Vendor present at the viewing

Pok3mon

RoisinDubh_2 said:

amyr said:

Totally unreasonable. It's their home!

In terms of the pandemic concerns - most vendors will leave the house a few minutes before viewers arrive, having been breathing and living in the house all day up until that point. It really makes no difference.

Would have been interested in the reaction you got if you had left...

Yes, their home that they're selling! I have now viewed about 40 properties and not once was the vendor there....it's sort of obvious that when you're selling a one bed flat, you don't sit there taking up half the living room so they can't even look properly. Isn't it?

How much would there be to look at in a 1 bed flat?

powerful_Rogue

Totally unreasonable.

Plus we're no longer in the middle of a pandemic.

user1977

Pandemic or not, it is a bit daft to have excessive numbers of people cluttering up the property, or to pay an agent to show people round when you're there anyway...

prowla

I would've expected the vendor to be there.

As for the virus; do you think it could've been on the work surfaces, doorknobs, towels, etc?

So long as they kept their distance, it should've been OK and it would've been a courtesy for everybody involved to wear a mask.

RoisinDubh_2

Pok3mon said:

RoisinDubh_2 said:

amyr said:

Totally unreasonable. It's their home!

In terms of the pandemic concerns - most vendors will leave the house a few minutes before viewers arrive, having been breathing and living in the house all day up until that point. It really makes no difference.

Would have been interested in the reaction you got if you had left...

Yes, their home that they're selling! I have now viewed about 40 properties and not once was the vendor there....it's sort of obvious that when you're selling a one bed flat, you don't sit there taking up half the living room so they can't even look properly. Isn't it?

How much would there be to look at in a 1 bed flat?

What an inane question. Why bother viewing it at all, then? With a one bed, the living area is pretty much everything. I want to get a sense of it, imagine where I'd put my desk, check out the view out of the window, etc. I would say the smaller the space, the MORE important it is not to sit there in the way. I couldn't even go over to the window because he was sitting in front of it!

amyr

RoisinDubh_2 said:

amyr said:

Totally unreasonable. It's their home!

In terms of the pandemic concerns - most vendors will leave the house a few minutes before viewers arrive, having been breathing and living in the house all day up until that point. It really makes no difference.

Would have been interested in the reaction you got if you had left...

Yes, their home that they're selling! I have now viewed about 40 properties and not once was the vendor there....it's sort of obvious that when you're selling a one bed flat, you don't sit there taking up half the living room so they can't even look properly. Isn't it?

Think of it differently. Not everyone working from home has the liberty to log off part way through the day - the vendor accommodated you anyway. I'd say that's a positive? 

Having a vendor at the viewing is often a good thing. Someone to ask questions to direct with no estate agent guff, plus first hand knowledge of the area and neighbours. 

It might not be your preference to have a vendor there, but certainly not vastly unusual or erroneous.

swingaloo2

Blimey, what an over reaction to something which is not at all unusual. 
Just out of interest, why did you decide to go and view a 'cramped' one bed flat with an agent who was not in your bubble, during a pandemic?

I work from home and I'm selling my flat, someone wants to come and look at it.  How dare they have the audacity to want to come in and have a look around, especially during Covid. Who knows what they may be bringing into my home.  How disprespectful, what sort of buyer is this!

RoisinDubh_2

prowla said:

I would've expected the vendor to be there.

As for the virus; do you think it could've been on the work surfaces, doorknobs, towels, etc?

So long as they kept their distance, it should've been OK and it would've been a courtesy for everybody involved to wear a mask.

Weird, because the agency's own guidelines state that the vendor must not be present and all windows must be left open. 

powerful_Rogue

RoisinDubh_2 said:

prowla said:

I would've expected the vendor to be there.

As for the virus; do you think it could've been on the work surfaces, doorknobs, towels, etc?

So long as they kept their distance, it should've been OK and it would've been a courtesy for everybody involved to wear a mask.

Weird, because the agency's own guidelines state that the vendor must not be present and all windows must be left open. 

Then complain at the time to the EA?

lookstraightahead

Why didn't you just walk out straight away?