Viewing after offer submitted

TheJP

666666 said:

TheJP said:

I think 3 viewings is more than enough (obviously any surveys you may take as well), I cant understand why people think its ok to want to go in and 'measure up'! Do it in your own time when you own the house.

I think because the buyer forks out hundreds of thousands of pounds buying it? I mean we get to try out clothes and bags to see how it fits, able to return it and in some cases the seller would try to accommodate returns to be as painless as possible. Some people wants to order furniture in advance and furniture can take 6-8 weeks or even more to be delivered and if they are expensive furniture I would not want to find out it doesn't fit in the space or having to sleep or sit on the floor for 2 months considering how much money the purchase is costing us just because the seller find it inconvenient for us to measure up the place in advance. I personally think it's a basic customer service. Obviously if the buyer keep coming back 4-5 times that's excessive but if they just come 2-3 times and would like to measure up during that time I would find it acceptable. Especially if they are being courteous and polite about it.

Of course that's why I mentioned about surveys alongside the 3. When you are neck deep with boxes and you have someone wanting to come round and measure for curtains etc it can be a pain as its not a necessity. My buyer asked for a 4th viewing which i agreed to, she didn't turn up but a decorator, blind fitter and carpet fitter did. They wanted to move boxes and pull up carpet etc. 

badger09

House we were supposed to be buying, we viewed twice within 5 days and offered immediately after 2nd viewing. Visited the outside to check something on the boundary, (had informed vendors) and they invited us in, despite being half packed up ready to move.
Unfortunately they had to withdraw from sale.
So, one visit after offer

House we bought, we viewed twice and on 2nd viewing told vendor we would be making offer when we got home. They'd had buyer withdraw on scheduled exchange day so again, were surrounded by boxes. Didn't want to stress them out further so didn't request pre exchange visit but did arrange for our CH engineer to carry out a safety check.
So, no visits after offer

Our buyers visited at least 3 times and asked if they could come to measure up for one set of curtains we were taking. This was in December, in lockdown, just before Christmas. We're both over 70, and were moving into temp accomm so as not to delay sale, so I offered to send them the measurements. They were fine with that.
So, no visits after offer

walwyn1978

Once, with a number of trades in tow (by arrangement) 

Noneforit999

666666 said:

TheJP said:

I think 3 viewings is more than enough (obviously any surveys you may take as well), I cant understand why people think its ok to want to go in and 'measure up'! Do it in your own time when you own the house.

I think because the buyer forks out hundreds of thousands of pounds buying it? I mean we get to try out clothes and bags to see how it fits, able to return it and in some cases the seller would try to accommodate returns to be as painless as possible. Some people wants to order furniture in advance and furniture can take 6-8 weeks or even more to be delivered and if they are expensive furniture I would not want to find out it doesn't fit in the space or having to sleep or sit on the floor for 2 months considering how much money the purchase is costing us just because the seller find it inconvenient for us to measure up the place in advance. I personally think it's a basic customer service. Obviously if the buyer keep coming back 4-5 times that's excessive but if they just come 2-3 times and would like to measure up during that time I would find it acceptable. Especially if they are being courteous and polite about it.

Reality is they haven't bought it though at that point. Even when exchanged you haven't actually bought it yet.

Its entirely down to the vendors discretion whether to allow a buyer to view it again before completion, although the buyer has the right to pull out of the sale so could force the vendors hand but you don't really want to get to this point.

I think both parties should be reasonable and not expect either way. I would have no issue with a pre arranged appointment for them to come in to measure up for carpets between offer and completion, probably closer to exchange once I knew they had a mortgage offer and searches had been done. However, I wouldn't be vacating every weekend up to completion so they can show their family and friends round. 

Spreadsheetman

Quite a wide spread of opinions given. I'd want to go back at some point before exchange (but when it is looking likely to go the distance - after searches, survey and money in place) to take some detailed measurements and pics to try and get whichever trades are needed lined up well in advance. Anyone good is working 3+ months out at the moment even for small jobs, so anything that leaves the house uninhabitable needs to be lined up a long time before completion.

All by arrangement and when it is convenient for the seller obviously.

charlotteo1988

none. Viewed once when we put the offer in and that’s it. But I drove by it most days as near to my sons school. 

Our buyers uncle viewed the property who then put the offer in then the actual buyers viewed the house 2 months later. Risky but they liked it. 

We won’t be viewing the house if we finally manage to exchange and complete. Been trying for two weeks. 

666666

@Noneforit999 yes the key is for both parties to be reasonable, for the buyer not to be excessive and willy nilly in their viewing request, be organised and make a checklist of everything you need to check and measure in one go if possible but also for the vendor to realise that most buyers spend most of their life saving to buy that property so be a bit understanding and accommodating if it’s a reasonable request. 

There are awful unreasonable buyers but there are also awful unreasonable sellers in the world. If everyone can just put themselves on the other person’s shoes there would be less unreasonable people !!!!!! off each other. 

eidand

TIGASH said:

Just curious

How many times, if any, did you view the house you were buying after your offer was accepted?

twice for us. once to refresh our memory and a second time for measurements and showing it to the children as well

tryingmybest99

I only saw mine once but now I wish I had gone back in to measure for blinds etc. I completed on 1st February and missed out on the January sales! I don't see why any reasonable seller would have a problem with you going around as long as you give lots of notice, are polite and don't stay for hours!

MovingForwards

Did the viewing with a pen, tape measure and note pad, next time I visited the property is when I got the keys.