What’s the most bizarre reason someone had discounted your property on?

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One viewer had looked inside a freestanding chest of drawers in dds bedroom. Bedroom was otherwise tidy and neutrally decorated. But she’d shoved a load of clothes and random bits in the drawers, as teenagers sometimes do.

The feedback to the estate agent was that the mess inside the drawers “showed our characters”and indicated that we had probably hidden structural issues in the house.

One viewer who I showed around stated properly having a go at me as my house was too close to her mums. I asked her why the hell she had come to view it then, it was hardly a surprise where it was situated. She told the agent she wasn’t interest in the property as I was rude to her.

Someone else started bashing the walls as he walked around taking about blown plaster. The entire house had been renovated two years prior and all taken back to brick. Every single wall and ceiling was new plaster. He insisted that he was a builder and it was still the original 1930s plaster hidden by lining paper. There was no lining paper on any wall at all, it was all painted plaster. I pulled up some photos on my phone of the house all back to brick two years prior - he told me that those photos were AI generated He did put in an offer, 15k under, as “the house needs to be completely gutted and re plastered”. The estate agent said she was actually embarrassed telling us.

A friend of mine had someone who said they would put in an asking price offer, if they emptied the house of all furniture and belonging so they could see it empty. Funnily enough, she told them to jog on.

Between those viewers and the two sales that fell though, I was very glad when our circumstances changed and we didn’t have to sell after all. I honestly don’t think I could put myself though it again.

the viewer will just say any old thing to the EA by way of feedback. The house isn’t for them and they’re not invested to trying to help a stranger sell their property… all they want is to move on to the next viewing

The feedback to the estate agent was that the mess inside the drawers “showed our characters”and indicated that we had probably hidden structural issues

I can’t believe the EA fed this back to you!

I suspect the EA was trying to give you guidance that you need to sort out your home to make it more appealing

Oh, these things were said in front of me! I was there too. It wasn’t a case of them just telling the agent.

My jaw just dropped at the first one, along with the agent who said “you can’t go around opening drawers!”

The second I was there when he was banging on the walls, he just called the agent with a low offer (I typed 15k under asking price, it was actually 25k).

The third, the woman was shouting at me that her mum lived too close.

One viewer who I showed around stated properly having a go at me as my house was too close to her mums. I asked her why the hell she had come to view it then, it was hardly a surprise where it was situated. She told the agent she wasn’t interest in the property as I was rude to her.

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The EA didn’t the viewer having a look in your daughter’s drawers?

Either way… just strikes me that you need to spend some more time preparing your property before viewings!

I was there. Sorry, should have made that clear. The agent was there with me for that one so I heard her say it.

There was nothing wrong with the house. Just a teen who shoved clothes in drawers rather than fold them. Not built in drawers or anything that would be staying, free standing.

It was just some clothes shoved in a drawer. I was in the house for the viewing too. I think she just sort of blindsided the agent and went in opening stuff. I saw her do it in the kitchen cupboards. It’s a bit hard to go “hang on, can you stop that” when someone just does it.

Our small 2 bed house. Clearly listed as a 2 bed with a floor plan. One mad woman who spent hours viewing what was 4 rooms kept saying “I just really wanted 3 bedrooms”. Eventually I snapped and told her she’d better go and view a 3 bedroom property in that case.

House clearly had no private parking, just on-street, unallocated permit parking. House was not suitable because they had three cars.

Oh give over. No viewer should be looking in drawers and it’s completely irrelevant what’s in them.

When we looked at this house, the owner apologised for the messy, stroppy teen. Since they weren't planning on leaving said teen, we were able to overlook it.. (and it wasn't that bad really!

On the other hand, another house we looked at the owner was very vocal about the number of plug sockets he had installed everywhere

I remember one family that came to look around twice only to say it was the wrong location. Err... The location is hardly a suprise is it??!! And it took you two viewings to work that out huh?!

I had two kids under two at the time and tidying the whole house for viewings was such a pain in the arse.

I believe you. I worked customer service for a long time. People can be absolutely batshit sometimes.
I count myself lucky for having all reasonable viewers😂

I sold a house years ago now, and one man stood there asking where the dining room was. There wasn’t one. There was no indication there was one. There was a bloody floor plan on the print out he had in front of him.

He just kept saying he needed a dining room like I could just open a door and go, “oh, you mean this dining room! How could I forget an entire room?!”

Don‘t be daft - the viewers sound batshit.

I had a landlord once turn up at my door, and announce he’d been looking on right move and hadn’t realised rents had gone up so much that year, so he wanted to increase our rent 20%.

Needless to say we left, and the property remained empty for about a year while he tried to get an unrealistic rent for it (imagine it totally dilapidated vs the recently refurbished luxury family home on a better road he was benchmarking it against).

I have a friend who a few weeks ago, a week from exchange, had a call from their buyer to say they’d seen a story in the papers that prices were down 5% and so they wanted a £30k on the price.

My mum had several who didn't like the kitchen being at the front. Flooring plan very clear and on the listing from day 1, & pretty much every house on the development was the same layout. I think its just an excuse when put on the spot by EA.

The woman who said it was too close to her mum was the one who sent me over the edge.

She kept saying “you do realise me and my mum don’t get on. I can practically see her house from your front door, this isn’t on.”

I didn’t know her. How would I know what her relationship with her mum was like and surely, you wouldn’t go to view a house on the same bloody road if you don’t get on. It’s hardly a surprise where the house is!

the two people who did put in offers loved it and were so nice. Unfortunately, one had their actual mortgage offer turned down, and the other pulled out as they lost three buyers on their house due to mortgage issues and decided not to move in the end.

That the 4th bedroom couldn’t fit a single bed in it when it already had a single bed in it…
That the ensuite should be off bedroom 2 not the Master
That the drive was ‘disappointing’ (no further context given)
That there was not enough head high in the loft and the buyer needed to be able to stand up in the loft
That they wanted a property close to the school but not THAT close to the school
Our EA was a very reasonable person so I suspect there was more random shit he didn’t even tell us about!

The steps up to the front door wouldn’t be compatible with their pushchair. The first photo on right move was the front of the house complete with steps… 🙈

When I sold my first house, I opened the front door to welcome in a family who had come for a viewing. The man walked straight past me and addressed my boyfriend (now DH), who had nothing to do with the house at all and just happened to have nipped over to drop something off. I tried to explain to the man that it was my house and I was selling, but all the questions were directed at DH who was quite bemused by the whole thing and couldn't answer any of the questions anyway... seeing as it wasn't his house. The man's wife and kids were trailling round after us, entirely mute, while a three-way conversation happened at the front:
Man (to DH): "how old's the wiring?"
DH: "I'm not sure, it's not my house. How old's the wiring, FGS?"
Me: "it's original. The house is only 11 years old""
Man (to DH): "has it been tested recently?"

And so on. After about 10 minutes I told DH to bugger off and eventually, when there was no other option, the man started to talk to me. He then spent the rest of the viewing asking about a second lounge (house was a small 2 up, 2 down with a floor plan on rightmove). There clearly wasn't a second reception room anywhere.

They left after about half an hour, and loitering-DH and I burst out laughing at the oddness of it all. The man fed back to the estate agent that it was a nice house but he was disappointed that there was only one lounge. Bewildering.

Not me, DBro, but he has had multiple buyers say “they don’t really want to live in south London”.

The house has not moved. It is a South London estate agent. All of their properties are going to be in South London.

Oh and another purchaser pulled out about eight weeks in because DBro couldn’t provide and indemnity “in case there are major works in the future”. She had confirmed there were none planned by the freeholder in the upcoming year. The gutters, soffits and windows had been done 2-3 years previously, which doesn’t leave much else. You can’t get an indemnity that there will never be any maintenance needed in a block of flats ever again, because of course work will need to be done over time.

I sold a cottage about a mile outside a village in rural Cumbria about 10 years ago. I’d say around 80% of everyone who viewed was absolutely batshit. Lots of people who “really wanted to live in the countryside” but didn’t like:

• farm noise
• farm smells
• views of farm
• animals
• being isolated
• being 20 mins from a shop
• shit wifi
• a lack of access to a mainline train station
• too much garden to look after

What the fucking fuck were their expectations??

That the stairs were too wide….completely standard set of stairs! I’ve always wondered what the problem might be with stairs that were wide - clearly problematic for this weirdo!

Sold our first two bedroom flat years ago. Flat was clearly described- hallway, kitchen, bathroom, sitting room, two bedrooms, parking space and garage. Couple came to view, walked round then asked “where’s the rest of it?” Where’s what “rest of it” we asked. Where’s the bedrooms and the upstairs they asked. Umm - it’s a flat? Can’t reason with stupid.