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Odd viewing

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Greenqueen203 · 22/01/2021 12:01

Hi all, so selling my house for the first time. Estate agents confident it will sell, competitively priced and a very similar house in the same area priced 5k more sold in 2 days.

First viewing, estate agents had someone already on the books before the advert was published, had just missed out on the house above, first time buyer. All good.

He arrived 10 mins late to the viewing ans brought his mum. I left him with the estate agent to get on with it and literally within 5 mins left the property. Am waiting on feedback, but I’m just wondering is this normal behaviour for viewers?!?! I spent all morning tidying and cleaning seemingly for nothing and he didn’t spend more than 5 mins looking around. I don’t even think he went upstairs as my cat was sound asleep on the bed and usually she makes a run for it...

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user1471538283 · 22/01/2021 16:59

I was about to say our last house sold after a very short viewing. I was chatting about stuff and he was friendly but just said "yes" as we whisked around. In contrast one viewer was 20 minutes and she then said it was too small!

anna114young · 22/01/2021 17:02

For me that is a bit weird, I would spend 10-20 mins at least looking at a house. Perhaps they aren't too fussy haha. Whereas I would be checking for space for a dishwasher, standard of the boiler, neighbours gardens - maybe I'm a bit OTT

romatheroamer · 22/01/2021 17:18

It's worse when you've spent ages cleaning and tidying and they cancel at the last minute.

muckypaws · 22/01/2021 17:33

Viewers can be all sorts of weird. We have had people not showing up or 'forgetting' to come which is really infuriating. We had one as quick as yours op, as we watched him from our car up the road - ran in, then ran out about two minutes later, roared off in his car. He had just wanted to check that the upstairs was as small as he thought it was, apparently. Thank you, we are so grateful for your interest...

LooseMooseHoose · 22/01/2021 17:33

I think the EA guidance atm is to restrict visits to 15mins. So if he was 10mins late, and the EA had another appointment to get to after then that could explain it

CheckMate2021 · 22/01/2021 18:31

@Greenqueen203o know you’ve had lots of replies, but if it’s any consolation, we took under 10 minutes viewing the house we now live in. I don’t think we’ve ever looked around for ages (always 10 mins or maybe less), but with this house we knew it was what we wanted in terms of location, size etc so it was more a formality to have a look around!

Theunamedcat · 22/01/2021 18:37

Maybe he is allergic to cats

Daisychain69 · 22/01/2021 21:24

We viewed a few houses and any sign that we might have been interested the estate agent was on our case even after we said it wasn't for us. So when we viewed our house we didn't even make eye contact with each other or smile (weirdest viewing for us too and was in a fit of giggles when we got in the car). The estate agent was stunned when we put an offer in after the first viewing a few days later. Try not to be downhearted sometimes it's the estate agents that get too excited with first time buyers not the house!

Daphnise · 22/01/2021 21:38

Don't read too much into it.

And very seriously- don't take too much account of Estate Agent's tales. They do not tell the truth.

Leave the house on the market, if it doesn't sell after three months, take it off and go back a little late with a better agent.

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Greenqueen203 · 24/01/2021 09:27

Thanks all. Turns out he really liked the house but was viewing 2 others over the weekend so will give us a decision tomorrow.

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PowerslidePanda · 24/01/2021 09:49

Good luck for tomorrow, but in my experience, "I like it but have more viewings lined up before I decide" means, "It's not for me, but I don't want to say so." If he liked it enough to buy it, he wouldn't risk somebody else swooping in while he viewed other places.

chukwe · 24/01/2021 10:06

Maybe because you're selling without garage

CremeEggThief · 24/01/2021 10:56

Ooh good luck for today, OP!. I'm really pleased I was so wrong. 🤞

Sisteractheart · 24/01/2021 14:49

Our buyer spent a total of 2 hours in the house before offering Grin Everyone is different, I guess!

beckyyl · 24/01/2021 15:24

My house has just sold, was on the market for 7 months.

I would say 80% of viewers were in and out in 5 minutes, certainly none ever stayed longer than 10 minutes or ever looked in a room twice.

I got 5 offers and they were all from people I thought hated it. One guy literally ran round my house like usain bolt - 30 mins later he offered!

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