Visiting a house you are buying

Old_Git

When you finally get the keys dont do as my friend did .
She took a photo of her husband opening the door of their new home and put it on facebook.
Now 20,000 people know their house number and address .

Person_one

Old_Git wrote: »

When you finally get the keys dont do as my friend did .
She took a photo of her husband opening the door of their new home and put it on facebook.
Now 20,000 people know their house number and address .

Has anything bad happened?

Davesnave

Person_one wrote: »

If an offer has been made and accepted and the conveyancing process has started, I don't see why there's a need for additional viewings unless there is some concern that may halt that process. The decision has been made, surely?

If parents expect/need input on that decision, isn't the time for that on first or second viewings before an offer is made?

Yes, ideally, but we don't live in an ideal world.

Parents and children often live at a good distance from each other and the time between first and second viewings can be short, especially in a fast market.

The decision may have been made, but there are very often concerns, because reality is messy. I'd be worried if there werren't concerns!

I've only one child who's bought, but that one purchase wasn't textbook. Part of her concerns fell within my sphere of expertise and the rest didn't, so it was worth me visiting and also having either a structural engineer or a surveyor do the rest.

Personal experience aside, my main point is that three viewings + a survey is not unreasonable in the purchase of a property, particularly if it's more complex than a modern box.

I arrive at my view despite having had a huge number of viewings on my last property, which was on the market at the worst time ever in modern times. The inconvenience of tidying up for a viewing is well understood here.

Brightspark87

Hi just to add to this - my family are helping with the deposit and my mum is coming down this weekend. I have asked if we could quickly just pop in so she could see it as she lives 150 miles away and was on holiday during the time in which we did our viewings and offer.

Agents have said they don't see it as being a problem - We have viewed it a few times but this time is more to show family who are helping buy it so I can be sure they are happy with it.

McTaggus

We viewed our property initially, loved it and put our offer in. After the offer was accepted, we asked whether we would be able to do another viewing (a couple of weeks later) and brought my mother around. We did our final viewing the week prior to exchange as a last "check" before we committed completely and measured up against the fixtures and fittings list so we could replace curtains etc. quickly. Our buyers were very understanding - however we were very mindful that we didn't want to bombard them with visits - particularly as they were trying to sort themselves out for the onward move!

ReadingTim

Depends on how many viewings you've already had, and how far into the process you are. I don't think a 2nd viewing before making an offer is unreasonable, especially if you're a first time buyer and parents are helping with the deposit. But both parents from both sides of the family makes for a troop of 6 people, which is a little excessive, especially if it's a small house or flat, like most FTB places are. How would you feel if that number were marching around your current place? Perhaps you could compromise with one parent from each set?

If you're further down the line with searches underway, surveys booked or completed etc, one further visit for practical purposes such as seeing if furniture might fit etc isn't unreasonable, but I wouldn't expect the place to be in 'showroom condition', with the same sort of tidying happening prior to that viewing than at previous. But too many visits, especially of a mere "site-seeing" nature won't endear you too the vendor, and if you haven't put in an offer and want multiple visits with multiple numbers of people, the vendors might turn you, or even your offer down, as they could mark you out as a 'difficult' buyer...

dc197

Our exchange was due on Friday, but was delayed. This thread reminded us that we had not done our expected last-minute pre-exchange visit to ensure the house was not burnt down.
We phoned and asked to come over yesterday, but vendors were busy, so we went over today.
All fine (but with a more lived-in feel than during the show-home fresh viewings period). We gave instructions to exchanged and an hour later had done so. W00t.