Have you ever bought a house when it wasn’t “show home tidy” for a viewing?

[Boatshoes]

I’m selling my home (it was a new build when I bought it) and have my first viewing today. I’ve been up since 3.30am making sure it looks all nice and tidy and clean (viewing is taking place after I go work at 7am). I have a few more viewings lined up next week when my DC and DH are here (they were away overnight). My question is, have you ever viewed a house that wasn’t 100% neat and photo ready and bought it / sold it? We are generally a tidy house but now there is the pressure to keep it nice! The houses we have viewed so far (3!) have been lovely and tidy - I’ve not yet seen one with a cereal box on the counter or a child’s toy out of place!

Yep! Our house was a hot mess when we bought it, and one of the seller's kids kept kicking my husband as we were touring the house! Luckily, I could see the potential, even if all he could see were bruises.

😂

Yes, and it was certainly an indicator of deeper problems. They didn’t keep up the tidying and they didn’t keep up the home maintenance either.

That’s always the fear and why I always try to present a house I’m selling like I’m a tidy & well organised person. Which I’m actually not but I’m selling a dream.

We bought a house from a divorcing couple. He had his motorbike in the dining room, the upstairs was a building site and the garden was full of rubble and dog shit! None of that was a massive issue- he took the motorbike with!