To offer on a house before viewing?

[Sayi]

Our dream home was listed yesterday on Rightmove. I know pictures can be deceptive but it ticks every single box for us and would be absolutely perfect. We enquired within half an hour of it being posted. The estate agent even remarked we were fast and that it would be popular.

We have a viewing booked in for tomorrow afternoon, vendors are showing us around. I think if there are any viewings in today then others might also beat us to putting offers in. We can’t make it today, frustratingly.

Is there anything else we can do at this stage? I don’t know if we could tell the estate agent we’re likely to want to offer, or even put an offer in subject to satisfactory viewing?

don’t bother
won’t be accepted

God absolutely not. If you’re supposed to live in the house it will all work out. If you’re not, then something else will come along. Houses is the ONE thing where I truly believe you need to trust the process!

I think the sellers will wait until Monday to get feedback from any weekend viewings. And you can offer then.

They won't take an offer seriously if you haven't viewed. They'll know it's an offer depending on you liking it when you view.

Also - I have seen the PERFECT house on Rightmove a couple of times. Then viewed and it wasn't perfect. You need to see it.

Would they take it seriously? I definitely wouldn't remove it from the market based on an offer unseen.

They would want to keep the current viewings anyway.

This is true, I know. We have viewed probably 5 houses now, 2 we liked but not enough, 1 we loved but were beaten to it, 2 were horrible and nothing like the pictures! I just have a feeling about this one but if it’s meant to be, it will be I suppose

someone tried to do same with us

agent said just telling you this as required to but obviously not to be taken seriously

it was a ball ache to for us to get to view what sounds like a similar very covetable property. We did it because it ticked every box and we knew it would go day 1

day 1 had loads of viewing and 5 offers. one of which was ours. 12 years later i’m still here. so pleased we made the journey

That’s very wise!

No rush - they will want the best offer from the person most able to proceed. Are you under offer/renting etc? If so then offer after viewing is fine

If you look too keen, they will exploit that to get you to raise your offer once you've made it. Hold your nerve and offer at the expected time.

As a seller, assuming your estate agents shut at lunchtime today, I wouldn't respond to an offer made this morning with a weekend of viewings booked, until Monday.
Hold you nerve, go to the viewing tomorrow, and put in an offer on Monday morning.

Even if the vendors did receive an offer today they are unlikely to take it off market while other viewings are lined up – it’s in their interests to create a bidding war. If they were further down the line they might cancel upcoming viewings when in receipt of an offer but I really don’t think on the first weekend and flurry of viewings.

And bear in mind that it’s in YOUR interests to not start a bidding war either. Sticking in such an early offer creates the buzz that this property is highly desirable and the estate agent will use it as leverage with other clients. Dream house or not, you don’t want a house with an artificially inflated price.

If someone made me an offer on my house with out viewing it, I wouldn’t accept it as it’s indicating the house is going to be popular, cool your heels OP!

Offers have to be put in via the estate agent who presumably will be closed until Monday so absolutely no point in putting an offer in until you’ve seen the property

Some one did this to me. Offered then of course came to the house - loved it but road too busy for them. Wish they had raised my hopes (I did not accept the offer in the first place but thought they must be really keen).

The estate agent likely won't let you anyway (we've tried once). It's a waste of time for them and the sellers.

As we were going away we were allowed to view a place on the Friday before viewings started on the Saturday. We knew we wanted it & we knew it would be popular. I wanted to offer full price straight away but was advised to wait until the Monday, otherwise the estate agent would be trying to create a bidding war when showing over the weekend.

On Monday we emailed offering the asking price but also included everything we could to show we were serious - showed we had mortgage in principle, had appointed a solicitor etc. They had several offers that day but chose us, as they felt we were not messing around.

Can’t imagine the vendor would accept an offer until ALL the viewings lined up have been done. Even if it was the asking price. Go see the house, and if it’s still perfect for you, then offer.

Did you make an offer OP?

After we viewed and it was accepted.

oh that's good @Sayi

Congratulations @Sayi !

We have sold to someone who hadn’t seen the house, we have also bought at least 2 properties without viewing.

Both were a mess so it wouldn’t have mattered as what was there was going anyway