thread: Open Inspections.... RARGHHH!!!!@ Vent

  1. #1
    Registered User

    Jul 2007
    Melbourne
    3,660

    Open Inspections.... RARGHHH!!!!@ Vent

    Can someone please explain to me WHY THE HELL lease opens are always on a freaking weekday in the middle of the day, and agents wont make private viewings when there are open inspections available.

    I am so over it, it is a load of crap - Yeah us hard working families with children don't deserve to have a house to live in or even the chance to look at them.

    How many working families are actually able to take work off at the last minute to go and see houses? Just makes me super cranky. Got a call at 4pm this afternoon for an 11am inspection!

  2. #2
    Registered User

    May 2006
    Igglepiggle Land
    2,742

    Good point, I can only recall looking at one rental over the weekend ever - otherwise its all during 'work' times. So annoying!!

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Jan 2005
    Down by the ocean
    6,110

    OMG how frustrating!

    And reading this has jogged my memory about a house around the corner (for sale) having an OFI at 1pm on a weekday afternoon last week. I thought it was weirdness TBH.

  4. #4

    May 2008
    Melbourne, Vic
    8,631

    What the?? That is strange. We are looking to buy at the moment and the
    Opens are wed and thurs between 4 and 7pm, or Sat!

    11am seems a bit odd!

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Jul 2007
    Melbourne
    3,660

    Open to buy seems reasonable around here but for lease is a joke! Drives me crazy.

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Oct 2006
    Adelaide, SA
    3,962

    I noticed that too when we were looking for a rental, it's a real pain!

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    954

    We are renting at the moment while our house is being built, and I have to agree with you. It isnt fair at all.

    I hope you find a place quickly.

  8. #8
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
    Funky Town, Vic
    7,070

    It's the stupidest thing ever and seems to have always been that way. I asked a lease manager why they excluded all the WORKING people from inspections but she just shrugged. I'm sure the actual reason is they don't want to work past 5pm.
    Glad nurses don't think that way...

  9. #9
    2013 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    May 2007
    Brisbane
    5,310

    YES! OMG! We are house hunting and it's fricken nightmare, you say "oh sorry, I'm actually working at that time, is a Saturday inspection available?" and they treat you like you are the most inconveniant and time-consuming b****! Um, excuse me! At least I'm working? So I can pay THE RENT! Work with me here! No I cannot get there in my lunch break, and no I don't want to take an hour off work because I *KNOW* you work on a Saturday.

  10. #10
    Registered User

    Jul 2007
    Melbourne
    3,660

    For sure Leash, its so crazy!!
    Not to mention I don't drive so i need DH to take the time off too, it's just blooming stupid.

  11. #11
    2013 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    May 2007
    Brisbane
    5,310

    I had to add to this thread. I just found an agent that tops the cake! Their rental section "isn't open for enquiries on the weekend, please call back in business hours" .... But I work in business hours....... Honestly, how do they expect decent tenants when they shut off a whole section of the market? ARGH THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!