AIBU to refuse to view a house if I have to remove my shoes?

[iliketea]

I'm happy to be told IABU....

We are currently house hunting. A few of the houses we've requested to view have asked us to remove our shoes at the door. At that point, I've said I'm not viewing a house in my socks and stopped the viewin before it's even started if the shoe thing is non-negotiable.

AIBU? it's not that i mind taking my shoes off when I'm visiting a friend - and generally do take my shoes in friends homes, but I find it weird that if you are trying to sell your house that you expect viewers to take their shoes off.

Or am I likely to miss a really great house and just suck it up / make sure i've got non-holey, matching socks wheb we go to view a house?

Most people I know always take their shoes off when they come over for a social visit. My DCs learned to do this from that really, I tend to keep my boots on until I am "in for the rest of the day" which is when I swap to slippers.

I was when we had to visit a stranger's house and were about to take our shoes off when she barked in an unfriendly tone "we take our shoes off in this house." Fair enough but I was a little insulted by the implication that we weren't going to, and, the carpet was minging, it looked like it hadn't been hoovered in a month. I spent the whole time shuddering as to what I would have stuck to my feet when we left.

I would not expect a professional person (Doctor, HV, Estate Agent, Suryeyor) to take off their shoes in my house. They are doing their job, and their job requires them to dress in a professional fashion. I'd say asking them to take their shoes off would be really rude.

I would also say that suggesting someone I am hoping will spend several hundreds of thousands of pounds on buying my house has dirty shoes is also rude.

When viewing a house with no shoes on
How does one cope with stairs as I am very good a slipping down stairs in slippers or socked feet.
And
How does one cope with viewing the garden . Do you have go back to front door and get your shoes or walk round the house carting them with you.

TBH if I was trying to sell my house I wouldn't care what potential buyers had on their feet

I certainly wouldn't want to make them feel uncomfortable by asking them to remove their shoes

For me as a seller, I wouldn't want to deal with a pedantic who can't accede to a simple request. If somebody can be do inflexible over a simple request to remove shoes this shouts at me that they would be a right PITA to deal with and the sale more likely to fall through.

As a buyer, I'd like to see pride taken over a home. If they are taking pride over something small they are more likely to have taken pride in every job done on the house so less likely to find bodged jobs and problems elsewhere.

longjane slip those blue covers on and off the shoes.

Not only are you being unreasonable, your being daft. I'd be delighted it shows they take care to keep their property clean and hygienic which surely is a good thing.