Buyer's "second viewing"

hayabslee0

In our never-ending saga of trying to sell our house (previous sale fell through due to our buyer's buyer pulling out), we had an offer last week for slightly less than we wanted but they were in a good position in that they had nothing to sell.

We accepted the offer Saturday. Today, they wanted to pop round with their children which we said was fine. However, we have a bad feeling - they were treating this like a second viewing...asking questions like "where can a freezer go", and "is that so-and-so road behind as I never noticed before".

We're half expecting a call tomorrow saying that they're pulling out. If they do, we'll be devastated again - not only will we lose the house we thought we lost (again), but they wasted a week of potential viewings. They also shouldn't have put an offer in unless they were 100% without any doubts.

We're not sure how much more of this stress we can take.

If (and when) they call to pull out, is there anything we can do to stop time-wasters?

need_an_answer

Worrying about it tonight wont change any decisions that your buyer may be making themselves tonight.

Think positive tonight and take tomorrow as it comes,unless you need to stop worrying that everything will fall through else its going to be a very long and protracted cause of stress for you all selling your home

TamsinC

Gosh, I would always want to do a second viewing. We have just put in an offer on a house after the first viewing (admittedly we were in a bit of a rush as knew there were other bids on that were being decided on that evening so had to get our bid in if interested - we absolutely loved it - but I can barely remember much of it now - we are 95% without doubts but still want a second viewing (happening in 3 weeks), I cant imagine anyone spending hundreds of thousands of pounds and not having at least a few % of doubts - we want to see where our furniture will go, notice things both good and bad that we didn't notice first time round (I cant remember what was on the floor in the kitchen. I can't remember where the freezer will go, kitchen or utility) Unless something absolutely atrocious turns up we are still buying the house.

Better they pull out now than a week before exchange. But maybe they won't.

naughtyjo

We went back for a second viewing after putting offer in after1st viewing. We noticed a lot of stuff we hadnt noticed the first time and were looking at stuff in more detail like where can we put this and that. We had no intention of pulling out just mental planning
Dont worry about it as I think its normal to ask as your envisaging living there

hayabslee0

TamsinC wrote: »

Gosh, I would always want to do a second viewing. We have just put in an offer on a house after the first viewing (admittedly we were in a bit of a rush as knew there were other bids on that were being decided on that evening so had to get our bid in if interested - we absolutely loved it - but I can barely remember much of it now - we are 95% without doubts but still want a second viewing (happening in 3 weeks), I cant imagine anyone spending hundreds of thousands of pounds and not having at least a few % of doubts - we want to see where our furniture will go, notice things both good and bad that we didn't notice first time round (I cant remember what was on the floor in the kitchen. I can't remember where the freezer will go, kitchen or utility) Unless something absolutely atrocious turns up we are still buying the house.

Better they pull out now than a week before exchange. But maybe they won't.

I completely agree that people need more than one viewing, however, nobody should ever make an offer without being sure...it's not fair on the sellers. All it does is cause stress and worry. Our previous buyer came round 4 times, but we knew she was just excited and wanted to bring family round. This time was different - it was like a general second viewing and not from someone who had an offer accepted a week ago.

eddddy

hayabslee0 wrote: »

If (and when) they call to pull out, is there anything we can do to stop time-wasters?

Some EAs I've dealt with say they won't take a property off the market, until a mortgage valuation surveyor makes contact to book an inspection date.

That usually means that the buyer has actually paid some money to their mortgage lender (which they would lose if they back out), so it suggests that the buyer is committed.

You could ask your EA if they're happy to work that way with any future buyers.

shortcrust

I had several viewings after my offer was accepted and I probably said all sorts of things, both positive and negative, as I noticed stuff that had previously passed me by. It didn’t mean I wasn’t committed.

Crashy_Time

hayabslee0 wrote: »

In our never-ending saga of trying to sell our house (previous sale fell through due to our buyer's buyer pulling out), we had an offer last week for slightly less than we wanted but they were in a good position in that they had nothing to sell.

We accepted the offer Saturday. Today, they wanted to pop round with their children which we said was fine. However, we have a bad feeling - they were treating this like a second viewing...asking questions like "where can a freezer go", and "is that so-and-so road behind as I never noticed before".

We're half expecting a call tomorrow saying that they're pulling out. If they do, we'll be devastated again - not only will we lose the house we thought we lost (again), but they wasted a week of potential viewings. They also shouldn't have put an offer in unless they were 100% without any doubts.

We're not sure how much more of this stress we can take.

If (and when) they call to pull out, is there anything we can do to stop time-wasters?

Sell it at a price that people simply can`t refuse, and won`t need to dream up daft little excuses when they get squeamish about how much they are paying or borrowing.

AnotherJoe

By "time waster" do you mean, "someone's that not going to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds after spending ten minutes looking"?

hayabslee0

AnotherJoe wrote: »

By "time waster" do you mean, "someone's that not going to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds after spending ten minutes looking"?

No, I mean someone who makes an offer, demands the house is taken off the market and then wait a week to view again and then potentially pull out.

sleepymans

People will always havetheoption to pull out at any time up to when they are contractually committed. If you want certainty you can always auction the property, but you wont necessarily get the price you want.
Better to just concentrate on the goal, get all your ducks in a row.....and keep your fingers crossed.

Hell is other people......that is life!