To not be able to deal with the pressure of house viewings?

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Our house went on the market 8 weeks ago. The estate agent said in the beginning that it would be snapped up as there is huge demand in my area, but for whatever reason, this hasn't happened.

The original plan was 2 weeks of viewings, followed by 2 weeks of bidding and then sale agreed within a month of going to market (this was all from the estate agent's mouth), but here we are in week 8, still dealing with a steady stream of viewings, on average 2-3 evenings a week.

I'm finding it very stressful!! Despite keeping my house relatively clean and tidy on a day to day basis, I find the extra cleaning involved before a viewing very hard to deal with. All the worse as we are in Scotland, so the 3 DC are now on holidays, making it harder to clean and prepare. I also find it's unfair to them to have to stay in all day while I clean, and then be ferried out of the house while the viewings are on.

I don't want to face into the whole summer holidays like this. I'm on the verge of taking the house off the market because of it. I know IABU. Tell me how to make this process easier please!

I don’t understand your point?

I’ve sold 6 houses over the last ten years and it’s always meant extra cleaning etc. It’s especially hard with kids. You prep the house then find out people are just viewing to get an idea of what’s out there!
Frustrating.

Most women have endured smear tests doesn’t make them fun.

Also OP - this is a really difficult market so it’s not surprising you might be having a little more difficulty selling.

IT sounds like the market is just not in a place to get your the price you want. The whole thing has stalled due to interest rates and prices are dropping, so people aren't going to extend themselves in the way they did even a year ago. If you can't get the price you want I'd probably take it off the market for now.