Thanks
@Jaded'n'faded I have read this myself about more rural living and better gardens -which makes mums property appealing to those in that category and with a lower price it might just actually go for slightly more in the end if people seriously want to buy it for those reasons and its in a prime position for working from home and nipping in to the city if need be.
What I don't want are people that mess about as it has to be sold (sadly) and I have made that clear to the estate agents. For my sake as well as mums -the never ending house sale is not a good prospect....fingers and legs and toes crossed
My house went on the market at the end of February (I'm in the south east ) and we had a few viewings before the lockdown . Nothing happened in lockdown obviously, but since restrictions have been eased ,there has been a very different way to view.
I was worried about time wasters , but the estate agents have put in more screening for buyers and no groups are allowed to view. Before the lockdown we had whole families arriving, but now we had only one person today. The agents said that we could refuse entry to anyone who
wasn't complying with face masks for example. The lady who arrived today was masked and gloved. We had masks and my husband stood in the garden while I showed the buyer around. The agent said that they would try and weed out time wasters by finding out if the buyer had a property to sell and with whom, or if not they had to undertake a financial assessment. Ultimately it was our decision if we were prepared to let people view if the agents were not happy with their answers to finances.
We had to agree to leave all doors open and we cleaned up both before and after the visit although the lady hadn't touched anything other than the doorbell. Interestingly, this lady was looking for bigger rooms to turn into a home office after working from home for so long. The problem for us as we want to move to another part of the country is that with no overnight stays and no hotels open we can't view anywhere anyway.