How common are no-show property viewers when selling a house?

[MoverOva]

Waiting in for a viewer that hasn't turned up. Have another tomorrow. I hope this isn't too common!
Have any of you had this happen? Is it common?

Unfortunately lots of people are very flakey these days. However when buying and selling, I found that EAs were very hot on making sure people turned up. They would phone the day before the viewing to make sure you were still coming. They also had a policy that if you didn’t show up, they wouldn’t let you view any further properties unless they happened to be there anyway doing another viewing.

Why are we staying in? I'm not giving anyone a key to my house. I know people must do that but we aren't. We have the time to be here. We aren't desperate to sell. The house we're buying isn't dependant on that.

We'll ring the EA in the morning see what's happened? There's another viewing tomorrow.

The house is tidy so we can go out before the viewing. It's late afternoon so plenty of time to gym and swim etc. I work all weekend so the midweek viewings fit in fine.

Yes many times. But eventually we had a set of people buy took 6 months

How weird! What’s wrong with a sign

You can let the agent in, go for a walk/drive and then come back. Or they can post the key through the letter box. You don’t need to lend them the key.
I would always get out of the way for viewings.

After 4 hours I would have knocked on their door.

I’ve not gone to a house viewing when I had a migraine but I still phoned the estate agent to cancel.
On another one, I turned up to view a house to find no one in (seller was to show me around). Turns out, the seller had accepted an offer and assumed my viewing was cancelled. Looking back, I think the estate agent messed that one up!

Migraines are terrible. I hope you don't suffer too often?

@MoverOva Maybe people know you are not desperate to sell so go elsewhere ? Why not allow the EA to show buyers round? Have you got the Crown Jewels on display?

Other posters have had plausible answers but I would like to include getting lost. The one time that entire year that the bus went on diversion!

House was on then-commute and an early evening viewing.

Busted! 🤣

I don't mind if they want to show them around. Viewers came tonight alone. They were impressed. We've already had a good offer today but they'd already booked to view. There's a few interested.

So I'll bow out now. Thanks for the chat.

Estate agent once told me hardly anyone turns up if the sun comes out.