Agent refusing a viewing before completion.

davidmcn

Does your contract say you're entitled to view again before completion? If not (and it seems unlikely) then you can't demand another viewing.

kingstreet

Ask your solicitor to put a request to the vendor's solicitor for you to borrow the keys on an undertaking.

You get that, you take it into the agent, they give you the keys as instructed, you return them when finished.

This is not a right, nor is another accompanied viewing by the agent so mind your ps and qs.

Thrugelmir

Thenewhouse wrote: »

Thanks thats helpful advice. but a week could mean a lot when considering the rent we are paying at our current residence whilst not being able to move in to the new one! and builders seem to be getting booked faster!

Is a quick viewing actually going to make much difference. Or is the real issue that you want unlimited access to the property now. As others have said. Time is money.

[Deleted User]

So you've already been round twice before exchange (which isn't a right either) and now you want to go round again at the agent's time and expense and you're wondering why they might be saying no?

Plenty wouldn't have let you round as many times as they have. It's only a week, I wouldn't stress too much about it.

G_M

The property is not yours so you have no more right to a viewing than you had before exchange - it was always at the discretion of the owner, whose instructions the agent carries out.

Of course prior to exchange, the owner/agent are keen to sell, so agreed to let you view as often as you wanted. Now you are commited they have no such incentive.

As others have said

* an accompanied viewing costs money
* an unaccompanied viewing is a risk

On top of that, repos are notoriously difficult purchases. The bank/Official Receiver has rules/procedures and is unlikely to bend them in the way an owner occupier will.

It's a week. Not the end of the world.

eddddy

kingstreet wrote: »

Ask your solicitor to put a request to the vendor's solicitor for you to borrow the keys on an undertaking.

Yes - I've done this in the past. I was given the keys for the day. It involved signing an undertaking drawn up by my solicitor.

But if you're completing within a week, it probably couldn't be arranged in that time anyway - and your solicitor might charge you for the extra work.

[Deleted User]

Thenewhouse wrote: »

Thanks thats helpful advice. but a week could mean a lot when considering the rent we are paying at our current residence whilst not being able to move in to the new one! and builders seem to be getting booked faster!

weeks extra rent will seem like a drop in the ocean compared to the costs of moving and renovating surely?

If you want to get building as soon after completion as possible, I'd book the builders now, with only an outline of what you want doing. So they are available to measure up, make plans, go shopping, and start asap after completion.

WannaBLoaded

They've already let you in twice so why are you angry that they 'advise you view before completion'

From a business perspective they mean time, time being money.

Sorry if i sound angry but we get lots of enquiries from people wanting free surveys and quotes on houses they don't even own yet, so i can sympathise with estate agents needing to limit time wastage because some people don't appreciate that time is money.

Bossypants

eddddy wrote: »

Yes - I've done this in the past. I was given the keys for the day. It involved signing an undertaking drawn up by my solicitor.

But if you're completing within a week, it probably couldn't be arranged in that time anyway - and your solicitor might charge you for the extra work.

Mine tried to charge me £80+VAT for one of these. I decided not to bother.

Jhoney_2

Thenewhouse wrote: »

Hi,

I have just exchanged on a property and will be completing within a week. Although the agent has allowed me to view the property twice last week before exchange they are completely refusing us permission to view the property again.

I need to get another builder to view the property so that they can get started ASAP after we complete.

However the estate agents branch manager has just spoken very rudely saying from a business point of view they can not allow us entry again until the day we complete?!
On their website it says its advised to view the property before completion !
What can we do in this scenario?

It is a repossesed property and thus needs a lot of work and planning. We are first time buyers and are just shocked at the response from the agent!

Could you not describe the works (using sizes,measurements materials etc from the other builder) that the 3rd can base an estimate on or is it for other work?