We've exchanged and complete in 2 weeks - buyers want YET ANOTHER viewing

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We've exchanged contracts on the sale of our house - completion is in two weeks (we're in England).

Pre-exchange we accommodated multiple viewings - of course. We felt it was just part of the process and seemed fair enough.

We exchanged at the end of July. Since then, the buy has asked for (and we've accommodated) two more viewings, one really last minute while they knew we were on holiday and away (but we figured it out so they could come) and the second time one afternoon on a day they knew was a working day for us but was the only day/time that worked for them. We accommodated. They were here for four hours (the house is a pretty regular 4-bed detached house in a village - not some pile somewhere with a million rooms and corridors).

They're coming again today - for the third time. They've even asked me to push out a work call I have in case they need longer than 90 minutes here (I told them about that to try to get a sense of how long they'll be here for).

AIBU for feeling really quite put out??! The house is utter chaos - boxes everywhere, dust all over because we're actively packing. It doesn't look good at all and it's really stressing me out. I have been up until god knows what our the past two nights and up with the sparrows the following mornings trying to make things look a bit neater (not sure it's made a difference) but the more i do the angrier I get about it all. To top it off, the buyer sent us an email last night essentially saying "see you tomorrow" but jibed that "I guess you're more relaxed than we are". Well that's set me right off. I'm absolutely raging - they have no idea of all the shit going on in our lives at the moment (the house move is only one element and probably the least stressful one).

Please someone tell me I'm not being over-sensitive and they're truly CFs. Being tired and cranky isn't helping me no doubt, but we wouldn't dream of heading to our sellers' house now, when we'd been twice post-exchange already and when completion is in two weeks, so this is really pissing me off. I really need to not lose my shit at them when they rock up later this morning. Eeeeek.

@Lucyboat they did requestthe OP move her work meeting back. Try reading it properly before you post multiple times.

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Erm. On the basis that that wouldn't give me anxiety about the impact of saying no on the likelihood of the sale of my house proceeding, no. In case anyone was genuinely wondering.

I absolutely would not be standing for that!
I couldn't view ours when we bought due to work shifts so my partner viewed with his Dad he offered the asking price as I said to if it looked like the pictures! I saw the house in the flesh for the first time when we got the keys.
what on earth would you want to view it more than once?!

I did. I told them I had a hard deadline owing to a work commitment.

They asked me to rearrange it.

I got all A*s. And As for my A-levels. And a first for my degree. And a distinction for my Masters. And a PhD. But hey, who’s counting?

I’m not the one posting foolish gibberish about the house buying process.

@Lucyboat please try to compile your thoughts, rather than posting incessantly 😂

@MoominFeatures you have exchanged. They won't pull out. Don't accommodate them any further. I am assuming the completion date is set?
As for the post buying suing for being in breach of contract.
I am currently pursuing my seller for breach of contract, but will not take it to court.
When I spoke to my solicitor about the issues she said unless the seller was amenable there was little that could be done. That is UNLESS I was prepared to fork out 1000's for another solicitor to pursue her in court. I asked what the point of the contract was in the first place and she said mainly for big structural stuff/damage whereby the cost of the legal case would be less than the damage repair.

Well I read your post title and thought "Jeez, they'll probably be excited. It's only a quick visit, suck it up and let them visit you spoilsport" but then I read the post......FOUR HOURS? Bloody hell, were they visiting or did they decorate your back room while they were there? Completely reasonable for you to tell them no no NO! What are they playing at? Promise me you won't let them in, and promise me you won't hoover or clean when you leave. Complete cheeky fuckers! I'm lost for words.

A friend of ours did this on their first purchase, seemed to think as it was so important to them they could take different sets of family ect to all have a look. Thats what you show everyone AFTER completion. Its NOT normal, the exchange is done and theres nothing else they need that they cant wait for.
You should not be accommodating this, 4 hours is ridiculous and they are CF's. Just say we are busy with working and packing to move so it doesnt work for us. Nothing else. The estate agent will know that they are completely unreasonable.

Our buyer wanted to view the house not long before we exchanged because she was so excited and wanted to show family members, so we accommodated that. We viewed the one we were buying again not long before completion because there were no white goods being left and we wanted to measure up so we could decide what to order in advance. I found both of that perfectly reasonable but your buyer is being unreasonable asking for so many extra viewings, for so long and expecting you to rearrange your work.

OMG, you’ve been more than accommodating. Our sellers had emigrated so the house was empty. We knew from our viewings (2 x 15 mins or so) that the place was filthy and following exchange, politely requested for a professional carpet cleaner to be allowed access via the estate agent. The seller refused!

On our last move but one we got gazumped the day before exchange so we had either to find something else fast or pull out of the chain altogether. DH said he didn't care either way so go and see what is out there. I found a place that would meet our needs but we would never love it like the one we lost. Long story short, we bought it with me seeing in just once and DH, and teen DS and DD seeing it for the first time when we moved in! We stayed for almost 20 years so it couldn't have been too bad but we never did love it and I would never do that again. Too much responsibility.

OP, I do feel sorry for your neighbours having what sounds like a nightmare family moving in next door to them.

You’ve got the patients of a saint …. I’d have said sorry but no I can’t accommodate another visit; what with packing; work & family I’m far too busy the house will be handed over as planned in two weeks time I’d then block their number for my own sanity & let the solicitor deal with it all that’s what they get paid for.