Estate Agent not allowing me enough time to measure up

AskAsk

I find EA do not like people viewing where they measure rooms because this expose the fact that the rooms are incorrectly measured on the floor plan to make the house look bigger!

They also only allocate 15 minutes per viewing so don't want to spend more than this if you have to measure up.  So you would need someone to come with you to help with the measurement if you are disabled.

ReadySteadyPop

AskAsk said:

I find EA do not like people viewing where they measure rooms because this expose the fact that the rooms are incorrectly measured on the floor plan to make the house look bigger!

They also only allocate 15 minutes per viewing so don't want to spend more than this if you have to measure up.  So you would need someone to come with you to help with the measurement if you are disabled.

And this is exactly why you need to tell the agent that if they can`t allow the time for proper viewing/measuring they won`t have a sale.

ReadySteadyPop

user1977 said:

I would say it isn't normal to be making those sorts of detailed measurements before you buy. Just sort it out after you have the keys.

What happens if you then find that the house doesn`t suit your requirements?

ReadySteadyPop

saajan_12 said:

ReadySteadyPop said:

saajan_12 said:

The purpose of viewings ahead of completion is primarily to decide if you want to buy the property. Initially to decide whether to make an offer and pre-exchange to double check the condition. Sometimes there's an additional viewing to check out survey findings and or get a second opinion - all in the decision making process. Beyond that, anything to get the property ready is for your convenience, but at the seller / agent's inconvenience. So its up to whatever they're willing to do.. there's no expectation on them to have a visit to measure up. 

The biggest inconvenience for a seller is if their buyer walks away, so smart sellers are going to let serious buyers poke around for a few hours with the tape measure, why would you scare away someone who is potentially going to give you a few hundred thousand pounds for your house!

That inconveniences the buyer just as much, to attend more viewings, find a new property, re-start surveys, searches, etc. Smart buyers are going not going to blow up a purchase based on waiting longer for blinds, why would you scare away someone who is potentially going to give you a house for your pounds! 

So a smart buyer is going to be rushed into spending 100`s of thousands of pounds on a house that may turn out not to fit their needs?

user1977

ReadySteadyPop said:

user1977 said:

I would say it isn't normal to be making those sorts of detailed measurements before you buy. Just sort it out after you have the keys.

What happens if you then find that the house doesn`t suit your requirements?

The OP is talking about measurements to buy blinds, not to determine whether the house meets their requirements.