To say no to viewings on the weekend?

[PeetaSue]

Landlords are selling our house, which is fine obviously and we have purchased anyway and are moving out in the next month or so.

I have been receiving emails asking me if potential buyers can view at X date or at Y time.

I am working from home at a high pressure job (I've just managed to step away to have a sandwich and a sit outside for 10 minutes) so I have said I can only accommodate either weekday evenings or ideally, during my lunch hour which I never usually take but will if necessary to accommodate this but that I don't want people coming at various different times during the day disturbing my work.

I've also said I'd rather not have people coming in and out at weekend either. We have two kids and I am heavily pregnant. During the weekday it's only me at home but at weekend it can get manic and frankly, I don't want to be running round tidying up every weekend, heavily pregnant, chucking the kids out of their rooms to let people in to look etc...

AIBU to say I can only accommodate viewings during my lunch hour, during the week? And maybe an odd early evening where I can chuck DH and the kids out to McDonald's or the park or something?

Stick to your guns op. The agents have done nothing to endear you to them.

It's your home.

I sort of felt this way when my rented house was being sold... people wanted to have viewings at weekends, weekdays evenings ect, I have 4 kids so was really stressful keeping it tidy at all times for viewings. But in the end I just got on with it! It's annoying, but I didn't want to be awkward!

I just don’t want to be obstructive in the current climate.

Really? . It sounds like you couldn’t be more obstructive if you tried. You really expect everyone viewing to be able to fit into your lunch hour during the week.

Of course you don’t have to be helpful, but at least admit that you are not being.

Well I could be more obstructive by saying no to any viewings at all couldn't I.

I don't owe my landlord my time and weekends and lunch hours

You really expect everyone viewing to be able to fit into your lunch hour during the week

And no I don't expect everyone to be able to view during my lunch hour. But that's the time I have available...

What would you expect me to do? Allow every Tom Dick and Harry in at 10am one day, 1pm the next, 3pm the one after, random times morning and afternoon at the weekend?

@PeetaSue

Well I could be more obstructive by saying no to any viewings at all couldn't I.

I sure as hell would have. It's not shitty or 'awkward' to not want total strangers in your house during a pandemic when you're pregnant and have small kids and are working from home and you're paying for the hire of the space.

You don't owe these people anything. You're not an estate agent.

Thanks @Batshitbeautycosmeticsltd you're right. I'll keep the one block Saturday viewing I've agreed to but after that it'll be a no.

To be honest with everything else that's gone on with them I just don't trust the agents to adhere to the whole mask wearing, not touching surfaces, only certain number of people inside etc... As well the more I think about it.