Estate Agent rushing us during viewing

housebuyer143

Gycraig said:

Isn’t a first viewing a basic look to see if you like it, see the house etc. 

then if you offer or are interested you have a second viewing and pay a surveyor. 

Took me 5 minutes to decide my house was the one for me 

Normally but during COVID many didn't do second viewings and the houses would be under offer the next day following the open house they put on ☹️

lookstraightahead

housebuyer143 said:

Gycraig said:

Isn’t a first viewing a basic look to see if you like it, see the house etc. 

then if you offer or are interested you have a second viewing and pay a surveyor. 

Took me 5 minutes to decide my house was the one for me 

Normally but during COVID many didn't do second viewings and the houses would be under offer the next day following the open house they put on ☹️

This is true. EAs we're saying no to everything and people were also offering without even looking!! Absolutely ridiculous.

I think some agents expect this to be happening still, which it isn't.

op, just rebook and go back. Do what YOU think is necessary. We went four times. 

ArbitraryRandom

Gycraig said:

Isn’t a first viewing a basic look to see if you like it, see the house etc. 

then if you offer or are interested you have a second viewing and pay a surveyor. 

Took me 5 minutes to decide my house was the one for me 

Yes, but I wouldn't want to make an offer (and instruct a solicitor, incurring costs) on the back of a 5 min viewing. 

Rather than travel/take the time twice to view a property, I would rather have a proper look first time around. Then I can do a second viewing after I have any survey reports I've ordered based on what I saw during that initial viewing. 

Perhaps the difference is that I don't book a viewing unless I'm already fairly confident the house ticks my boxes? So I'm looking for problems, not generally seeing if I like it. 

lika_86

ArbitraryRandom said:

Gycraig said:

Isn’t a first viewing a basic look to see if you like it, see the house etc. 

then if you offer or are interested you have a second viewing and pay a surveyor. 

Took me 5 minutes to decide my house was the one for me 

Yes, but I wouldn't want to make an offer (and instruct a solicitor, incurring costs) on the back of a 5 min viewing. 

Rather than travel/take the time twice to view a property, I would rather have a proper look first time around. Then I can do a second viewing after I have any survey reports I've ordered based on what I saw during that initial viewing. 

Perhaps the difference is that I don't book a viewing unless I'm already fairly confident the house ticks my boxes? So I'm looking for problems, not generally seeing if I like it. 

I must admit I don't understand a second viewing pre-offer assuming that there are no issues with the first and no issues which necessitate say quotes for work post-survey. Have a look around, try the water etc, if you like it then ask if you can take a video and walk through the property to help you remember it and the details (where power points are etc). Unless it's a mansion I can't see why it should take you more than half an hour. 

lookstraightahead

lika_86 said:

ArbitraryRandom said:

Gycraig said:

Isn’t a first viewing a basic look to see if you like it, see the house etc. 

then if you offer or are interested you have a second viewing and pay a surveyor. 

Took me 5 minutes to decide my house was the one for me 

Yes, but I wouldn't want to make an offer (and instruct a solicitor, incurring costs) on the back of a 5 min viewing. 

Rather than travel/take the time twice to view a property, I would rather have a proper look first time around. Then I can do a second viewing after I have any survey reports I've ordered based on what I saw during that initial viewing. 

Perhaps the difference is that I don't book a viewing unless I'm already fairly confident the house ticks my boxes? So I'm looking for problems, not generally seeing if I like it. 

I must admit I don't understand a second viewing pre-offer assuming that there are no issues with the first and no issues which necessitate say quotes for work post-survey. Have a look around, try the water etc, if you like it then ask if you can take a video and walk through the property to help you remember it and the details (where power points are etc). Unless it's a mansion I can't see why it should take you more than half an hour. 

I don't think power points are an issue, but if you're buying an old house (or indeed if you're not) then there's loads to check. Why offer we hun you're not quite sure? 

powerful_Rogue

lookstraightahead said:

lika_86 said:

ArbitraryRandom said:

Gycraig said:

Isn’t a first viewing a basic look to see if you like it, see the house etc. 

then if you offer or are interested you have a second viewing and pay a surveyor. 

Took me 5 minutes to decide my house was the one for me 

Yes, but I wouldn't want to make an offer (and instruct a solicitor, incurring costs) on the back of a 5 min viewing. 

Rather than travel/take the time twice to view a property, I would rather have a proper look first time around. Then I can do a second viewing after I have any survey reports I've ordered based on what I saw during that initial viewing. 

Perhaps the difference is that I don't book a viewing unless I'm already fairly confident the house ticks my boxes? So I'm looking for problems, not generally seeing if I like it. 

I must admit I don't understand a second viewing pre-offer assuming that there are no issues with the first and no issues which necessitate say quotes for work post-survey. Have a look around, try the water etc, if you like it then ask if you can take a video and walk through the property to help you remember it and the details (where power points are etc). Unless it's a mansion I can't see why it should take you more than half an hour. 

I don't think power points are an issue, but if you're buying an old house (or indeed if you're not) then there's loads to check. Why offer we hun you're not quite sure? 

If you're not quite sure, then it's not the one.

lookstraightahead

powerful_Rogue said:

lookstraightahead said:

lika_86 said:

ArbitraryRandom said:

Gycraig said:

Isn’t a first viewing a basic look to see if you like it, see the house etc. 

then if you offer or are interested you have a second viewing and pay a surveyor. 

Took me 5 minutes to decide my house was the one for me 

Yes, but I wouldn't want to make an offer (and instruct a solicitor, incurring costs) on the back of a 5 min viewing. 

Rather than travel/take the time twice to view a property, I would rather have a proper look first time around. Then I can do a second viewing after I have any survey reports I've ordered based on what I saw during that initial viewing. 

Perhaps the difference is that I don't book a viewing unless I'm already fairly confident the house ticks my boxes? So I'm looking for problems, not generally seeing if I like it. 

I must admit I don't understand a second viewing pre-offer assuming that there are no issues with the first and no issues which necessitate say quotes for work post-survey. Have a look around, try the water etc, if you like it then ask if you can take a video and walk through the property to help you remember it and the details (where power points are etc). Unless it's a mansion I can't see why it should take you more than half an hour. 

I don't think power points are an issue, but if you're buying an old house (or indeed if you're not) then there's loads to check. Why offer we hun you're not quite sure? 

If you're not quite sure, then it's not the one.

After 5 mins looking round a 200 year old house which I loved, I still wanted to go back and check I was making the right financial decision with how much work might be needed. I preferred doing this to wasting my time and the vendors time, and then paying for surveys etc.
I agree you can "tell" to a certain point, but there are some sensible things you should do first.

BobT36

hazyjo said:

If a desk didn't fit, I'd buy another. Things like measurements are for a second viewing (unless there's a good reason like distance where you can only view once). If I found the desk didn't fit, so what? Sell it, buy another.

The vast majority of houses I've looked round have been written off within 5 minutes - and I have a long checklist and expect them to be right for me. It usually takes seeing a dozen or so to find one I actually want. It's not the finer details of a house I consider, it's the floorplan, layout, light, and the all important 'feel', etc. Anything else can be changed.

It's not about a 'specific' desk, moreso that both me and my lass work from home (and spend all our day on our computers for entertainment, too). So need space for a chonky, comfortable desk / chair, multiple laptops, monitors etc etc. So having the amount of space required for that (and everything else that goes in a bedroom) is pretty important. Also have a king size bed that needs to fit and other furniture. 
There's often noggins and weird wall shapes or just room sizes outright not matching the EA's floorplan. }

Sure some tweaks can be made if the house is 'fine' generally, but if find that it's just outright too small or bad config then it's better to know there and then than waste everyone's time with even more viewings. 

I guess for people who spend all their time in their living room etc, other room sizes aren't as big of a deal. But again this shows that it shouldn't be expected for everyone to make a decision in 5 mins. Each person / family is going to want different things out of the house and prioritise differently. 

As mentioned people probably spend wayyy more time shopping for some crap household appliance on Amazon or in a store, than they do when expected to rush around a house in 10 mins and drop hundreds of thousands on it, just to satisfy a busy EA..

MultiFuelBurner

Shame the OP never came back but it's definitely sparked some debate.

TBagpuss

hazyjo said:

If a desk didn't fit, I'd buy another. Things like measurements are for a second viewing (unless there's a good reason like distance where you can only view once). If I found the desk didn't fit, so what? Sell it, buy another.

The vast majority of houses I've looked round have been written off within 5 minutes - and I have a long checklist and expect them to be right for me. It usually takes seeing a dozen or so to find one I actually want. It's not the finer details of a house I consider, it's the floorplan, layout, light, and the all important 'feel', etc. Anything else can be changed.

I think you can usually write one off within 5 minutes or less, but if it's more of a 'possible' then I don't think it's unreasonable to take a bit longer