tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post4918565038566273067..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Week -1 (selling this time)RevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-70828412043846487522021-01-29T15:57:58.492+00:002021-01-29T15:57:58.492+00:00We've recently sold our house and we had about...We've recently sold our house and we had about 50 viewings over 2 or 3 months. During lockdown this was a lot more than we were comfortable with really.<br /><br />Many of those people declined to offer for reasons they could have found out without a visit, the main one being that they didn't want to live next to the railway line, or that the two bedrooms in the loft conversion were much too small.<br /><br />I feel that although our estate agent was otherwise very good and I don't have any complaints, that they might have filtered out more "potential buyers" than they did and avoided a lot of visits by people who realistically were never going to purchase as the house didn't meet their requirements.John Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156658352563482506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-11532385110043102682021-01-29T01:22:46.537+00:002021-01-29T01:22:46.537+00:00And another bonkers problem right now is estate ag...And another bonkers problem right now is estate agents who are assessing the potential viewer/buyer and deciding that their potential purchase is "not essential" and so refusing to allow a viewing of the property by that potential purchaser. Such as viewing is NOT banned by law.<br /><br />Remember - all sales/estate agents are paid by the seller. If I were the seller and if I found out that my (extremely-well-compensated) estate agents were actively refusing to talk to potential buyers of my house and potentially causing me a lost sale of £1m then that agent would be sacked on the spot.<br /><br />Snowflakes may disagree with me. That is their right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-69396540178778265132021-01-27T14:35:16.298+00:002021-01-27T14:35:16.298+00:00Your main issues will be lockdown (so people won&#...Your main issues will be lockdown (so people won't want to be doing house viewings) and the time of year. People like to move over the summer school holidays (especially families with children). Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021621329177687470noreply@blogger.com