Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Annoying things when selling a house

5 replies

KurriKawari · 27/07/2019 12:56

Having to get out of bed when you've had a late night to do a quick tidy up for viewings.
Forgetting where you've 'hidden' stuff so your house constantly looks like a show home.
Making sure you time when you cook dinner so the smell doesn't linger.
People who let their kids run wild in the house.
People who state the obvious ie your kitchen is small (yes it clearly shows that on the photos and measurements).
People who tell you "houses in x area are bigger" (yes and they're easily £12k more). Probably why now I've asked the agent to do the viewings and I disappear!!

OP posts:
maxelly · 27/07/2019 19:06

All of the above! The avalanche of stuff you've hidden in cupboards etc and which then rains down on you (or worse, a viewer) when you open it...

Traipsing back and forward to your car to load and unload stuff to hide (can you tell I have a lot of clutter)!

Constantly having to clear out pet cages and wash pet bedding in case it smells and you/other household members are just accustomed to it so can't tell...

The expenditure on scented candles, air freshener, fresh baked bread, fresh flowers, 'stunt pineapples' etc. to keep home in show home atmosphere and scent! See also, the sinking feeling that the purchase of all the above items is totally pointless as 90% of selling a house is probably size/location/price not how well stocked the fruitbowl is, but continuing to purchase all the stuff anyway just in case...

Time wasters who clearly have no intention of buying anywhere and just want a nosey, or are super positive, come back for multiple viewings etc then disappear never to be heard of again.

Viewers/EAs who ask for a viewing with 20 mins notice 'as they're in the area' causing you to have to run around like a mad thing cleaning/tidying/hiding embarassing items ... and then only stay 5 mins and clearly aren't interested!

Viewers who want to stay and have a 20 min chat with you at every viewing (did all my own viewings and lots of people apparently wanted to tell me their life story...)

And yy to the useless feedback e.g. "we really wanted somewhere on the first floor" (about a ground floor flat) - oh right I'll just levitate it up a floor then shall I?

Deathraystare · 27/07/2019 19:24

Not had the joy of selling a home (don't have one that I won!) but I used to grit my teeth whenever my dad apologised for the posters on my wall!

BreconBeBuggered · 27/07/2019 19:28

People who are downsizing and bitch about how the contents of their 5 bedroom house won't fit into a 2 bedroom bungalow.

Likethebattle · 27/07/2019 19:54

People who complained about the stairs, it’s a third floor flat!

Kez200 · 27/07/2019 20:17

Chains that fall through because of something predicable

New posts on this thread. Refresh page