Would this put you off? Re: buying a house

[Anon2136]

I’ve had my eye on this house for a while now but not sure if I’m BU or if normal. Please help! It is literally my dream house and in our budget.

phoned up estate agent 2/3 months ago but got interrogated with questions like what job does husband do, what job do you do. Can you afford it etc. Etc. I left it and went to viewings with another agency that were lovely and still am with. The initial agency just put me off viewing it and made me feel uncomfortable.

I then noticed yesterday the house was reduced! I phoned up again and this time they didn’t interrogate me and booked a viewing. Couldn’t sleep as I’m stressed right now so checked phone and there’s an email from estate agent saying “owners are asking you to be 100% sure you are happy with the living room dimension and garden as they don’t want to waste their time showing you around if it’s not a comfortable living arrangement”.

It’s made me really angry. I already told estate agent we are looking for a small garden as we don’t have time to maintain and the garden is actually bigger than we have right now!

Is this normal or a sign of more problems to come if we go ahead? We’ve walked past this house many times and I love the area and can see us being very happy there.

What kind of problems can difficult owners cause? The house we living in we had no issues. Went to view it in a Saturday and put offer in following week. it was so easy and hassle free.

But using something which was obvious as an excuse is often just that. It feels personal to tell a vendor you don’t want/like the house they’ve maybe loved for years and it’s an easy if daft mumbles the end of a viewing

@Anon2136 So, have you managed to arrange a viewing yet?

NB OP not moving out of London

@Anon2136 did you get a viewing booked in?

Hi everyone. No still not viewed as EA said they waiting on confirmation from seller if I can view! I think I’m going to leave it as it’s too much hassle.

@Anon2136

Hi everyone. No still not viewed as EA said they waiting on confirmation from seller if I can view! I think I’m going to leave it as it’s too much hassle.

Wow. I'd put a note through the door and say you're having trouble getting a viewing, are they still trying to sell?

You're getting the runaround here by the EA

I wonder if the EA is playing games and putting off potential buyers so that he or a family member is then able to get the house for a low price, it does happen. I would put a letter through their letter box with your contact details, nothing to lose at this stage.

I second putting a note through the door. The EA may very well be blocking viewings. At least if you put the note through, you'll know. If they don't respond then they're not really keen on selling and you can move on.

Yes, I agree, something very odd going on, nothing to lose by putting a note through the door, say you are very interested in the house and have tried to arrange a viewing via the EA for weeks, and it’s getting no where, are they still interested in selling? And your mobile number. See what happens, if you were the vendor and the EA was blocking viewings wouldn’t you want to know? Good luck.

Honestly OP, it sounds like the vendors are the ones raising issues so in that case I would NOT put a note through the door! Time to look for another property, if they are hesitant at this stage they probably will be all the way through the process.

Is your own house on the market?

I realise I am late to this post but - when we were selling our house a few years ago. Of the 21 viewings in the first few weeks, 20 asked if the field in front of the house was included!!!
Nowhere in our details did it mention a field. We did not own the field. There was a big hedge between us and the field. It was not our field.

We asked the agents to double check that future viewers KNEW there was no land, aside from the garden, in the sale.

I hope you have found your dream home.