What nobody ever tells you about selling your house! People reveal bizarre tales of buyers asking for the family dog to be included in the sale and changing the move-in date after consulting their astrologist
- A first-time seller asked for bizarre demands people have had while selling home
- They took to Mumsnet to try to ‘prepare’ themselves before selling their house
- One homeowner said one person asked if they would include their dog in sale
- While another said their buyer claimed he had to pull out because he ‘was dead’
Homeowners have revealed the bizarre questions and demands they have been faced with while trying to sell their home, including a buyer who tried to pull out of the sale by claiming he was ‘dead’.
The hysterical thread kicked off when an anonymous British Mumsnet user took to the parenting site to ask people for the most ‘what the f***’ demand’ they’ve had while selling their homes.
The first-time seller explained that they wanted to prepare themselves before their own property went on the market.
The question prompted a swathe of homeowners to share their far-fetched stories in response, including a buyer who asked for the moving date to be rearranged to a ‘lucky’ day on the advice of their astrologist, another who left their dog behind twice after viewings and one who brazenly rearranged the seller’s wardrobe.
An anonymous British person took to Mumsnet to ask people for the most ‘what the f**k’ demand they have had while selling their homes (stock image)
The first-time seller explained that they wanted to prepare themselves before their own property went on the market and prompted hoards of hysterical responses
One jaw-dropping tale came from a woman whose buyer asked if she could include one of her dogs with the home, saying: ‘Apparently she had “bonded” with him when she viewed the house.’
Meanwhile, another homeowner claimed that a buyer rang their estate agent to bizarrely say that he ‘couldn’t proceed with the purchase because he was dead’.
And another person said the woman who bought their house asked to change the moving date because her astrologist said it was the ‘only lucky day’ that month.
They penned: ‘3 weeks after exchange, 1 week before completion/move date. Everything arranged, movers booked etc.
The question prompted hoards of homeowners to share their far-fetched stories, with one person revealing that a buyer once asked them to include one of the dogs in the sale
‘Buyer rung the agent and was adamant that we had to change the move date to 3 days earlier as her astrologist had advised her that was a lucky day – the only lucky day in that whole month.’
One Mumsnet user also claimed that a ‘crazy’ woman brought her dog to view the house twice, and forgot about the pooch and left it behind both times.
They explained: ‘Crazy woman who brought her dog with her and let it shut in the garden. Then didn’t pick it up.
‘Came back for a second viewing. Did it again.
‘The estate agent was hugely embarrassed and collected the poo both times.’
Another hysterical admission saw a homeowner admit that a woman started going through her wardrobe ‘as though it was a rail in Topshop’ while viewing her home.
Other bizarre tales included a woman who found the buyers moved in early and were sat on her furniture, and one homeowner who had random people knocking to ask to look around
She continued: ‘Not really a question, but definitely a wtf.
‘The husband kept me talking in the sitting room and when I noticed the wife had disappeared I tracked her down in my bedroom going through my wardrobe as though it was a rail in Topshop.
‘She didn’t look embarrassed either and kept sorting through my clothes. I told them someone else was due for a viewing and they needed to leave.’
Other bizarre tales included a woman who arrived at her home to find the buyers had already moved in and were sat on her furniture, and another homeowner who had random people knocking on the door asking to look around.