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House Viewing -AWKWARD!!

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  • kazwookie
    kazwookie Posts: 13,810
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    I just ask 'is it ok to wander around on my own' never yet has anyone said no.


    But equally I have not looked in wardrobes etc, if I wanted to and the house was occupied, I would ask the owner, 'is it ok if you open the wardrobes for me so I can see the layout / how deep they are' and leave it at that.
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  • Comms69
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    That's quite presumptuous and rude.
    It's the usual. When people say "With Respect", then you know full well whatever they are about to say has no respect. In the same way "Without meaning to be rude" you know they will be.




    There are currently 394 3+ bed houses for sale within 40 miles of Glasgow (for instance).
    There are 2,353 within 40 miles of Newcastle.

    Not everyone lives in the overpriced South of England.

    I understand the joke, but... Where Beds/Bucks/Herts meet!


    On a different note, I would consider a £100k house to be of a lower standard, even up north. Certainly for a 3 bed, I would expect the area to be less than desireable.
  • ThePants999
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    With all due respect, surely there's not much you missed on a first viewing on a house worth £100k?
    What an odd thing to say. You can decrease the value of a house by 90% just by changing its location - how did there suddenly become less to see in a viewing?
  • Jumblebumble
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    Niv wrote: »
    No its not 'standard'. I have only ever shown around a perspective buyer if the EA was not available. It was just part of their service.
    When we were housebuyng in west London we had both in equal measure
    some wanted to show us themselves and some disappeared and left the agent to it.
  • I would feel more awkward as the vendor if I was in the house but the agent was showing people round!!



    I've always done the viewings myself - I know the house better, I know the best routes (eg better to go into the garden via the conservatory then have to walk past the bins at the back door...) and so on.
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  • diggingdude
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    Funny story, viewing one property end of last year, male owner showing me around, swings open a wardrobe door to show a space where I assume his misses, had tried to hide her sex toys:rotfl:
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  • AdrianC
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    Funny story, viewing one property end of last year, male owner showing me around, swings open a wardrobe door to show a space where I assume his misses, had tried to hide her sex toys:rotfl:
    Maybe it was deliberate, and an invitation...?
  • ethank
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    It is awkward. I've done a number of viewings without an estate agent. I always try to put people at ease and say this is really awkward, if I were you I would want to look in cupboards and under the stairs - I've got a few things to do in the garden, why don't you let me know when you are done. People appreciated that.

    If the vendor does not offer, don't be frightened to say, do you mind if I walk round again on my own.
  • amieloustew
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    edited 23 October 2019 at 10:18AM
    Comms69 wrote: »
    On a different note, I would consider a £100k house to be of a lower standard, even up north. Certainly for a 3 bed, I would expect the area to be less than desireable.

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  • RelievedSheff
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    Comms69 wrote: »
    I understand the joke, but... Where Beds/Bucks/Herts meet!


    On a different note, I would consider a £100k house to be of a lower standard, even up north. Certainly for a 3 bed, I would expect the area to be less than desireable.

    You really do come across as a bit of a knob!

    There are plenty of very nice high quality houses to be had in the UK for £100k and not all of them will be in "less than desirable" areas.

    Outside of the stupidly over priced southern regions housing is very affordable and of no lower quality.
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