Buyers viewing again after offer

PurpleyDog · 25/06/2024 11:32

We went to see it a second time after our offer was accepted and before we exchanged. Buying a house is a big thing so whilst our primary aim was to start thinking about furniture and curtains, we did keep an eye out for anything we might have missed. Fortunately we didn’t see anything that the survey hadn’t picked up so went ahead with no issue. But it is a very normal thing to have a second viewing.

PlantsAndSpaniels · 25/06/2024 11:34

We went back for a second viewing after our offer was accepted so we could measure up for curtains, furniture etc and start buying bits. We were ripping the kitchen out and ended up buying the kitchen and putting it in storage until we got the keys. We ordered our sofa before we got the keys too but that still took weeks to be delivered, luckily we had other furniture to sit on. I would imagine they would be doing the same.

Roseyjane · 25/06/2024 11:36

We'd reduced put house by 25k and then accepted 10k less than the asking price so feel they got a great deal in the first place

what a daft thing to write, they didn’t get a great deal, they paid what it was worth, you didn’t accept their offer because you wanted to give them a great deal and had other options, it was the best you had. So that wa it’s worth

and of course they should have a second viewing, even a third

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CharlieBalf · 25/06/2024 11:41

Thank you for replying- I would assume a buyer would take a second look at some point. I guess I'm just worried they'll cha ge their minds which is perhaps irrational but it's been a very very rocky road getting to this point with our house sale/purchase that I'm fully expecting something to go wrong.

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saveforthat · 25/06/2024 11:45

They are more likely to pull out if you refuse a second viewing. Is there something in particular you don't want them to notice?

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CharlieBalf · 25/06/2024 11:45

Roseyjane · 25/06/2024 11:36

We'd reduced put house by 25k and then accepted 10k less than the asking price so feel they got a great deal in the first place

what a daft thing to write, they didn’t get a great deal, they paid what it was worth, you didn’t accept their offer because you wanted to give them a great deal and had other options, it was the best you had. So that wa it’s worth

and of course they should have a second viewing, even a third

Sorry, should have been clearer.

I fully expected them to have a second viewing: I'm worried in case they pull.out of the sale because of the viewing.

We did accept their first offer, the house was reduced a few.weeks before that. Personally, asking for a.reduction on a house which has already been reduced and had an offer accepted below asking price would be unacceptable.

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CharlieBalf · 25/06/2024 11:47

saveforthat · 25/06/2024 11:45

They are more likely to pull out if you refuse a second viewing. Is there something in particular you don't want them to notice?

Not really! It's a family house with three children and two dogs so naturally it's not a show home. I see all the niggles everyday which is why we're moving! Nothing major just redecoration really which I'm sure they picked.up.on in the first viewing.

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Roseyjane · 25/06/2024 11:53

CharlieBalf · 25/06/2024 11:45

Sorry, should have been clearer.

I fully expected them to have a second viewing: I'm worried in case they pull.out of the sale because of the viewing.

We did accept their first offer, the house was reduced a few.weeks before that. Personally, asking for a.reduction on a house which has already been reduced and had an offer accepted below asking price would be unacceptable.

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Is this your first sale? You appear to be quite confused.

firstly the house was not worth what you marketed it for. You need to accept this. If it was you’d have sold it for that. No one wanted it for that price as it was not worth it. They didn’t get a deal or a bargain.

secondly the price accepted is what it was worth without unknowns. If anything signficant comes up then of course it would be worth less.

mambojambodothetango · 25/06/2024 11:57

I can see both sides. Personally we didn't ask to go back either time we bought. I suppose we felt we'd made our decision, and we would take stock of what needed doing after moving in - it's just the way me and DH are. We also would have felt a bit like we were intruding. However if someone wanted to come back and look at ours I would say yes (probably only once though). I would feel a bit unsure about it but I think you have to say yes really.

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CharlieBalf · 25/06/2024 12:02

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Looking for experiences/examples of why people pulled out after a second viewing!

(Would 100% expect a second viewing, not questioning that at all!)

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Iliketulips · 25/06/2024 12:02

They had chance to see the niggles during their previous visit(s) - no home is 100% and I think you have to take it for what it is - completion will take place in next 1-3 months and they want to measure for things - which is positive!

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CharlieBalf · 25/06/2024 12:03

@Roseyjane it's our third sale :)

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KievLoverTwo · 25/06/2024 12:05

They've announced they'd like another viewing to measure up etc but I'm terrified they'll start to see all the little niggles they may have missed on the first viewing 4 months ago and pull out/ask for a reduction.

I've just asked our vendors if we can go over to measure up this weekend because we need to downsize beds to make the house work for us; we've no intention of bartering, and it's far from ideal that we can't each have a room, but we have absolutely no intention of either trying to get money off nor pulling out of the house purchase.

I told them we don't need to go back for a second viewing because it wouldn't change anything, but here we are, us asking for a second viewing!

Is it possible you're being a bit paranoid after spending too much time on Mumsnet?

Iliketulips · 25/06/2024 12:05

Forgot to say, many people buying will probably want to decorate 2-3 rooms in the first year to make it there own, so wouldn't worry about the decoration. Our previous home was in pretty good order, but buyer decorated the whole house within months, did all the flooring, new kitchen cabinet fronts (despite being three years old), boarded the windows in the conservatory blocking out the view!

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CharlieBalf · 25/06/2024 12:12

KievLoverTwo · 25/06/2024 12:05

They've announced they'd like another viewing to measure up etc but I'm terrified they'll start to see all the little niggles they may have missed on the first viewing 4 months ago and pull out/ask for a reduction.

I've just asked our vendors if we can go over to measure up this weekend because we need to downsize beds to make the house work for us; we've no intention of bartering, and it's far from ideal that we can't each have a room, but we have absolutely no intention of either trying to get money off nor pulling out of the house purchase.

I told them we don't need to go back for a second viewing because it wouldn't change anything, but here we are, us asking for a second viewing!

Is it possible you're being a bit paranoid after spending too much time on Mumsnet?

Absolutely spending too much time.on MN!

It's a distorted view of sales/purchases I guess because people only post when there's something wrong etc. I definitely need to stop thinking it will all go wrong!

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Ilovegoldies · 25/06/2024 12:13

Can I just say that you must ALWAYS view before exchange. I saw a poor woman on tiktok who didn't and had a hard lesson. A burst pipe had ruined the property between viewing and exchange.

OneDayIWillLearn · 25/06/2024 12:32

We re-viewed a couple of weeks before completing just to remind ourselves some things about the layout and to work out which furniture we had in the old house wouldn’t fit etc so we could sell/ give it away before moving. No intention to niggle!

Sounds like you have been very patient with the buyers if their chain collapsed twice and I personally agree it would take the piss if they did ask for a reduction now (even if they technically could).

If you’re not buying a pristine, recently done up house then I think you expect niggles - I certainly do. Part of the fun of a new house is working them out!

Nw22 · 25/06/2024 12:37

We moved last month and our buyer came round about 5 times. It would be odd to only view once

KievLoverTwo · 25/06/2024 12:41

CharlieBalf · 25/06/2024 12:12

Absolutely spending too much time.on MN!

It's a distorted view of sales/purchases I guess because people only post when there's something wrong etc. I definitely need to stop thinking it will all go wrong!

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My other half has had to have words with me several times about my doom-mongering views on anything to do with house purchases which are primarily off the back of spending too much time on here. As some well known gangster or another once said: forgeddabout it!

(this is the one I sometimes use on myself: www.tiktok.com/@amazonfreevee/video/7205237495414394155)

Twoshoesnewshoes · 25/06/2024 12:42

No, I always view after offer accepted and it’s never put me off.

whensmynexthol1day · 25/06/2024 12:57

I just wouldn't dwell on it. The full spectrum of human beings buy properties. Most are normal and decent and it will all be fine. Some are arseholes and throw and unexpected curveball. But I'm not sure you ever know which end of the spectrum you have until it's all completed. So not worth giving any brain power or stress to- what will be will be!

SheilaFentiman · 25/06/2024 13:10

We went back twice after offer accepted! The first revisit was because we had had to offer fast after our first viewing and I honestly couldn’t remember all I wanted to.

The second was a courtesy from the vendor which we really appreciated (they were not at the first two viewings) so that we could show it to the kids. It was also helpful as we bought some furniture from them so we got to see it and pick what was worth keeping. Plus it was good to have met them when things got fraught with booking removals in the last couple of weeks!

So - a positive story!

Hotgirlwinter · 25/06/2024 13:14

You can’t control it either way OP, let them have the viewing and just hope for the best!
It’s nerve wracking of course but there’s nothing to be gained from excessively worrying.

Ive only known people to pull out based on survey not additional viewings, no one pulls out over a bit of redecorating surely? Good luck!

RidingMyBike · 25/06/2024 15:16

It's a good idea to go back for a second viewing just before exchange, especially if it's been a while since offer accepted, to check nothing has changed since then. And I mean a big expensive change like a leaking roof! They insure the house from exchange so they need to know what they're insuring!

We didn't do this but if we had it would have highlighted our seller had made no attempt to prep or declutter for moving out and we could have followed this up with the solicitor/EA. As it was we completed and discovered he'd left the house stuffed full of his possessions and made no attempt to declutter or pack.

CarsClueless · 25/06/2024 15:23

A second viewing this far down the process is a good sign.

It's more usual for buyers to just pull out, rather than pull out after a 2nd/3rd viewing.

People don't tend to invest time/effort/more viewings into houses they have doubts over.

Don't worry. Good luck!