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Viewing a house when sale agreed?

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  • 23-01-2019 2:02pm
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    Bungusbeefcake
    Registered Users Posts: 192 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm sale agreed on a house and myself and my wife are thinking that we'd like to go see it again before contracts are signed etc just to get ideas for the house i.e. Furniture, paint, gates on driveway as there is none etc. Is it normal and/or acceptable to ask the estate agent for us to view it?

    Thanks


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    Brego888
    Registered Users Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭Brego888


    Bungusbeefcake wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'm sale agreed on a house and myself and my wife are thinking that we'd like to go see it again before contracts are signed etc just to get ideas for the house i.e. Furniture, paint, gates on driveway as there is none etc. Is it normal and/or acceptable to ask the estate agent for us to view it?

    Thanks

    Absolutely


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    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,921 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    I did it when I was buying. Went back and measured up so I knew what size furniture I could get.


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    They usually ask if you would like to go back and it wouldn't be an issue.

    We went back a 2nd time and I knew it's what the wife wanted on the 1st viewing.

    We went sale agreed and went back and they were great.


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    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,981 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Bungusbeefcake wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'm sale agreed on a house and myself and my wife are thinking that we'd like to go see it again before contracts are signed etc just to get ideas for the house i.e. Furniture, paint, gates on driveway as there is none etc. Is it normal and/or acceptable to ask the estate agent for us to view it?

    Thanks

    Just don't do anything to the house until contracts are signed by both partys.


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    tigger123
    Registered Users Posts: 4,450 ✭✭✭tigger123


    Definitely, go see it and measure it up. Very acceptable!


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    cruizer101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,205 ✭✭✭cruizer101


    Just a word of warning, we went sale agreed on a house and looked to arrange a viewing to make plans similar to yourself.
    Rang the ea they said yeah no bother, you can have one viewing.
    Had the viewing fine, but then when it came to closing and a final inspection they refused to facilitate it saying we had already had our one viewing, this meant we weren't able to have a final inspection. We closed anyway and there was no issues but just something to be aware of and to confirm with them.


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    Krombopulos Michael
    Registered Users Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭Krombopulos Michael


    Have a viewing, as I went sale agreed, which included appliances in the contract. We couldn't get a final viewing before close due to multiple excuses from the seller.

    We got the keys to find they exchanged the high quality american fridge/freezer in the kitchen with a second-hand cheap unit. We had no comeback as didnt specify the model in the contracts.

    +1 have a viewing.


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    CHealy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭CHealy


    Sale Agreed means little BTW, not to be a downer but dont stop looking at other houses.


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    cruizer101 wrote: »
    Just a word of warning, we went sale agreed on a house and looked to arrange a viewing to make plans similar to yourself.
    Rang the ea they said yeah no bother, you can have one viewing.
    Had the viewing fine, but then when it came to closing and a final inspection they refused to facilitate it saying we had already had our one viewing, this meant we weren't able to have a final inspection. We closed anyway and there was no issues but just something to be aware of and to confirm with them.
    Jaysus, I'd be wondering what they took out of the house since!


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