Do I need to dress up for house viewings I lead?

This could be a good experiment. Dress smartly for some, just woken up look for others, fancy dress for another, medieval knight, business formal, Ascot ladies day, beachwear and pyjamas and see which ones lead to an offer.

I just did smart casual , clean jeans, shirt, made sure my hair was looking good and away I went .

Oh I did wear slippers, not trodden down feet slipping out of them ones, but I wanted to give the impression that street shoes were never worn in the house :)

It wouldn't occur to me to judge the attire of the home owner, when viewing a house, @dansn. I’m there to look at the house - I will judge the condition and maintenance of the house, because I don’t want to buy a house that is going to prove to have a lot of hidden issues, but having moved house a number of times, I don’t think I’ve ever looked at the home owner and judged their appearance.

You don’t need to dress up but I would have more of an issue with the wet hair. It would give me the j press job I was bothering you or coming at a bad time.

I have viewed quite a lot of places in my time but never particularly noticed what anyone was wearing. As long as you and your home look clean and tidy and you show them round and answer any questions, I think you'll be fine. Personally though I preferred it when the vendor wasn't there - much easier to relax and take a good look at everything.

I wouldn't care if you were in your PJ's as I would be there to look at the house, not at you.

@Overthebow an appointment would have been made so you would know that the owner is expecting you at a set time!

Your mum sounds insane. If someone even noticed that you had wet hair, they'd probably just think you didn't have time to dry it. If they had any opinions about your lack of make up, they should question their internalised prejudices as it is nothing to do with them or the suitability of your home for them to buy.

I would probably dry my hair. Or else they might think the socket in the bedroom is faulty or something.

Excellent thinking

That's a bit of a reach. Perhaps the OP lets her hair dry naturally, didn't have time, couldn't be bothered or her hairdryer is broken? All equally valid reasons to a broken bedroom socket, which isn't a reason to not buy a house seeing as it's an easy cheap fix that many could DIY.

Only you'd have to control for whether or not all these people liked the property and thought it was worth the money.

Correlation does not equal causation.

I’d be dressed up enough to look like I’d got my shit together, purely because you’re a reflection of your home. If you looked like you’d been dragged through a hedge backwards it’s more likely to give the impression that the house has been dragged through a hedge backwards ‘under the bonnet’. I’m not saying full ball gown and tiara, but clean and reasonably wrinkle free smart casual would make sense. The people wanting to live in the house are aspiring to live there or in the neighbourhood so it can’t hurt to look broadly like something they’d want to aspire to.

It's the worst when the vendor is there, why isn't agent doing it

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No, you were ok. I wouldn’t get dressed up just clean clothes is fine.

Yeah..... didn't realise posts on MN needed to be labelled "this is a joke" each time someone is being witty. I assumed it was apparent.

Piffle. You didn’t judge the vendors because they looked normal and therefore you didn’t notice them.

I’m sure if someone in pyjamas stinking of fags had opened the door that would have made a (bad) impression.

The OP’s attire sounds fine. Better than fine in fact!

Good thinking. I’d probably wear as many of my clothes as possible to show off the availability of storage space.

I did all the viewings for the last house we sold, smart casual, jeans etc, no makeup. The viewer who eventually bought, knocked on the door on spec mid Sunday afternoon, the kitchen was a mess and I’d had 2 glasses of wine!

I don’t think you need to dress up, just look – as my DM used say – clean and presentable 😊

The only advice I would give is don’t wear overpowering perfume, and don’t have BO: both of which I have encountered when being shown around houses by the owner.

Clean and tidy is fine
looking good is very subjective
most people want to see the house not you

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I wouldn’t care what you were wearing, I doubt I would even notice. I absolutely hate looking round with vendors though so that in itself would put me off - I would feel I couldn’t be honest and look as much as I wanted. I would request the agent though if told it would be the vendor. The only time I don’t mind the vendor is if I am ready to make an offer having already seen it and have questions,

No one is going to buy your house as yoire dressed up. That’s not a thing. Clean and presentable is all that’s required,

This, it’s the worst to look with the owners leading you have to make nice and say nice things and can’t have an honest discussion,

when we have bought there is no way to say to the owner, it needs a complete revamp, or the outside is a dump, or the bathroom needs replacing as you can cause hurt feelings, you walk round saying wow its lovely.