Feedback from potential buyers.

Albermarle

RAS said:

Deep clean and de-clutter, particularly bathrooms and the kitchen. Have somewhere to bung everything on the bathroom shelves for viewing apart from your carefully curated towels and colour matching/contrasting shower gel. Which come out for the occasion.

Seriously, some people are impressed by shiny and by magazine styling.

Plus some flowers in vases and fresh coffee bubbling on the stove !

Mustlovedogs

Albermarle said:

We had one positive and the person needs to sell their house then they would be interested in making an offer.

You should ignore these as a potential buyer until they are proceedable. ( as in they have sold their house) 

Albermarle said:

We had one positive and the person needs to sell their house then they would be interested in making an offer.

You should ignore these as a potential buyer until they are proceedable. ( as in they have sold their house) 

Yep we won't until people have sold, she has since sold though and is viewing again tomorrow 

Sapindus

Slinky said:

FlorayG said:

Feedback is often clearly rubbish. The house opposite me recently went on the market, they've had one viewing. the people who viewed told them "It's lovely, we would have bought it if it was nearer to the motorway". How ridiculous is that? You know BEFORE you go to view how far from a motorway a property is. Some people just feel uncomfortable saying "No, I don't like this one"

This isn't necessarily a rubbish comment. We all have to make compromises when buying property. They viewed because they liked the look of the property, but the compromise was the location. The house was good, but not good enough for them to overcome the distance from the motorway which is an important factor in their decision making.

I agree - I looked at a house that was a bit too far from work.  I went back next day and went for a walk and actually drove the route to work and it just didn't feel like a good idea so I didn't offer, but I thought very hard about it because I loved the house.  You can't always tell from looking on maps etc what it's going to be like in real life.

Murphybear

Albermarle said:

RAS said:

Deep clean and de-clutter, particularly bathrooms and the kitchen. Have somewhere to bung everything on the bathroom shelves for viewing apart from your carefully curated towels and colour matching/contrasting shower gel. Which come out for the occasion.

Seriously, some people are impressed by shiny and by magazine styling.

Plus some flowers in vases and fresh coffee bubbling on the stove !

Plus freshly baked bread.  Don’t forget the very expensive designer candles that smell gorgeous 

horsewithnoname

Honestly sometimes a house just doesn’t “feel” right; nothing wrong with it, but sometimes you just know if it is or isn’t for you. 

Both times I bought I knew I was going to buy pretty much the moment I stepped into the house. 

But when asked for feedback I’ve never said “it just doesn’t feel right for me” because that sounds a bit odd😬

Skiddaw1

Murphybear said:

Albermarle said:

RAS said:

Deep clean and de-clutter, particularly bathrooms and the kitchen. Have somewhere to bung everything on the bathroom shelves for viewing apart from your carefully curated towels and colour matching/contrasting shower gel. Which come out for the occasion.

Seriously, some people are impressed by shiny and by magazine styling.

Plus some flowers in vases and fresh coffee bubbling on the stove !

Plus freshly baked bread.  Don’t forget the very expensive designer candles that smell gorgeous 

I did all those things when we were selling previous house, along with leaving home-made biscuits for the potential buyers (and for the surveyor when we'd accepted an offer). Whether it made any difference or not....

incus432

Feedback can be really useful even if sometimes it is painful to hear. Yes some may make up a reason they dont like your house but others are telling you about something you can maybe put right.  When looking we always tried to be honest.