How do they ever expect to sell the house?!?!  They most certainly need to schedule showings when they are able to NOT be there.  How would a buyer ever be able to decide when they cannot see the whole home?

I have had several times when we had to tip-toe into a napping baby's room - not a big deal; but not being able to go into multiple bedrooms is just plain silly!

Vanessa, I ran into this situation once while inspecting a house. AND we were not told. The master bedroom and bath was off limits and the access to the furnace and attic was in the master. I had to go back to the property at the owners expense to finish the inspection. But you are right, in THIS market, not too cool! 8-}

I had something similar happen to me once with my OWN listing!!  It was a small rental property that was tenant occupied.  There was no car in the driveway, but I still knocked and spoke out "Anyone home" upon entering the property.  We made our way through the living room, kitchen, bath and bedrooms until finally reaching the master at which time we came upon the tenant who actually never woke up (it was about noon by the way) - We quickly left and I did inform my seller as he was to have notified the tenant of our showing, but obviously somewhere there was a miscommunication.  What a nightmare and an embarrasment - I didn't know what to say!

Vanessa,

I had the same events happen when I bought my home 9 years ago. The home inspector was told there was no acess to the attic. But the rest of the house checked out. The first rain after owning the home I hear water running into the front bedroom. I climb into the attic through a closet trip door only to find a bucket over flowing with water. The previous owner had place it there and didn't disclose the leak. The home inspector would not return my calls.   

"What your take?" Walk away, there no telling what behind those doors.

Andy 

What is my take?

The listing agent should have told you. Then you could have decided if you wanted to go or not, or go at a better time. If you can't see ALL the rooms, people are not going to put that house in their TOP 3, right. She lost a sale. I hope you tell her.  

Vanessa, I would have to say, get the hell out of the house and let us work if you want to sell. If not, call us when you are ready. Nice post.

Vanessa,  Obviously, the listing agent and the seller are "not on the same page".  The sad truth is the listing agent probably doesn't know any better, Karen

I hate that! I've had it happen before - and when you aren't told ahead of time, its just WRONG.  We hope they were advised of an appointment, and how could they stand it not knowing who was in and out?  Talk about feeling intrusive...

James- I am with you on that. Ridiculous.I don't knoe if the listing agent was aware though..often we don;t get told by our sellers.

Mike- My point exactly. If you have an overpriced listing already you do not want add to that by having rooms unavailable and multiple people sleeping etc when the house is being shown.

Ashley- Oh my, you know exactly then. Thanks for reading and commenting back!

Andy- I would have told a client that we needed to get up there no matter what. I had a home over $500,000 and we found an industrial size fan plugged in and one in the attic. I sure wanted to know why!

Missy- I got an email request for feedback and I let him have my feedback. All the way from the overpriced issue to the roof and wood rot and then the unexpected sleepers etc. I told him my clients were very disconcerted and not interested in the home.

Danny- My thoughts exactly. Who knows what was behind door#1 and door#2..ack!

Karen- this is one of the top agents in our state...in defense, he may not have known until I told him.

Kim- yeah! It was just uncomfortable all the way around!

Look on the bright side -- at least you didn't walk in on any of them while they were in the shower!

Vanessa- I once had a drunk tenant burst out into the family room in his underwear. It startled me.

Jeannie- Yeah or doing anything else...ack!

Mark- Oh my,I bet it did! LOL

If you want to sell your home then you have to do what needs to be done!  You are correct that the LA may not have known but since your feedback let's hope that they have addresses it.  I had one where I was the LA.  There is no home phone for the sellers but each have cell phones.  I was to call the wife to set things up.  She was then to call the husband to let him know.  Well, the showing agent shows up with clients and proceeds to go through home.  6000 sq ft home so lots of space to roam.  Evidently, the wife did not get in touch with the husband who didn't go to work as he was sick.  (No, not meeting the aside for an afternoon tryst).  He hears someone in the house, throws on shorts and confronts the showing agent in the theatre room.  In the end, it was ALL fine, we actually sold the house to the couple that had looked.  It was embarassing, frightening and I initially looked like an idiot.  I have learned a huge lesson and that won't be happening again!!!

Leesa- Oh my! The agent is lucky the guy did not confront her with a loaded shot gun thinking there were prowlers in the house. Lesson learned. Thanks for sharing your story!

Vanessa - THis house will have to sell cheap, or not at all. I will say that it does happen to me, but not usually in Brentwood.

Vanessa - It seems to me that the selling agent is the one who really dropped the ball here. She should have given you the heads up so that you and your potential buyers could have made an INFORMED decision on whether to view the home at that time or not. In my opinion the selling agent failed here and how anyone expects to get this home sold with it's condition and the circumstances is beyond me.

Larry- I agree, on all counts...

Melissa- Well like I said it is new on the market and I will give the benefit of the doubt to the agent. They might not have known before I gave my feedback. However, the price and condition are certainly known...

That just happened to my client when the house he was buying was being inspected.  This guy (big ole' boy) and his girlfriend (I guess) were lying in bed and wouldn't leave during the entire inspection.  He and the inspector were pretty grossed out.  The agent had no idea and didn't know what condition the house was in when it was being showed, which was NASTY!!!  I won't even go there with details! 

I wanted to preview a townhome before listing one in the same neighborhood.  I called the showing service and scheduled my preview and was told "all systems go."  At the appointed time, I rang the bell, waited, opened the door and called out "anyone home?"  The front door was on the lowest floor, I looked around, went up to the middle floor, and there just a few feet from the steps was a baby sound asleep in one of those infant car seat/cradles!  I called out again, "hello?" looking around but there was no one in the kitchen or living room.  Concerned, I went upstairs to the bedroom area calling out "hello?" and as I was walking into the master bedroom I heard the shower running!  I quietly left the home. How could someone who knew they were having a showing leave their baby all alone ONE FLOOR BELOW while they showered!!!

Jennifer- Oh my gosh! Ewwwww...what are people thinking??!!

Teri- You know it is just amazing some of the things we see and hear in this biz...

That's just creepy!!!  How do you know they are actually sleeping and not watching you!  I steer clear of these.  I would of left immediately and called the listing associate to reschedule, if my buyers were that interested in seeing the WHOLE house! In your case to not even know.....uhhuh...uhuhh...

Kelly- yah we were disconcerted to say the least! I did let the agent know...

You would think I would have gotten a call from that big time agent after they read my feedback. At least to apologise and see if my client wants to see the rest. They don't, but I would have called just to try...