Showing Instructions Exist For A Reason
One of my sellers called on Sunday to let me know that she had declined a showing. The agent called from out front and said they had toured a house down the street and her buyers noticed the sign on their house. She knew it was last minute but, thought it was worth a shot to see if she could show the house. My sellers explained that they would need about an hour to get the kids and dogs out of the house. She said she heard the agent ask her clients and they said no they didn’t want to wait. She let me know the agent couldn’t have been more polite about it and said she’d call another time to arrange a showing.
A couple hours later my clients saw the same two people wandering around their backyard. Apparently the agent’s clients decided they would just help themselves to the yard and walk around. This house has a fully fenced backyard and the only way in is to unlock a gate. The husband went outside and asked them where their agent was. Their response – we finished touring with her and since she wouldn’t show us this house we came back on our own. My client happens to be a police officer and explained to these buyers that their agent did nothing wrong and they are now trespassing. He also let them know they’re really lucky his police dog wasn’t out in the yard and asked them to leave immediately. They shot back with a smart remark that he must not really want to sell and then drove off.
Just because a house is for sale doesn’t mean it’s an open door policy to be on the property. Why on earth these buyers think they were entitled to do so is beyond me. Appointments are required for a reason and in this case had the dog been out something horrible could have happened. It wasn’t the agents fault at all, I did call her to let her know what happened and she was horrified they would do that. Showing instructions are in place for both the sellers and buyers and if a showing is declined that doesn’t give a buyer the right to just go to the property on their own.
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