Anyone else had viewings today?

[Chanel05]

I had 4 viewings today.

First time buyer, couple that have sold to a first time buyer, a first time buyer and a couple that aren't yet back on the market but they had sold and their sale had fallen through.

Anyone else had viewings today? How did they go?

Yay! Congratulations.

Congratulations x

@Rubyreddgirl congratulations!
@BarbaricPeach glad you're at least getting to enjoy it!
@Mover2024 eye rolling at "quite dark" on a grey and rainy day...
@housethatbuiltme I think you just summed up the house buying process in a nutshell.

@Rubyreddgirl congrats!! There’s hope for us all! Quite a few people on the thread now have sold!

We went with DD this evening to view her potential first home. Went on the market on Wednesday and there were at least three viewings today. DD loves it. Needs work but liveable, great area, excellent price. She's put in an asking price offer with a letter explaining her situation. Vendor stated she really wants to sell to someone who'll live in it rather than an investor (it's her childhood home) so that may count in her favour. We're not desperately hopeful as it's classic buy to let territory. Fingers crossed!

Our offer was accepted :)

Only problem is it came so late in the day that everything is shut for the weekend now so I have to wait for Monday to go to the solicitors and bank etc...

@housethatbuiltme great news!! Congratulations!
@Rubyreddgirl congratulations!!

we have some more bookings for next week. So at least that’s something I suppose…

@housethatbuiltme Congratulations!
Good luck this week, @Petulanticocean

Had 3 viewings over the weekend and the agent cannot get through to any of them for feedback. Extremely annoying! One was a second viewing too. Not getting my hopes up

Out of 5 viewings,only 1 gave feedback.
It is so ignorant!
It takes a minute to tell the agent whether they like it or not.

@Rubyreddgirl exactly! Even just a no would be nice. Very frustrating when you spend time prepping the house

You are taking it far to personally... they either make an offer or they don't and if they don't that IS your no and confirmation they don't like it.

Other than that any 'feedback' is only going to either annoy you (because they are making up a silly excuse like 'the box rooms too box-y' to not hurt your feelings) or they are going to honestly tell you all the reasons your house is a bit shit.

No one truly wants to know what a bunch of random strangers thinks their house.

Good points, they are obliged to give you nothing, you are obliged to let them view if you want to sell it, that is how it works. Most people see the house, probably think the price is a bit high now that they have seen it in reality and run away, the agent pestering them will just ensure that they stay away. The "feedback" from them avoiding the agent should be obvious - They don`t want the house!

@CrashyTime Just hopped on to put the boot in again, thinly disguised as some sort of contribution to the thread.

We viewed a few houses but it often wasn't the price that put us off the house but bedroom sizes and north facing gardens. We also needed decent parking.

I think buying a house means there are many things to consider and the price is only one of them.

In fact the house we have just offered on was initially over priced but with a bit of negotiation both us and the seller have arrived at a happy outcome.

@Mover2024 some of us on thread have talked earlier upthread saying that really sometimes feedback isn't that helpful. Our current agent insists on feedback from every viewing, not sure how they get that (!) but previous agents hardly ever heard back. I think sometimes if people are pressed though they just say anything like lawn too grassy or roof too high - well, silly examples but you get my drift. I had a viewing last weekend and had lovely feedback saying they wanted to put an offer in but house is too close to the road, and that's true (road doesn't bother me but obvs it will some people) but that the house was lovely. Seemed very fair comment, but as @housethatbuiltme says don't take feedback or lack of personally. Makes it more stressful for yourself then.

Please can I join the thread? I'm separating from my husband and we've had the house on the market for nearly a month now. Lots of initial interest, 17 viewings so far (!) and so much cleaning... Feedback has all been good, and no qualms about the price which we think is fair.

We've had so many positive viewings and one couple last week who'd even downloaded paperwork from the Land Registry and gone to a lot of effort to research the house. Apparently they LOVED it, but since then - radio silence! Estate agent can't get hold of them and keep sending messages, but I think it's time to stop pestering. If someone wants to make an offer surely they'll make a simple phone call and put us out of our misery?

I guess I'm just frustrated as stbxh and I are desperate to sell and move on with our respective lives. Lots of houses in our price bracket are now also coming on to the market in our town so I'm having to try really hard not to get depressed about it. Anyone else in this position?

I understand the need for feedback. It’s useful to paint a picture as to the general appetite for your property and whether to reduce price or accept offers lower than asking - or just to hold firm for the right buyer.

I also agree that there could be many reasons for not proceeding. Doesn’t have to be just about price! So much time, effort and disruption go into every viewing that some acknowledgement or feedback somehow makes it seem worth it.

We’ve had our first offer - very low unfortunately. Viewer love d the look of it even though it was over their budget. Had lots of viewings so just waiting to see if anyone else bites. It does seem ridiculously hard to get offers though.

Thanks for those understanding that just a simple "no thanks, not for us" is polite after we've taken the time to clean and either vacate our home or show you around ourselves.

2 more viewings booked in so just trying to look forward really

@Changeofplan I agree no point pestering- they will offer if they want to & not go silent.

17 viewings is good in many ways but also a bit worrying re why no offers? We had about 30 viewings & second viewings before we sold my Dads flat which was tiring. But there was a reason which was that although the location was excellent, the property needed quite a lot of updating which people are reluctant to commit to, because of escalating costs.

Your EA should be able to give you reasons as some viewers must be voicing them even if others don’t. I would be hassling my EA for answers as to why they think your property attracts viewings but not offers so far.

@Twiglets1

The EA has said there's literally been no negative feedback at all (apart from one elderly lady who didn't like that we didn't have an airing cupboard!).

However, weirdly, they've just phoned to say that the couple who came last week and had researched our house came back to our area at the weekend, walked their dog around and decided that the road was going to be too busy for them. It is a busy road, but it's also relatively quiet as we are set back quite a way from the road with a long drive, and we have great double glazing! No houses seem to be selling in our town atm except the vv expensive piles.

The EA is saying that they're having the same issue with all their houses, and that the proceedable buyers arre looking at everything, but just aren't committing for whatever reason. I check Rightmove about 100 times a day to see what's sold in our town, and right now it's close to zero!

@Twiglets1 Forgot to say that there's no updating needed, and it would be a great property to extend if necessary as the garden's big.

Just gone on the market! Wish me luck!

I don't mind "unhelpful" feedback, I find it's all good to know. I think over time especially it can all add up to help you understand what to worry about or not. If I got multiple people saying "there's no parking", I'd wonder if I was priced where I was competing with properties that had parking, and if I needed to look at that. Sometimes it's just peace of mind - If someone said "hated the location", I could at least know that's the end of that viewer and there's nothing I can change. I just like to know if it's "hard no" "thinking about it" or "liked it but not proceedable" rather than silence.

@Changeofplan me too but not going to give too much detail as I feel that people who come onto Property thread here and say they vulnerabilities forcing sale like going divorce, health issues etc., are "followed" around by a certain poster. But yes, I feel your pain! 17 viewings in a month is excellent though, don't lose heart at this early stage.