You have to chuckle at viewer feedback!

grayma91

I've told my estate agent to only provide feedback about stuff I can actually change. Getting 'it's too small' everytime started to become very demoralising and served no purpose!

Falafels

AdrianC said:

I don't remember very much of the feedback we had from selling our old place... but I most certainly DO remember that one of the viewers stole a rubber duck from the side of the bath.

Now that’s what I call criminal! I have nine (very small) rubber ducks lined up in front of my bathroom mirror, and I’d be livid if someone pilfered them!

mistrihelen

I must admit we just viewed a house that we knew backed on to the main road into town, but I wanted to see it in person to get a proper idea of what it was really like there. It was quiet inside the house, but open the door to the garden and you could not only hear the traffic (so loud!) but see it as well. It felt awful, like backing  onto a motorway (the road actually comes directly off the A1). So no doubt if we fed that back the owners would think 'oh but they knew that' but I really wanted to give it a chance.

eidand

i had a couple who didn't like the existance of the lean to and the fact they could not walk around the house ..... first picture on RM showed that so not sure why they bothered to come ....

emjay2kay

We viewed a house earlier this year and I suspect our feedback was similarly baffling. The house was beautiful but it was further out from the town than it looked on the map. We weren't local and didn't know the area well and hadn't judged the distance well from the map.

It was also on a really busy road with lots of lorries going passed. The road did not look at all that busy from maps / street view, and certainly not the type to be taking lorries, but the sellers probably thought that was obvious. Again, just us lacking that bit of local knowledge.

Usually though, we always just said that the house was lovely but just not for us.

The only other exception I can think of is when we got booked in to see a house just round the corner or down the road or whatever from the one we actually wanted to look at. "While you're in the area" sort of thing. Then we would say that it needs too much work or too small etc which probably infuriated the seller as pointless feedback but, you know, we didn't actually intend to look at the house in the first place.

Crashy_Time

powerful_Rogue said:

I hope it's not just me, but sometimes you do have to chuckle at viewer feedback!

Lovely house, however didn't like the layout and the fact it's over three floors.

Lovely presented property, however wasn't keen on it being on a hill.

Do people not read descriptions, look at floorplans and Google streetview! Or in the case of the last one, the words 'Hillside' in the address might have given it away abit!

I would just prefer them to be honest and say what they really think!

Yes, but most people are too timid to say it is overpriced unfortunately.

youth_leader

I'm still feeling guilty about feedback I gave today.  I think some of this odd feedback stems from people being persuaded to see properties that they would normally have rejected for one reason or another - in my case it was stairs.  

MovingForwards

I viewed a 3 bed maisonette, before I was fully ready to buy, wanted to get a feel for how things are done with EAs, viewings etc. 
Rooms were an acceptable size, kitchen was big and had so much potential (old units but fine for a few years), bathroom (old, but fine for a few years) and would have made a great wet room, bedrooms were good, there was a room which I would have turned into an office / study, another I would have turned into a library / reading room. 

The electric meter hadn't been topped up for ages, so couldn't see if lights / sockets worked, water was drained so couldn't see if taps had water running / toilet flushing etc, gas was also off / no money in the meter so couldn't see if heating worked. Needed decorating, some areas of flooring sorted out and no one knew which garden was for the property. 

The big thing was the minute the front door was opened the smell of stale cigarettes hit me. After spending upto an hour walking around, checking and rechecking, planning rooms, working out how the rooms would work and how much I would be prepared to pay if I decided to buy it, what work would be needed, how much would have to be taken up / binned and how I could physically clean it (I'm disabled) before moving in.

I got into my car and anyone would have thought I had just got through a few packs of cigarettes. All the way home that's all I could smell, even with the windows down.

The EA called me for my feedback and when I said about the smell, suggesting the place is given a good airing and clean, she said 'oh, I didn't notice'.

When I viewed my home (tenement flat), I made the offer when I got back to where I was living. It was an 'honest' property, what I saw is what I got. 60s / 70s shower room, original interior doors (sadly not the handles), 80s / 90s woodchip wallpaper, artex ceilings and a place I could quickly settle in. I'm slowly revealing the hidden beauties and seeing more history behind it. The private garden has also revealed some delights. It felt right when I pulled up outside and walking through the door to view, it felt like home. 

powerful_Rogue

Crashy_Time said:

powerful_Rogue said:

I hope it's not just me, but sometimes you do have to chuckle at viewer feedback!

Lovely house, however didn't like the layout and the fact it's over three floors.

Lovely presented property, however wasn't keen on it being on a hill.

Do people not read descriptions, look at floorplans and Google streetview! Or in the case of the last one, the words 'Hillside' in the address might have given it away abit!

I would just prefer them to be honest and say what they really think!

Yes, but most people are too timid to say it is overpriced unfortunately.

Awww crashy, I feel honoured you brought your usual drivel into this thread

Crashy_Time

powerful_Rogue said:

Crashy_Time said:

powerful_Rogue said:

I hope it's not just me, but sometimes you do have to chuckle at viewer feedback!

Lovely house, however didn't like the layout and the fact it's over three floors.

Lovely presented property, however wasn't keen on it being on a hill.

Do people not read descriptions, look at floorplans and Google streetview! Or in the case of the last one, the words 'Hillside' in the address might have given it away abit!

I would just prefer them to be honest and say what they really think!

Yes, but most people are too timid to say it is overpriced unfortunately.

Awww crashy, I feel honoured you brought your usual drivel into this thread

It`s not drivel though, but you probably know that already? Many people will say anything to get away from a deluded seller.