Another viewing! By Sam.

Today we had another viewing.  Our second.  We don't count the woman who drove all the way from Devon, saw the rest of the village and turned round and went home.  Apparently she never even got as far as our house.  Must remember to tell the estate agent to direct people in from the other direction.

I have finally cracked the one hour warning though!  The house was clean, tidy and (hopefully) fresh smelling and I even had time to go and brush my hair.

I don't know if he liked it (the house, not my hair), he only stayed 7 minutes, but then said he already felt like he knew the house inside and out cos he'd looked at the photos on the internet so many times.

After yesterdays scare about the cottage being sold we decided we had to have a back up plan so we looked on rightmove and found a couple of houses to view.  We went to see one last night.  It was OK but too close to the motorway, a busy stretch of a busy motorway too and the noise would have driven us crazy. 

Anyway we begrudge paying an extra £30K for a house that needs redecorating when we have spent so much money making ours perfect for someone to just move straight in and enjoy.  We have watched loads of property programmes and followed all the advice.  Think about your market.  Who would your house appeal to and make it look like the kind of house they would like to live in.  Hide the clutter, hide the pet stuff and depersonalise it.  We've done all that.  The man who came today was a bit late so I had a long chat with our estate agent while we were waiting.  He said our house was immaculate and looked like a show home.  He said some houses he goes to he feels like wiping his feet on the way out; piles of washing everywhere, toys on the stairs, crayon up the walls and dirty plates on the worktop.

So what I want to know is why is our house still on the blummin market then?  It's so frustrating.  All I can think about now is moving.  It's even more important than winning the lottery and I spend far too much time daydreaming about that already.