House selling woes

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Put something on a while ago about how we weren’t getting viewings, we are now, think it might have been lockdown. Anyway they’ve been a complete waste of time so far.

This particular one is very annoying, but I am kicking myself a bit, am I right to be?

Had a viewing request yest - STC relocating from Wales for DH’s work in a nearby city he’s currently renting in said city, buyer has fam in our village. Wanted to come at precisely 2-2:30 next Tues - had to be that time.

Well it’s the only day we have anything planned - booked to go see the outside illuminations at a local site. Asked EA to go back to her, answer was no has to be that time/day, don’t want to book another time/date as we’re seeing others and if we like something we’ll go just for it.

Called event, rearranged tickets and now the buyer has said they’re ‘fully booked’ 🙄. Again they didn’t want to schedule anything else yet......they can’t have been serious about ours then can they?

Feel like I’ve messed up by not saying yes straight away.....but have I actually dodged the bullet of going to a massive effort in the hols when they can’t have been that interested on paper.

If I liked a few things ‘on paper’ there’s no way I’d make an offer on something without seeing everything or making a second viewing. The market is a snails pace here at the mo. Plus without sounding big headed ours really is the nicest in the buyer’s search area which meets their spec - by a country mile!

Why do you have to be there? I just gave the EA keys and they did it themselves - just told me when they were coming.

Why wasn't the estate agent doing it.
How do you know what exactly they want?

We don’t @Merryoldgoat just it’s 45 mins away and we were doing 2 garden gate pressie drops at fam along the way. So would have to leave early - not enough time to breakfast and ready 2 toddlers and get the house viewing perfect. Was loathed to do stuff on the Mon and have both my days off overtaken - back at wk Weds. Especially as we’ve put in so much effort for the last ones and none were ever going to buy this house.

Because the EA asked them and told me @Dessicator

Thing is we've had viewers round who according to the estate agent were looking for exactly our type of house. As we let them in and chatted after it was obvious a perfect show house was what they were after.

Do you want to sell your house as it sounds like you were being awkward to be honest when you weren’t even going to be in!
Sounds like they gave you plenty of notice, and yes I’ve sold a house with young kids, a baby and a three year old as a lone parent with no support so I know what it’s like to juggle getting houses ready for viewings and kid’s. it just sounds like an excuse.

@raspberryk we’re relocating so yes.

I’m not sure it’s being awkward to ideally not want to cancel/change the only plans we have in them and have our Christmas holidays consumed by a viewing, especially when we’ve not had holiday since August and have spent every weekend for the past month getting the house ready for and having viewings. Doesn’t matter how much notice you give if someone is already doing something else. I enquired they said it had to be that half hr and so we changed our plans 🤷‍♀️

I’d have said the same as you and tell myself I’ve dodged a bullet with the buyer. If they’re that rigid about a viewing, they may well be a nightmare when trying to agree exchange dates etc. I’d try and forget about it over Christmas and worry about moving again in the new year

Good plan @MagnoliaBeige they cannot be driving back to the Brecon Beacons that night so presuming they’re staying at DH’s crash pad so not sure why they couldn’t have done Weds on their way home if they were serious or later on in the day.

I think I’m just a little deflated/guarded as we’ve put so much effort into these viewings we’ve been doing for the past 4 wks. For them to have been complete time wasters.

If they were that difficult about a viewing imagine how difficult they would be as buyers

I’m confused by why the estate agent couldn’t do it at half two.

Get the house viewing ready night before.

Breakfast up and out.

I’m failing to see a problem

Agree with pp, the Estate Agent can show them round

Sounds to me like there was no issue with them viewing at that time

When I'm selling a house, I regard it as a fulltime commitment to accommodate every appointment however inconvenient, every viewer however dim or rude. Yes, there are timewasters and attentionseekers. Some of them will even view more than once. Or ring the agent with a string of questions I've already answered twice. Just grit your teeth and don't take it personally.

I would just allow viewings whenever. It won't matter if there are a few things out of place, I think it's more important to be accommodating otherwise you may well miss out if the buyers see something else first.