To ask to see it?

[Nearlyspring72]

Buying a house and moving towards exchange date. My dad lives far away but visiting next week and wants to see it. Is it okay to ask the seller? I'm not sure of the etiquette. Seller lives there still

contact the estate agent and say that you would like to go to measure for furniture. This is relatively common. Do not mention your father. Sellers get spooked when they think people are bringing family in for a second opinion before exchange.

As above. Say you need to check something and just happen to have your dad with you.

You can ask but be prepared to be told no. It's a huge inconvenience to the seller. You need to respect the fact that it's not your house yet. Your dad may have to wait.

You can show your dad the outside and he can look at the details for inside

I would say No

How many viewings have you had already? More than two or three and i’d say no.

Ohhh okay. Its a no then basically. Okay. I've seen it twice back in November.

Well, you can only ask.
A couple of weeks before we moved into our new house DH wanted to take another look at something and didn't want to bother the owners so we parked round the corner and he slunk strolled past the house -- only to bump into the chap selling it to us. Always a possibility of course.
Luckily the sellers were really lovely and invited us in for a cup of tea. And answered DH's query. (So trivial I've forgotten what it was)

I'm with the majority on here. If you've only had 2 viewings and both before offer was accepted, I think one more at this stage is fine. You are only asking.

As PPs said, measure for curtains. They might not appreciate having to tidy up for someone to be a tourist, and there is less room for an interpretation that you are getting cold feet.

I find this refusal to let purchasers see a house more than twice bizarre. It’s the most important purchase people will ever make.

I would certainly ask the agent, and explain that you are going to be there for ten minutes. You might only want to show him the main rooms downstairs and the garden? Don’t bother with lies about measuring, you do that when you have exchanged.

I would also stress to your Dad ( and tell the agent ) that this is a flying visit for a quick look, and make sure he is on board with this.

FWIW, we sold a house to a bloke who wanted to bring his mother to see it on very similar terms. She was very grateful, and he told us that she kept urging him to buy the house ‘ because they were such nice people’.