few little 'jobs' done as they need doing anyway. And certainly anything that a surveyr might pick up, get done ASAP so you're ready.0 -
I spent much more time when my buyers came round the 2nd time (even if it was post-survey and quite some time later) than for the 1st viewings.
I expect them to be more thorough, and look at things in more details the 2nd time. (trying hot water/ opening all the windows and everything else you can think about). I did make sure the house was spotless, and you might as well clean the oven whilst you are at it.
Just think how you would look at a property when you are committing to buy it.
(Is it me, or is that really cheeky to come for a 2nd viewing AFTER your offer has been accepted?! Nothing you can do about it as a seller, but slightly irritating)0 -
Thank you. My house seems pretty much immaculate but if I look for flaws I can find them!
I'm hiking up a mountain tomorrow but when I get back the deep clean will be in progress.
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Clean them skids from the toilet bowl. And double the gimp's dose of temazepam just before they visit to keep him quiet."Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius0
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car0line123 wrote: »I spent much more time when my buyers came round the 2nd time (even if it was post-survey and quite some time later) than for the 1st viewings.
I expect them to be more thorough, and look at things in more details the 2nd time. (trying hot water/ opening all the windows and everything else you can think about). I did make sure the house was spotless, and you might as well clean the oven whilst you are at it.
Just think how you would look at a property when you are committing to buy it.
(Is it me, or is that really cheeky to come for a 2nd viewing AFTER your offer has been accepted?! Nothing you can do about it as a seller, but slightly irritating)
Why is it irritating?
When spending hundreds of thousands on something, it's best to take more than twenty minutes looking at it!0 -
Why is it irritating?
When spending hundreds of thousands on something, it's best to take more than twenty minutes looking at it!
Some said that a 1st viewing is with your heart, your 2nd with your head (and you spend more time checking everything). It's completely fair enough, but BEFORE putting an offer!
If I accept your offer, I take the property off the market and cancel any further viewings. It's not fair to then come for a 2nd viewing a couple of days later and possibly change your mind. You haven't even instructed solicitor, so it doesn't cost you anything, but it doesn't look great for my other potential buyers.
Nothing I can do about it, but I think you should only make an offer if you are committed to buy - as long as surveys/ searches don't come back with horrors. I have read about people here exploring the area AFTER making the offer.
It's different to come back after a survey, and/or just before exchange, to check the property, take measurements etc. Sadly you are free to mess sellers around and change your mind at the very last minute, but there is a cost so it's less likely to be on a whim.0 -
Trick is to make it look better second time around
They could have seen another property for all you know.0
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