How many viewers before you got an offer?

starfish4 · 2014-01-13T14:04:23+00:00

We're about to put our house on the market and just wondering how many viewer others had before they got an offer (to get a feel for the average). Also, how long did your house take to sell?

MissMilbanke · 13/01/2014 14:05

6 weeks to sell, 6 viewers.

orangepudding · 13/01/2014 14:09

I had 15. The 7th or so viewer was interested but needed to sell. The 15 viewer offered a low price but we accepted as we saw a house we wanted to offer on on the same day. We got the offer 3 weeks after putting the house on the market.

The house we bought had an open house, the vendors got a few asking price offers the next working day.

ReallyTired · 13/01/2014 14:09

Sold last house in 6 weeks and we had 20 viewings unitil we got a sensible offer. Several people viewed more than once. We did have offers after less than 20 viewings but they were completely silly offers.

kensgirl · 13/01/2014 14:09

2 viewers, 2 weeks,

ComtesseDeSpair · 13/01/2014 14:37

Our last flat took 9 weeks and 11 viewers before we accepted an offer for just slightly under asking price. We asked the agent to be quite ruthless in making sure that any viewers were serious and in a position to proceed before booking a viewing, so we could avoid frantically tidying up for a viewing only to discover that they were window-shoppers.

Our house before that took over a year and around a hundred viewers: it was a specialist conversion with some unusual features and had a pretty limited target market. We had lots of people viewing just for a nosey and lots of people viewing because they loved the idea of the house but realised after viewing that it was completely impractical for them. Only about 6/7 viewers who were seriously considering it but none in a position to proceed.

If we ever sell our current house, it'll be the same as the latter above or possibly harder as it it's even more niche!

ReallyTired · 14/01/2014 11:30

Its all very well getting a quick sale, but did you get a good price? I would be concerned that I was asking too little if I got a sale after two viewings in two weeks.

NunoBettencourt · 14/01/2014 12:04

I sold my house in September last year.

Sold to the 3rd viewer after being on for 12 days. Sold for the price I wanted.

I was very pleasantly surprised at it all going through so quickly. Just a case of my house coming on the market at the perfect time for my buyer and her circumstances being very similar to those when I bought the house 4 years previously.

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starfish4 · 14/01/2014 14:25

Interesting replies - everyone is different. My last sale was my flat which I sold on the first viewing at a very acceptable price - the other flats in the block were taking over a year in some cases and achieving a lower price, so I was really lucky. Don't think things will be so easy this time - we will see!

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17leftfeet · 14/01/2014 14:32

The last 2 houses I've sold have sold to the first viewer the first week they were up and both broke the ceiling price for the street so I'm confident I got a good price

If I ever sell the house I'm in now it will be more difficult as its an unusual layout and very unusual for the area

fanjobiscuits · 14/01/2014 14:33

1 day 1 view - London...

Wishfulmakeupping · 14/01/2014 14:37

First time round about 18 months ago-6 viewings no offers over a period of 3 months.
Second time on market (different agent and 10k less) 8 months ago- 3 viewings offers from 2 of them and sold to highest bigger over about 3 weeks

kensgirl · 14/01/2014 16:29

The house we sold was in a conservation area and they rarely came for sale and so sell quickly. Our asking price was £10, 000 more than the 2 valuations, and we accepted £2000 less than the asking price. I was happy with it and relieved as it meant we could offer on the next house we wanted, which in turn sell quickly. Our offer was £5, 000 under the asking price and was accepted. Happy days all round!

kensgirl · 14/01/2014 18:15

The house we sold was in a conservation area and they rarely came for sale and so sell quickly. Our asking price was £10, 000 more than the 2 valuations, and we accepted £2000 less than the asking price. I was happy with it and relieved as it meant we could offer on the next house we wanted, which in turn sell quickly. Our offer was £5, 000 under the asking price and was accepted. Happy days all round!

kensgirl · 14/01/2014 18:15

The house we sold was in a conservation area and they rarely came for sale and so sell quickly. Our asking price was £10, 000 more than the 2 valuations, and we accepted £2000 less than the asking price. I was happy with it and relieved as it meant we could offer on the next house we wanted, which in turn sell quickly. Our offer was £5, 000 under the asking price and was accepted. Happy days all round!

kensgirl · 14/01/2014 18:20

Oops, sorry, dont know what happened there. We did only sell the house once ...

Comtesse, do you mind if I ask in what way is your house niche ? Just interested as I love houses that have something a bit different about them.

LondonNinja · 14/01/2014 18:23

Put the house on while we were away for the weekend. Agent arranged 15 viewings and within two days we had offers above the asking price. Our buyers sold their place within a few days. Both very lovely areas with not much for sale. It was insane, but convenient!

wonkylegs · 14/01/2014 18:38

We got an offer from our first viewer . We had viewers lined up from the minute ours went on the market as there was a lack of property for sale in the area we were selling in. We got several offers and went to best and final offers by the end of the week, with a cheeky couple then trying to gazump the offer we had accepted. We got a lot over asking price and the whole thing was a bit of a shock really.
We happened to see the house we bought the week after it went on the Market and therefore it wasn't viewed by many people before we put an offer in but most other properties we visited (completely different area to where we sold) had been on the market for 9-12 months.
Many houses had nothing wrong with them, in fact some were gorgeous they just weren't right for us.