Visiting a house you are buying

Dagger75

Hello,

My partner and I are currently in the early stages of buying our first house. Both our parents would like to see it and I would like to measure some of the space to see if our furniture will fit. Is it appropriate further along in the process to ask if it's possible to go view the house again to measure up/show our parents?

It has been a long time since either of our parents have bought a house so they are not really sure.

Thank you for any advice.

quotememiserable

Not unusual at all, just ask.

eddddy

If your buying through an EA - just ask the EA to arrange it.

It's a very normal request.

(But there are some weird people in the world, and if your seller happens to be one of them - they may say 'no'. But the EA would probably support you in a request like this. The EA will be trying to do everything to keep you and the seller happy.)

Dagger75

Great, thank you for the help! I will speak to our estate agent.

Dan-Dan

bring the parents round?
How many viewings have you done so far? Its incredibly stressful getting ready for viewings all the time, consider this when trooping various people round someone elses house

Tigsteroonie

If your parents don't like it, are you going to withdraw from the purchase?

PasturesNew

There are two sides to this ... and neither's going to be right.

You are paying a fortune for the house - you deserve to go and take another look, do some measuring up, it's only right/natural.

People traipsing other random family members around the houses they've chosen is a pain in the butt for everybody except you and your traipsers. For some, a viewing can take 1-2 hours to reorganise the house, tidy up, wash/wipe down, clear away, not cook their meal that night, not do the washing that day, move things into another room or out to the car boot/shed. They don't sit in their showroom-ready house able to drop everything at a moment's notice for a viewing.

The EA and seller will both be petrified that your parents will talk you out of it, or become a problem as they pester you to check this, check that, check the other .... after you've started the process. If your mum/dad niggled for the next 6 weeks about it and kept showing you other houses that they thought were "nicer" would you pull out?

Measure up by all means. Revisit, yes. Dragging your parents round the house is fraught with problems for all parties.

jimbog

PasturesNew wrote: »

There are two sides to this ... and neither's going to be right.

You are paying a fortune for the house - you deserve to go and take another look, do some measuring up, it's only right/natural.

People traipsing other random family members around the houses they've chosen is a pain in the butt for everybody except you and your traipsers. For some, a viewing can take 1-2 hours to reorganise the house, tidy up, wash/wipe down, clear away, not cook their meal that night, not do the washing that day, move things into another room or out to the car boot/shed. They don't sit in their showroom-ready house able to drop everything at a moment's notice for a viewing.

The EA and seller will both be petrified that your parents will talk you out of it, or become a problem as they pester you to check this, check that, check the other .... after you've started the process. If your mum/dad niggled for the next 6 weeks about it and kept showing you other houses that they thought were "nicer" would you pull out?

Measure up by all means. Revisit, yes. Dragging your parents round the house is fraught with problems for all parties.

A very sound post :T

Marmaduke123

Can't the parents just look at the outside and the photos? 6 people trailing round the house is a big ask.

Are both sets of parents contributing to your deposit? I can't think why else they would want to check out inside.

amandaxx1

I have viewed mine 3 times so far with no issue. Viewed the first time on our own ,second with my dad (who is contributing to my deposit) and third time with a builder.. Never been an issue, they can only say no though

glasgowdan

It's annoying doing an extra viewing with the parents...what age are you?

Fine and normal to go again yourself to measure up. They won't have to clean up that way.