Viewings - how honest would you be ?

[ChrissieKeller61]

So basically I’m trying to buy the house off ex, who is trying to sell it under value.
We are back in court 30/7 so effectively nothing can happen until then anyway, no solicitor is going to let them exchange contracts with me in occupancy.
Would you tell people viewing ?

I'd want to know. I'd want to know what I was getting in the middle of so that I could walk away and not fall in love with the house.

That’s my thoughts tbh. It’s peoples time and money and chances are they won’t get the house

I wonder if people could take action against him if they instructed solicitors and valuations when he knows he can’t sell

Has he instructed an estate agent? You should tell them

You can often tell just by the photos (total mess, no effort made) that the seller is in a divorce/won't sell situation

@IkeaSlave it’s my kids home, I don’t live like that

@glitterbiscuits he has and they know. Don’t care

Oh no! How weird.
Mortgage company?
In that case I'd tell viewers immediately.
' I'm obligated to show you around but please be aware that my ex and I are fighting over ownership of the house and I am unwilling to move'

No mortgage company couldn’t care less they are still getting their money

Well it's up to you about the photos. Obviously it makes the house more sellable if you have good pics - which is why the half of the couple who doesn't want to sell usually makes sure there are either
No photos
Or
Photos that make it clear at least one person doesn't want to move
It pre-warns potential buyers.

@IkeaSlave - my worry is if it looks like a fire sale someone will offer even less and the bastard will take it

Yes maybe you are right.

I'd keep everything tidy but be tactfully honest with viewers. It's tempting to enflame the situation by being obstructive, but this could fuel your ex's determination to sell from under you and could make potential buyers offer below market value in the hope your ex will cut and run.

Polite, tactful honesty is difficult to argue with though...

I had a lodger who moved out a year before I wanted to move.

I had to prove he was no longer living there in order to sell but I'm not sure if this was EA or, more likely, solicitors.

I'm not sure how this affects you but, unless he has an order for you to move, I am pretty sure you are well within your rights to inform viewers that you live there and have no intention of moving.

The bastard can agree a sale but it won't go anywhere. Even his solicitor won't take instruction unless he can prove vacant possession.

Do you not know anyone who can mess him about by putting an offer in?

I even had to get my 18 year old daughter to sign to say she agreed to move before I could sell my house.

@Khione this is what I’m relying on, I can’t obstruct the sale, but I don’t have to move. I was thinking of name changing and popping it on here so it ge