Showing Potential Buyers Around

Davesnave

If it's any consolation, our last buyers (at a very difficult time to sell) said nowt and didn't look very interested, despite the fact that I vaguely knew one of them through work. They weren't even on the market.

Nevertheless, their house was advertised with our agent within days, but we knew nothing for a long time, as no connection had been made. They probably said nothing to the agent either. They weren't demonstrative or outgoing.

Months later, when neither of us had sold, the couple put it to the agent that they'd take a hit on their price to get sold if we'd agree to do similarly with our house. We did, and the deal was done, exactly 6 months after they'd walked around, looking bored!

toc25

I actually prefer being shown round by an estate agent. I just feel really awkward when it's the vendor showing me round.

We only viewed 2 houses this time and both were vendors showing us around. I didn't feel like I could look round properly and also felt that the vendors were talking too much and rushing me round. All my concentration was on the vendor and not the house.

With our house my husband did a couple of viewings but the estate agent did the rest. It ended up being one of the ones my husband did that bought the house so he must have done something right.

phillw

caronoel wrote: »

Fully agree. I remember viewing a flat years ago, where the vendor had mood lighting, coffee brewing, and a Corrs CD warbling away. It really put me off, and made me think she was hiding something.

I'd find the same thing if the seller was being really positive and telling me why they loved each room.

In the case of a husband who kept saying negative things, I'd ask the wife to leave me with the husband so I could find out the truth. Better that then find out later and then have zero trust of the seller, which would make me pull out.

I always wish the sellers luck selling the house, even if I'm planning on putting an offer in. In retrospect it sounds a bit rude, but I do wish them luck.

Crashy_Time

Drop the price, and the house will more or less sell itself.

caronoel

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Drop the price, and the house will more or less sell itself.

This financial advice comes from a man in his fifties, who sold up to rent in the late nineties.

Warren Buffet, he is not.

Crashy_Time

caronoel wrote: »

This financial advice comes from a man in his fifties, who sold up to rent in the late nineties.

Warren Buffet, he is not.

How would you sell the house?