Can My Buyer Have Access to Their Soon to be Home Every Day and Twice on Sunday?

This is a very touchy subject. I totally understand the buyer being excited about their new home but they also need to understand that the seller is still living in the property trying to move forward with their lives and probably packing to sell. Yes, the Buyer has a right to inspect, etc. but the buyers agent needs to try to keep the appointments together and make it convenient for the seller as well. There has to be a happy medium. Thanks for the post-really makes you think.

I think buyers should be considerate of a homeowners time and privacy. I've had buyers who want access to a house (after contract) to measure for blinds...then go again to measure for furniture....then go again to get painting estimates...then go again to get flooring estimates....then go again to show their parents..and then go again to show their kids, and so on. The best thing to do whenever possible is do ALL these things at the time the home inspection is done and typically that is a 2 - 4 hour window of time to take care of it all at one time. Just sayin'

I had one buyer of my seller's property that spent over four hours in the home with all the relatives and friends they could muster.  I don't know if it was "party time", but they ended up canceling the agreement.  Hmmm....

This is a very sensitive topic.  Buyers do need to realize that every time they want to go back to see the property, they may be inconveniencing the agent and the sellers.  Trying to get all of the measuring, photos, friend/relative visits done at once is the best plan.

I agree with Mike and Cindy above and we specifically tell our buyers that it is best to use the inspection time to have contractors, friends, and relatives get into the home. Our contract does not give the buyers an open door policy to the home but I do see that it can be a tricky topic everywhere. I find it best to define standard protocol up front so the buyer doesn't expect unlimited access. From a listing agent perspective, not a lot of good can happen by allowing a buyer to keep coming into the home.

Tim,

Excellent post. I think it is very important to understand that that you can't rn everything on emotions.

I "suggested" it

"Buyer and/or Buyer's representatives shall have the right to enter Property at Buyer's expense and at reasonable times (including immediately prior to closing) to inspect, examine, test and survey Property."

Ya, the tricky part here is the word 'reasonable'.  My question is why would a Buyer need to visit the property everyday and twice on Sunday?  Why could they not schedule everything to be done over the course of one or two days?  It doesn't take 7 days to do a home inspection, nor does it take 7 days to measure rooms.  If all this due diligence is to be done at the Buyer's expense why could they not pay to have vendors there at a certain time.  Not only that but the verbiage in that statement all seem to point back to inspection issues.  Measuring for curtains and comparing paint colors is deviating from that, is it not?

Personally I would tell the Seller to do whatever it takes to get the deal done, especially in this market.  Let the Buyers come everyday if that is what it takes.  Is it too much to ask to have their visits organized so that 8 trips is not necessary?