meeting your home buyer/seller

[arch01]

We never met the seller for our first house.

We met the buyer when we sold at closing. No one spoke, it was a really ugly situation.

We met the seller of our current house and spent 1.5 hours with them and they walked us through the house, explained quirks, explained how different things were set up (including the sprinkler system), etc. It was amazing. They were quirky people, but it was a seriously awesome buying experience. We did not see them at closing.

[hymen]

Our first house, the sellers rented back from us for about a month and a half after closing so we were over a few times to get mail. I held their baby. They also were there for the walk-through since they technically still lived there and we all drove over to the closing at the same time.

When we sold that house, we did not meet the buyers, although we know who they are because they attend our church sometimes (I only recognized them from FB-spying so we have never actually talked to them). We did not go to closing because it was my first day back to work after maternity leave (talk about a stressful day).

The sellers of our current house were not at closing because they had already moved. However, the husband was there for the inspection so we did meet him but didn't really talk much (we had the kids with us so I left after only an hour and my H finished the inspection, and said seller stayed the whole time but was mostly in the garage).

[macmars45]

We never met the seller of our townhouse. She wrote us a nice card and left wine and sparking cider in the kitchen for us so that was cool. We plan on doing something similar when we eventually sell.

[Poppy]

The sellers wanted a separate closing. I guess that's unusual here. I'm not positive why, but I'm not distraught over it.

[raangoli]

Apr 16, 2015 15:49:08 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

We've only bought new construction.

That said, as someone who just recently tried to sell their house and black, if really only want to meet them at closing.

There are crazy people out there who will not buy a house if a black person or other POC has owned it. I recently ready an article, "selling a house while black". I don't need any other issues preventing me from selling a house.

This makes me incredibly sad. I am sorry you have to deal with this sort of hatred.  

[wambam]

My sellers go to my gym, so we saw them basically every day from the day we entered contract until the day we closed. And now we continue to see them on the regular. It was a bit awkward at first, but now it's kind of nice. I have their phone numbers and we've texted a few times to ask questions about the house.

[anna7602]

Yes, I've usually met the seller after making an offer. Both the seller of our current home and the buyers of our last home live in the same neighborhood I do, so I see them around pretty often. We all even have each other's phone numbers and have done things like given each other mail that arrived for us at the previous home, asked questions about appliance maintenance, etc. 

[orangeblossom]

Apr 17, 2015 7:08:24 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Apr 16, 2015 15:49:08 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

We've only bought new construction.

That said, as someone who just recently tried to sell their house and black, if really only want to meet them at closing.

There are crazy people out there who will not buy a house if a black person or other POC has owned it. I recently ready an article, "selling a house while black". I don't need any other issues preventing me from selling a house.

This makes me incredibly sad. I am sorry you have to deal with this sort of hatred.  

Thank you.

Fortunately, it didn't happen to me that I'm aware if, but just reinforced we needed to remove things in the house that may scream "black".

[purpleminion]

We met out buyers briefly at closing. They were leaving while we were entering the the title place, and our realtor introduced us. I bought something from her once on the local Facebook garage sale site, and she invited me in and showed me all the changes they had made. Now we're Facebook friends and she sometime asks us for suggestions on home improvements. Although I know that is not a typical buyer/seller relationship.

As for our sellers, I only met the husband one time. It was during the inspection. He had forgotten that the inspection was that day, and he showed up on a break from work. He didn't stay long, though. It was kind of awkward.

[pamela]

All but one because we sold through the relo company and were gone.

[martini]

When I sold my last house, I met the new buyers because they were relatives of my neighbor.
When we bought our new house, we unexpectedly met the sellers during our final walk through. Our realtor was really sick last minute and asked if we minded if the sellers let us in. They were really nice. They went outside and played with their kids while we walked through the house. Not awkward at all in my opinion but I can see how others might want to keep things more anonymous.

[simpsongal]

We met 2 out 3 kids (they inherited the house from their folks) - they're in their 40s. They were really sweet and we enjoyed chatting with them about the house and the area. One stopped by a few months and said hi while we were working on the yard. I like to think they would be happy with the way we have cared for the house.

[Emerald1486]

When we closed, the sellers were there with us. We met them once before then

[puppylove64]

Nope. Both purchases were from a bank