Is it normal to view the house you’re buying more than once?

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We are at the point of exchange (next week fingers crossed) and our buyer wants to come over to measure up for blinds or some such.

They have been three times already, twice before putting in their offer and then again mid way through the conveyancing process.

We’ve only viewed the house we’re buying once and I wouldn’t feel comfortable asking for repeated visits in the current situation or in any situation really.

I think our buyer’s a bit cheeky! I’ve agreed to all visits as I don’t want to discourage them.

Yes, you're not wrong, a fourth visit is a little excessive. I see both sides.

I remember feeling uncertain what reception I'd receive when I asked for a second visit. So I know I would not be the type to ask for a fourth visit. But I'd also be the type not to turn down a request for a fourth visit. So I'm a pushover. But maybe a laid back pushover who just takes comfort from the bigger picture comign in to focus very very soon !!

3 times. The first time we visited we loved the house but it needed some work done and made it out of reach for us. They took it off the market a week later
About 6 months later it went back on market for 30k less. Dh was posted away ( he’s navy) and said for me to go and have a look. They had made it abit more friendly but still needed work ( structure was sound , the decoration needed lots of tlc and it was dirty but at least the dog poo was picked up this time🤣). I still loved the house.
Dh came home about 3 weeks later, we went and had a look and placed an offer.
We’ve been here for 10 years now. We’ve done loads to the house!

3 times - twice before offering and once around time of exchange to measure up for curtains

Viewed a new build house three times. Was about to put in an offer. Drove past the fourth time - it had been raining all day. The entire back garden was under three inches of water. All the neighbors' lots drained down into what would have been my backyard. Viewing saved mo from making a serious mistake. I bought a new build in the same estate but at the top instead on the bottom.

I viewed each house twice I think
It is odd, isn't it? Biggest purchase we ever make, but I have hone back to view dresses more often before buying sometimes.

I get it's different because of covid, but I think it's totally normal to want to view several times. My dad came with me to one house ( which I bought) and we in the loft/ on the roof etc. He went through everything with a fine tooth comb!

I think a few visits are normal and expected. I would expect 3 at least depending on the size of the house. If small flat maybe 2.

I think once for first look, second time soon after before offering. Then possibly near the end to measure if necessary. Anything more would make me nervous as a seller. Why did they view during conveyancing?
Are they first time buyers and a little bit excited?

We viewed our last house twice: once to see if we liked it and a second to look in more detail once we'd decided we were thinking of putting an offer in.

I find it a bit cheeky that people expect the current owners to facilitate measuring for blinds etc. Isn't that what you do when you move in?

I’d say two or three visits is normal, second viewing to be sure before offering and maybe a third near to exchange to check the condition of the property. We went about five times to our current house but it was vacant at the time so didn’t inconvenience anyone.

Another one saying you shouldn't buy a house on just one view. It's hundreds of thousands of your money. You need more than one pair of eyes, too especially if you aren't using a surveyor.

New house with no issues, twice maybe. We bought an empty house, probably saw it 6 times but the whole process took 6 months...once just us, once with in laws for second opinion, two separate builders as work needs done and finally just before exchange as we hadn’t seen it in months and it had been empty.

I would find it more odd to only view one. 4 is fine

Two is normal. Three + seems a lot. I'd see it as a good sign though - that they're serious about buying and it won't fall through. Hooray!

When we sold, lots of people came to look at it and didn't progress at all. It is not a big hardship to have a couple of extra visits from someone invested enough to pay you tend of thousands of pounds for the house.
I viewed this house then went back with DH and offered. They kindly let us go back with the kids in tow. They have from me to a factor of 20, more money than I have ever spent on anything else!

Blinds take ages if they are made to measured, usually about the two to three week mark, hence why they want to do it now. Makes sense to me.

I really can’t see the issue folks have with this, you’re selling it. They are preparing to move in. Let them in to measure for blinds for goodness sake.

And I’d also view it as more unusual to only view once, to spend all that money on something you spent twenty mins looking at.

Why are you stressing about the COVID aspect though? Just go out!

Honestly COVID is turning ppl very insular and strange. Let them measure up, they're probably excited!

We viewed our last house three times. Twice before offer and once to measure up.

We saw ours twice - once pre-offer and then once post-offer but pre-exchange. I would have viewed again if I'd needed to measure up, but the house was a renovation job so no point!

We did spend a lot of time scoping out the area at different times of the day and week, before we viewed the first time though.

2 or 3 times is acceptable imo.
anything more is cf territory.
whatever they need measuring they can do once they actually own the place.

Tell them they can do that from exchange. Then they can't change their minds...

Very normal to expect buyers to view more than once - viewed our home four times and the last one five but it was vacant. We were very happy to let our buyer view as much as they needed to measure up etc

We’ve viewed all of the houses we have bought once.

We’ve immediately moved in and ripped pretty much everything out so I didn’t need to see anything other than the street itself, layout and sizes of rooms and to ensure we could live with the bathroom and kitchen until they could be redone. We are just getting round to the kitchen now after 3 years (it’s a perfectly fine kitchen just not our tastes)

The surveyor we paid went and made sure everything was safe structurally.
We moved in then ripped out then decided on decor and blinds etc. A few weeks without blinds didn’t hurt us and in fact we didn’t have a sofa for a month but I have no regrets as until you live in a place with a particular set up it’s really hard to decide the flow of the room and decor And shape and style of furniture

Yes definitely more than once! It’s a huge purchase!

We've only ever viewed once really although did need to go secure a garden between exchange and completion as we had dogs.
Our buy in our last place must have viewed over half a dozen times and came to measure up for work they wanted to do, it's was a pain but it made me feel good about how things were going that they were excited about the move and planning what they wanted to do to make it their home