Our house is on the market - hhh

I don’t understand how estate agents can come out to take video using a drone as no-one is supposed to be outside unless it’s for food or essential things. Videoing a house from outside isn’t essential.

Nobody is going to be moving house that is not already committed, the length of this crisis is so unpredictable we are all conserving our cash until there is light at the end of the tunnel. The estate agents are keen to get you committed and persuade you to pay them some cash, unless you are desperate to sell sit tight.

Gaga1950 please join our property thread on the joys/traumas of selling houses. I must admit to being a bit of a propertyholic, always checking rightmove and love stories about ways to sell. We are VERY friendly and not cliquey, I joined the thread bit later than some and have experienced nothing other than support and kindness.
Good luck. Seems like an innovative way to keep things moving.

.., unless they are also seeking the permission of any neighbours/ property owners who are within that distance, I meant ...

I hope it's a detached house with no others too near, unless they are also seeking their permission - they can't fly the drone within 50 meters of a building, vehicle or person without it.

*My friends have been told by their agent that house selling/ viewings are on hold.
Is this correct.?*

One of our local agents is still hard selling
The offices are shut but they are still expecting their agents to work from home which isnt very fair as they are commission based. Would be better to let them go so they can access government income support.

But I guess there will still be buyers. Not mortgaged individuals but builders etc

We have a buyer and a half built house - I expect construction will be stopped soon so we will just wait.

Do you really want people to come and view your house at the moment? Put it on hold until it is safe for people to enter your house.

I dont think anyone is expecting viewings.

There are some kinds of buyers that dont need to view in person: emigrants returning home, investera that want the land to build on etc

We put ours back on the market just before this all kicked off.
Even if we wanted people to come and view there is no way we would go and look at any properties.So on hold it must be

Do you really want people to come and view your house at the moment? Put it on hold until it is safe for people to enter your house.

My daughter's sale was due to be completed two days ago, but it's on hold for the foreseeable future.

I imagine that Estate Agents are badly affected at the moment, but it isn’t safe to let them within 6 ft of you and definitely not to go into your home.

I pressed post too early sorry

But they won’t be able to put the drone indoors will they?

Anyway, as others have said you can’t have people in your home at the moment, as it’s a big Nono, let them photograph your lovely garden though whilst all of the flowers are out, just in case this all goes on longer than we all want it to.

My friends have been told by their agent that house selling/ viewings are on hold.
Is this correct.?
They were told unless contracts have been exchanged they can not proceed.

Gaga1950 - do join those of us who are in or have recently gone through this whole selling/buying mallarci under House and Home. you cannot miss the special thread on this - it is now up to Thread 4 - you could spend an interesting time reading through it from where it started in Thread 1 about a year ago.

Or ask them to do garden and front while its sunny and come back another day for indoors.

Good agents dont mind redoing photos several times

Its fine to ask them to come tomorrow ALTHOUGH if your agents are GOOD it might be worth them seeing it (virtually) so they can advise you on staging, then send the drone back when its done

We get "blind" to our own homes. The area WE think needs attention may be fine, and we may be overlooking another area that actually needs restaging.

So worth them seeing it BEFORE you do a load of work IYKWIM