It’s a new season and Spring has certainly ‘sprung’ into action very quickly this year

As our buyer enquiry levels are up 250% on where they were only three weeks ago.

With plenty of new properties coming onto the market for sale, it’s bound to be a bumper season so make sure you keep your eyes on the market if you’re looking to buy…and it’s certainly a fabulous time to sell right now – no question about that!

Let’s continue with our topic of Open Homes gone badly wrong.

Here’s some more funny stories…

  • This one has been given to me by Glenn and is quite hilarious…

           “When I moved to the Sunshine Coast, I started visiting many different agents’ open homes to consider a home purchase. I turned up to one open home and wandered up to the front door which was shut. I knocked loudly but there was no answer. I knocked again – still no answer so I thought that I must have had the time wrong. When I walked out of the front gate, I looked down and saw the agent’s ‘open for inspection’ sign sitting there but no-one seemed to be around. All of a sudden, I noticed an agent sitting in his car about 30 metres away and when I wandered up to him, I noticed that he had the newspaper spread across his lap and was catching up on the latest sports news. He didn’t seem to notice me so I knocked on his window. He slightly lowered his electric window and asked me what I wanted. I replied “Is this home actually open for inspection now?” He replied “Yes” and closed his window quickly and went back to reading his paper. I then knocked on his window again to which he lowered it by about two inches. “What’s up?” he asked. I politely asked him if he had a brochure on the property. He rolled his eyes and proceeded to slip a crumpled old black and white photocopy to me through the small gap in his car window and then closed it quickly again. I went through the open home and afterwards, hopped back in my car. As I drove away, I noticed that he was still reading the newspaper oblivious to the fact that I was ever there at all.”

  • One of the funniest (and most horrifying) stories came from a buyer who came through an open home of mine back in 2005 and made a comment about the fact that it was great that I was actually awake. When I asked him what he meant, he informed me that he had just visited an open home and when he walked in, the agent was fast asleep on the couch. The open home register was left with a pen on the kitchen bench. This buyer told me that there were at least 6-7 groups inspecting when he was there and the agent didn’t even stir. I wonder what feedback the agent gave the owner about how many people inspected. I also wonder how long he stayed asleep. Given this particular agent vanished from the industry within a few weeks, there’s every chance that he was still asleep when the owners arrived home. If you read my blog a few weeks ago, you’ll remember a similar story about an agent in Perth that I shared.
  • The next story comes from Michelle (thank you kindly Michelle as this one is a cracker although it probably didn’t seem too funny to Michelle at the time)…

“We were in the market for a new home,  this was when we were living in Christchurch and we had gone to several open homes in a row,  the last one was due to finish at 2.30 and we had turned up at about 2.20,  we spoke to the agent and signed the book he then told us to look around at our leisure which is what we did.  It was a double story house and we went upstairs. When we came back down the agent was no-where in sight and we had been locked inside the home.  We tried to call the agent,  he didn’t answer,  we ended up climbing out through a window to get out,  we rang the main agency and it wasn’t for several days that someone finally called us to apologise,  I felt for the owners more though as I’m not sure if even to this day they were told of the incident.”

  • My last story today comes from Mark & Tania…

“We arrived at an open home only to find the door still locked. There was a bit of a crowd gathering as it was a property that had just started being advertised. Five minutes past the start time and everyone was wondering what was happening. Then we heard some yelling and arguing inside and suddenly the front door flew open and the agent stormed out, walked right past everyone and as he did he said “Don’t buy this home; the owner is a d***head!” He then jumped straight in his car and drove off in a hurry. The owner then came out and told everyone not to ever deal with the agent because he was a d***head. The owner then let everyone into the home for the inspection himself. Sounds awful but we couldn’t stop laughing” 

An open home can clearly provide plenty of laughter and unexpected experiences to those who are fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to be in the right place at the right time.

Next week, we’ll finish this series before we move onto a brand new subject.

Until then, Happy Listing & Happy Selling!

 

My ‘Feature Property Of The Week’ is 86 Bevington Street, Sandgate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Bed / 1 Bath / 1 Car

Offers Above $429,000

Open Home – Sat, 2 Sep 1:30PM to 2:00PM

A fabulous post-war residence that could be renovated, lifted, extended or just lived in as is. But with such a limited number of homes for sale in this seaside suburb, perhaps you might like to clear the block and build a new home on your sizable 506m2 allotment. Within a short stroll to the train station and main commercial hub, you’ll love the convenience of having everything at your very doorstep but what’s even more appealing is that you’re only several blocks from the waterfront. Ideal for first home buyers, investors and builders, this is one you won’t want to miss – be quick!

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Did You Know?

 

  • ‘The Michael Spillane Team’ has sold more properties with street names starting with the letter ‘L’ than any other letter. We’ll bet you can sleep better tonight for knowing this! J

 

 

 

 

 

  • Thomas (our CEO) speaks fluent Spanish and grew up in Spain despite being an Englishman. With the World Cup Soccer coming up, he claims he has 3 teams to choose from. It is looking like he might only have 2 teams to choose from unless the Socceroos can get cracking after last night’s result against Thailand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fun Fact….

  • 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321

 

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