How many times did you view before you put a offer in

Marine_life

I would only tend to need one viewing - the most important thing being whether the house is in the right area and there is nothing that didn't show on street view.

Your parents are going to live in it / pay for it so all they're going to do is f**k with your head.

kerri_gt

Once. It was an open house which we'd waited several weeks for, and knew it was well above anything else we'd seen in terms of being 'the one for us' (it was also well above in price too but that's a different matter) We saw several families at the open house we'd also seen at other viewing the Sam day, if we hadn't have put an offer in quick, someone else would have.

So, viewed on a Saturday morning, offer in on the Saturday afternoon, final offer accepted on the Monday or Tuesday I think.

Viewed the house once more after that to check out an item offered at an additional value and a quick chat with the lovely vendors. Didn't bother with any measuring up etc as there was really no need from our perspective.

So overall, we decided to make our most expensive ever purchase in about 15mins (5 viewing, 10 chatting to the vendors at the open house) but we'd seen enough 'no's' to know this was a 'yes' as soon as we walked in.

Davesnave

Yes, one can decide on some houses in a matter of seconds; I decided on my first one before I even viewed it.

However, not all houses are easy to assess like that, especially if it's not just 'a house.' Throw in a few acres, a barn or two, a septic tank, private water supply, repairing obligations, wayleaves, special planning restrictions.....bats....With some property there's a lot more to think about. You can probably guess how useful most agents are with stuff like that....

We had 2 or 3 viewings on a few properties, then walked away. It might have been a hassle for the vendors, but surely better than wasting their selling time by offering and then withdrawing later. Did that too, just the once, after a week of research showed it was a toss up whether a bat colony or the local planning office would give us the most grief!:rotfl:

PrettyKittyKat

We viewed the house we offered on twice. Once together with the estate agent who was useless - she didn't know any information at all. We went back and spoke to neighbours and checked out the local area but didn't view the house (it was vacant so had to be arrange through estate agents). Then I went back to view a 2nd time thankfully with someone better from the estate agent who was able to answer some questions. We offered the next day.

We are selling our home and I thought I wouldn't have minded how many times people wanted to view, However, we had a couple view the house 3 times in 5 days and gave us the tales of 'definitely interested and want the house, let them know if anyone else offers, theirs is going on the market asap so they can offer' and then we heard nothing. We had an offer a couple of weeks later so let them know as instructed to be told that they had changed their mind and put an offer in on another house - and then asked my husband if he could quote them for some work on the new house (he has a trade!)! After that i think I would be reluctant to allow a 3rd viewing without an offer in place.

todayisagreatday

We loved out house but I wanted my parents to see it too, mainly because my dad has had a lot to do with the building trade and the house needs full renovation so it gave us a lot ogf insight into things to ask our RICS surveyor to check up on. It wouldn't have changed whether we wanted it or not, but , we made an offer there and then direct to the vendor who did the viewing which was accepted but also said we wanted to return with my parents and that our offer was subject to additional surveys of things we needed to check. We then visited a further two occasions, in the early days at different times of day and weather's. We could have pulled out if any alarm bells started ringing and as it happened after surveys etc our offer reduced by over £10k (our initial offer was already 56k below asking price).

Would your parents view change whether you wanted the house or not?

Rambosmum

Was the open house popular? Whenever we've been to them there hasn't been a chance for a second viewing but the market around us is very fast.

LandyAndy

Steppy1234 wrote: »

It's was a open house viewing yesterday and I felt very rushed.

We'd like to view again without othet people to be certain before we waste the parents time in looking. It is a lot of house to look at.

Here's the house in question.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64875433.html

Nice house. Hope you get it.

SmashedAvacado

i have done no viewings and bought a place

I have typically done two

I don't see a problem with more than 2 - as long as they don't wait weeks and weeks between viewings.

hanb

Once. For 10 minutes on an 'open day'. Then it was offers in that afternoon (Saturday) with best and final offers on Monday. We viewed again before spending too much to 'measure up' and once more when we met the surveyor there to go through his thoughts. However, the house wasn't yet properly on the market and it was in Bristol where houses were selling the day they went online so I don't think that's a true reflection of normal

ReadingTim

Steppy1234 wrote: »

It's was a open house viewing yesterday and I felt very rushed.

We'd like to view again without othet people to be certain before we waste the parents time in looking. It is a lot of house to look at.

Here's the house in question.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64875433.html

It is a lot of house. But the rightmove ad is good: clear photos of the rooms, exterior, garden etc, and a floorplan to see how it all fits together. Plus you've been there once before, so presumably haven't completely ruled it out. Personally I can't see what your 2nd solo visit would actually achieve, other than make the vendors think you're indecisive or time wasters, so would cut to the chase and take your parents.

That said, the photos show it as unfurnished, suggesting no-one's living there at the moment. Given there'll be minimal "tidying up" required for a visit, you're unlikely to be inconveniencing anyone by multiple visits, if the vendor even does any visits - I'd bet they're all handled by the agent; and to a certain extent, who cares if they're inconvenienced/p!ssed off - that's what they're paid for.