Hmm I really have never had this happen, but the fact that you reminded her that this is the buyers inspection since he paid for it has the right to privately talk with the person he hired and follow him around. Not sure what more you could do.

Hey Angie, I think you handled it great. You are absolutely right, in our business you need to be prepared for everything. Honestly, I don't know of any other way to have handled it myself.

Manny

I have had sellers show up before, and I know it can be really bothersome and unnerving. I think you did everything you could. The only other thing I could think of is to call the the Seller's agent and ask them if they could ask the Seller to leave because it was disrupting the inspection.

If I am the listing agent, and the seller insists on attending the inspection, I let the buyers agent know. I think it is sometimes a good idea for the seller to be there, not to hover over the inspector or the buyer, but to answer any questions. If the seller is there, the listing agent should be there too.

I have never had a seller show up before. I have had the listing agent "stop by" to just say hi near the end of the inspection.

I HAVE had seller's present at the home inspection many times, but never at a vacant house. As long as they don't make an effort to sway the inspector's opinion I don't have a problem with it.

I once had a buyer for an immaculate home. The inspector found 2 minor issues during the inspection. Seller repaired both immediately. Frankly, it's the only truly clean inspection report I've ever seen.

Who called her and told her when the inspection was to take place....??? First for me too...

Hi Angie. I don't have a problem with a seller at the inspection, unless they are combative or rude. Then I insist they stay in the kitchen. I will let the seller in on the findings as well, but I cannot give the report to the seller. Here in New York, only the buyer gets the report. It usually will find its way to the seller's attorney and possibly the seller himself anyway. -Ray 

Sounds like you handled it the best way you could have.  I have had sellers show up for inspections before. 

I have had the seller present at the inspection, but they stayed out of the way and understood that they had no rights to the information since the buyer paid for the inspection.  In my opinion the only thing that you could do would be to call the listing agent and appraise them of the situation so that they could handle their seller.

it has happened to me several times both as a listing and selling agent.  I have learned to ask if the seller will be present and if so I put into the listing's agent hands and ask them to be ther in place of the seller if they are insistant.  The same goes for if I have a seller wanting to be present, I tell them I will be present for the duration of the inspection.  I actually have gotten into a habit of being at homes inspection even on the listing side to understand the necessary repairs so that I can effectively communicate to the seller what needs to happen to get the deal done.  Not how I want to be spending my time nor do I want to be labeled as the annoying Realtor but I feel it is too important to my clients and I to allow a deal to fall apart over repair miscommunications. 

This has never happened to me before and hopefully it wont, but as you said, there is always a first for something in real estate.  I am not sure how I would handle that type of situation, but I do think that if that occurred I would ask the inspector to not reveal any of the results while the seller is there unless the buyer had no issues with it.  I suppose I would also have to say that the home is still the sellers and while we may not like that he/she is there, they certainly have a right to be there and some people are just that way.