Inspection Times

Inspection By Appointment

Snowden Parkes practices private inspections only. This not only ensures the safety and security of the property itself, but also provides buyers with a higher level of customer care. Our agents qualify genuine buyers and personally show them around the home, able to point out particular features and answer any questions they may have.

Despite the many warnings and past evidence, many agents continue to allow strangers to wander around their clients homes. Most people who come to open inspections are just lookers, not genuine buyers. Past experience shows that theft occurs both during open inspections and after, with thieves visiting to scope the property for a future break-in.

But the purpose of open inspections is not to sell the home, it is to create the impression of activity and "condition" sellers to lower their prices. Sellers believe that the people looking at their home are 'buyers'. This makes them easy to persuade to reduce their prices. Sure, some of the people at the open inspections will be buyers. But the agents rarely know who is a real buyer and who is a looker. The agents then say to the sellers, "See, it didn't sell. They all think the price is too high. " As with typical advertising, one of the reasons the home does not sell is because the real buyers wonder what's wrong with it. Hence the value is damaged and the price has to be lowered.

Open Inspections are also used by agents to find sellers of other homes in the area. This is one of the most common behind-the-scenes tricks in real estate.

If you are interested in a particular property and wish to organize a private inspection with one of our highly trained agents, please call us on (02) 9808 2944.