Anyone else trying to sell their house at the moment? ;o(

I dont mind going through the fun that is selling houses (been there before ) however the number of people that are such time wasting ignorant ******* is amazing!

You drop everything, rush around tidying, ensure everything is perfect and they can see what they need to.

Then they dont turn up or expect everything to be included free in the sale !(You are buying the house not its entire contents muppets!)

Sorry ranting another viewing this afternoon so lets see what happens this time!

Worse I cant finish the inside of my van because I cant mess up the house or the outside!!! Aaaaggghhhh!

 

I used to refer to viewings as "Prat attacks". Like come on kids tidy your rooms we got a Prat Attack at 3 o'clock. Some people just make a day out of it. I hate Prat Attacks, like you say, you spend hours tidying and cleaning and making the house look really nice then in they come and criticize the colour of your kitchen or the colour of your walls. They comment on the lawn not being cut etc Makes my blood boil. On one occasion, two women turned up and said that they were driving by and noticed the for sale board outside and could they take a look around - as there were four of us in the house at the time (so we could keep an eye on them as we didn't know anything about them) we decided to show them around. I was a bit uneasy as they might have nicked something and as they didn't come through an estate agent, we just followed them everywhere. They split up and went in different rooms but all was OK. The one woman asked if she could use the loo. She was in there for 15 minutes and had a sh*t. Then they went.

I think they were out and about and one of them needed a toilet urgently so thought they would pretend to want to see the house grrrrrrrrrr......

Good luck with the sale

 

The Shameless ******!!!

I dont mind people being honest but they lie to you all the time, if you dont like it just say thanks and leave dont carry on asking 50 more questions taking up your time!

Last bit of hoovering to do! hmm I will hide the loo roll just in case!

 

I know the feeling, when we were selling my fathers house after he died it was the same.
The first part was during the holidays, every wet day it would be a continual parade of people tramping through. No intention of buying but just getting some free entertainment.
Prats!!!!

 

Maybe she has a fetish for dumping in other people's toilets, did she flush or leave you the full glory of her masterpiece

 

Ok tooo much ! off topic !
Well they came and they went - seemed to like the house, and commented how clean the house is? No really as the blood pours from my fingers !
Lets see if we hear from them again?

 

If you want to get rid of them, just pretend you're devout Jehovah's Witnesses. Press a copy of the Watchtower into their hand, and they'll be away...

 

haha no I want them to buy the bleedin house so we can get on with life again!

 

Tell 'em you've become Naturists...

Or...ask them "what are your views on cannabalism?", while glancing nervously at the cupboard under the stairs.

 

We have had our house up for sale for 5 weeks now and I have to agree Stan. Our second viewing was from a couple who had supposed to have sold.
After the Mrs spending 3 hours running round cleaning, polishing and making the place look its best, it turns out after asking them how long it took to sell there's , they've not even put it up for sale yet.
Complete waste of our time, just glorified train spotters.

 

We are currently selling our house and I have to say that if anyone comes and offers full asking price I will leave them whatever they like, including the bus.

 

Its not good is it! We had our share of time waster to the point we had an offer, so we made an offer on the one we want everything peachy until our so called buyer decided they wanted somewhere else and buggered off! Thanks!
Should be binding like Scottish system!

Ironically as a viewer myself its amazing how other people behave showing you around!
50 inch telly on full blast in the background whilst trying to show you round, but the classic was being shown the graves of their 2 previous dogs in the back garden! Lovely!

 

On personal sales I refuse viewings, if the buyer is not on the market or preferably sold. I have never had a forward chain so most of my sales are simplified. For work sales anyone will do! You do get a lot of 'window shoppers' particularly on Sundays.

 

It's the couple having vigorous intercourse in the front bedroom that usually puts me off...

 

Some people would pay money for that!! Fortunately I am not one of those!

Anyway......

 

No forward chain? So do you build a house, move in and live there while you build another and so on?

I should sell mine ours really.
I'm not tidying up much though. If they want it they want it, it's a one off so it's not as if they can't go and buy a tidy one. If they can't see past that, this isn't the sort of house that'll appeal to them anyway and they wouldn't want it sparkly or otherwise. That's my theory anyway. I may have to adapt when it doesn't go well!

The worse thing last time was the viewers the estate agent sent round. It was victorian with brick floor, open fire places, rayburn and they'd send people who were looking for a new house??? The first person they sent round who actually wanted a house like that bought it.

When we were viewing ourselves, the worst thing was when the owners were in. Our PO had every door locked (old victorian house again) with huge keys and unlocked a room at a time to show us round, locking up again as we stood in the hall or on the landing waiting to be taken to the next room. There were thick nets on all the windows including onto the garden which wasn't overlooked and as he showed us where he kept his shotguns he gave us a very strange look. The master bedroom was frayed from wall to ceiling with marks from a throwing knife - thousands of them. It had been on the market for several years...

 

This has the makings of a good ghost story? Tell Sky news!

Coincidentally my mates house, purchased from a family of jehovas witnesses, they had bolts on every single door?? Little bit worrying? But takes all sorts. No telly aerial suppose that is 1 good thing?

 

Unhappy teenage son used to skive school and break into his own house, the so-called "parents" put window locks and bolts as a solution.
They also had spotty dogs stuck howling all day in a stinking pen in the garden. The throwing knife came over the fence and landed at the feet of the old couple next door once. We're not perfect, but it wasn't a hard act to follow.

 

You might have waited until they'd gone...