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Buyers / Viewers from another planet

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justjohn
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Anyone got any good stories.


Sold a house last year one person brought 6 people with them for a viewing. There 10ish year old kids were throwing a bouncy ball up and down the stairs at a wall.


Same house, local guy came and viewed 5 times and had not even looked at the home report.
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  • RelievedSheff
    RelievedSheff Posts: 11,359 Forumite
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    Not really.

    House put on market friday morning. Five viewings booked for saturday. House sold monday morning.

    Bit boring really. Worse thing was we had part exchanged it against a new build so it wasn't even our house we were selling!

    First viewers bought it for the asking price which was what the developers gave us for it.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Buyers / Viewers from another planet


    We had a couple from Alpha Centauri, but when they worked out the commute from here to the Andromeda galaxy, the wife exclaimed, "2.5 million light years? You cannot be Sirius!" and that was the last we saw of them.

    Just as well really. From what I've heard, those guys always claim they're cash buyers and then want to pay in Flanian Pobble Beads
  • Thrugelmir
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    A few years back. Had a couple view 5 times in the space of 2 weeks, with various parties, appeared seriously interested. Last time was with their architect. In the end offered £65k under asking on the basis of the remodelling that they wished to undertake on the entire downstairs.
  • maladict
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    The guy that walked round our second floor flat with his face tripping him before rejecting it on the grounds that 'it's not a houseboat' was a particular low point.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Somebody stole a small rubber duck from the side of our bath on a viewing.
  • warby68
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    Viewers coming in disguise to pretend they were someone else, lord knows why.

    A buyer who decided I would be a good confidante for his divorce when I made the mistake of giving a phone number. Nice man but a bit needy.

    Oh and the one who sent his (equally rude) surveyor round despite us refusing all his offers. The surveyor actually got half way round before I realised, as coincidently a valuer from the actual buyers was expected on the same day.
  • justjohn
    justjohn Posts: 2,260 Forumite
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    so I am not the only one that has nutters coming for viewings lol
  • PasturesNew
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    Not me, somebody I know: had a lot of expensive knick knacks, including a free-standing Shaun the sheep that had a lot of personal/sentimental value. One set of viewers had an unshackled child that clambered onto it as if it were a toy there for their amusement!
  • PasturesNew
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    Personally, an agent said they were bringing a wife round, alone. Husband wasn't keen, I loitered in the garden.... the agent/wife had seen the ground floor and were out in the rear garage.

    Suddenly there was a ferocious banging at the front door, the agent went to answer the door and the husband came rampaging through the house, across the garden, into the garage and was shouting "I told you NO" at the wife before all three left.
  • pinkteapot
    pinkteapot Posts: 8,040 Forumite
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    When we sold our house last year we only had two viewers and both were unusual:

    First one viewed the house as soon as it went on the market. They loved it and offered but theirs wasn't even on the market yet and they wanted us to take ours off the market while they sold theirs. Ermmmmm... No!

    Second one was in a panic because they were middle of a chain and the vendor of the house they'd been buying had pulled out just before exchange. Their buyer's mortgage offer was expiring soon. They were panic-viewing everything in the area with no onward chain and chose our house there and then, provided we could complete within 6 weeks (which we did). The thing is, it was a >£500k house. Who panic buys any house, let alone one at that price level? Wouldn't you just rent instead? :eek: I do wonder if they're really happy in it. :(
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