I hope no one minds me reusing an old
thread.
Lockdown was announced the evening before I was going to phone the estate agent to organise a second viewing on a property I've been mulling over for a couple of weeks
Activities related to the sale and purchase of homes is still allowed but we were shown around by the agent at the first viewing and told the reason it's an agent and not the sellers was because the sellers are shielding. I phoned the agent yesterday anyway to ask if we could have a second viewing and they said the sellers had asked once lockdown and shielding was reintroduced that only buyers ready to proceed immediately (i.e. with their home sold) be accepted for viewings but they might feel differently about us since it's a second viewing. Regardless of if we get a second viewing or not, I might have a dilemma.
Do I put an offer in if we like it, conditional on our property being sold and then list our property during lockdown?
Or do I put in a note of interest and list our property?
Or put in a note of interest and take no further action?
Or not do anything until lockdown is over?
Are notes of interest a thing in England? I know that the whole house buying process is a bit more stressful down there.
I don't want the sellers to feel uncomfortable or anxious if they are in the shielding category so I'm not going to push for a viewing if they're reluctant so I'll see what they say. I asked if they'd found somewhere yet because they hadn't when we had our first viewing and the agent said they're still looking so I would hope that means they're not in a rush since surely they can't be doing much house hunting if they're shielding and not carrying out viewings? Apparently they want to move to Aberdeen as well which is a couple of hours away so that makes it even more unlikely they find a property to buy during lockdown, unless they base it on a video tour which I know was happening back in March lockdown.