Nutty, one lot were shown round by an agent, so I don't know how that one went. The other viewer, who is dealing directly with the owner, liked the house a lot but said that the fact that is was north-facing and therefore lacking in natural light was a fairly big no-no. Don't know how well she looked at everything, as I stayed in the kitchen working while she wandered up all the stairs, but she didn't see the loo and basin in the corner of the topmost bedroom, so God only knows what she was looking at. Maybe opening our bedside drawers and having a good neb at the bookcase?
I have to say that I'm very restrained and feel a bit hypocritical; the house looks onto a little, basically pedestrian square, which is all very picturesque and charming. But in summer it is another story: the day we moved in, a bloke came and sat beneath our windows with a little case, like a flute case, took out a huge knife and began ostentatiously sharpening it. That was when we realised that the square, so quaintly hidden from view, was the dealers' territory. In the first months, DH was threatened several times, and when he reported the threats to police was told that he'd got off lightly and if we were in Marseille he'd probably already have a fractured skull.
The dealers have moved elsewhere, but in summer the square is full of kids, some as young as 3, with no adult supervision, who run amok till 11 or 12pm, sing, dance, draw everywhere, prise up paving stones and attack one another with them... We spend a lot of time explaining basic rules of life in society to them, and protecting DS from unprovoked attacks (and from thinking this is normal, acceptable behaviour).
When viewers ooh and ah about the lovely square, I say "Yes, it's calm at this time of year isn't it?", and say no more unless they ask. I feel a bit mean; I would have liked to have been warned about the square before moving in. But the worst is over, with the dealers gone.
Should I be more upfront with viewers? (Moral maze of the day, ladies!)