https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 11:26:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy/page/2#post-1976747 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:48:56 +0000 Sunshine1810 1976747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a few drive-bys (ours was empty when we bought it), but then we put in an offer at our first showing. It was in the perfect location for us and we just fell in love with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy/page/2#post-1976731 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:39:10 +0000 ShootingStar 1976731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were a little crazy and only looked at ours once. But the market was pretty hot over the summer and we were afraid we were going to lose it. Plus we absolutely fell in love with it. If you go again, take tons of pictures of everything, and measure as much as you can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy/page/2#post-1976722 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:33:18 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1976722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: it was awful. We lost out on a few by just a couple thousand dollars. We bid $140k over ask for our house and beat out the #2 bidder by $1500. The market here is so crazy. It took three years to buy (partially because I'm picky) but mainly because it's so expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1976354 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:26:12 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1976354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I think DH would have bought this house without looking inside since I loved the inside so much and the outside meet all of his criteria for the yard and the look of the house. But there were some other things that were nagging at me (all related to the location, not the house) and that coupled with a few things that came up today...its a no go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1976353 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:24:41 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1976353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sparkler: I mentioned cutting the table down to DH and he vetoed that immediately! I know its totally weird to base a home on a piece of furniture, but the table is a very big deal to both of us. We spent months looking for it, and we bought an extra big one so we can all fit for big family dinners. The dinners (with my family, actually) are a huge deal to him. In fact, the first thing he said upon seeing the dining room was "will our table fit?" So I know any house we buy has to make that work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1976348 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:18:25 +0000 jedeve 1976348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just once for about twenty minutes the morning it went on the market. We made an offer the next morning. And someone else put in an offer that same day!</p> <p>@oliviaoblivia: 12?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1976343 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:12:57 +0000 pui 1976343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our house, which DH bought before we were married, he didn't even look inside at all before he bought it, but that was a very special case haha.</p> <p>I would say at least once. More than that if necessary, which it might not be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1976330 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:57:53 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1976330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, just to update...we have decided to hold off on the offer. A few things came up today that are making us think twice. (Not the size of the dining room though!) But thank you all for your input, since we are continuing our home search, I know this advice will definitely come in handy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975829 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:57:23 +0000 mrsjyw 1975829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went twice before putting in an offer for our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975825 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:55:05 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1975825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: Oh no! Ours is usually on top of it (well, our home sale/purchase person is...our move coordinator is another story!) But today...I can't seem to get her on the phone! We have used relocation companies before (we moved for DH's job a lot!) and they were much more on top of it when we wanted to put in an offer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975819 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:52:52 +0000 danda 1975819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just once for our home - we knew that it was amazing and that we would be competing with multiple offers. 1-3x for other homes we liked a lot/made offers on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975791 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:42:07 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1975791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs scrapbook: Relocation companies are notorious for taking forever. Our realtor warned us that it may take a few weeks before they got back to us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975772 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:36:24 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1975772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: That is awesome!!!</p> <p>@catlady: I hear what you are saying about delaying. We've done that before - and should have done that with our last house! We would have our offer in by now if we weren't working with a relo company. We have to have certain things approved by them and they aren't getting back to us! Maybe its a sign? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975767 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:34:33 +0000 LindsayInNY 1975767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw ours once before we put in an offer. We were under contract before DH even saw it for the first time! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975765 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:33:26 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1975765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We saw ours twice. Once when we first started looking in the beginning of the summer. We didn't put an offer in because we just wanted to see what else was out there. It ended up being a blessing in disguise. It went under contract, that fell through, then a relocation company took over and dropped the price by $40K. We jumped on it, got into a bidding war and eventually won out. We paid $20,000 less than what we would have if we put in an offer in the beginning of the summer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975758 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:29:00 +0000 catlady 1975758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We saw ours once, and it was just the open house. We were buying in an extremely hot market though, and we'd gotten outbid twice already in the previous couple weeks. I would have liked to have seen it twice, I think.</p> <p>Before that, there was a house in a different town (not a hot market) that we visited a couple times, and then drove by a couple more times...we joked we were stalking the house. But really, the fact that we kept delaying putting in an offer was indicative of the fact that deep down, we didn't want that house. We realized that later on, when we found houses we liked more and put in offers very quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975747 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:24:24 +0000 mrs scrapbook 1975747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: A floor plan would be awesome! Our last house was new construction so we had a floor plan and all kinds of info on it. We didn't want to go that route this time, but its weird not being able to just pull up a floor plan whenever I want!</p> <p>I'm glad to hear you like the area! We are new here (obviously) but so far we are really liking it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975738 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:21:18 +0000 avivoca 1975738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We looked at our house twice before putting in an offer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975736 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:20:31 +0000 Maysprout 1975736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A house we almost put an offer on we went to see three times. But every time we would visit I just had more questions that would arise so we decided to keep looking. The house we bought we only went to see once though if it weren't for other circumstances we would've gone to see it twice. But we knew pretty quickly it was better for us in a lot of ways than the other houses we've been looking at. It was also in a neighborhood that was known for selling extremely quickly so that was part of the reason we got our offer in before seeing the house twice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975732 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:19:32 +0000 Chillybear 1975732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just once.... We happened to be looking with my husbands parents and our realtor that day, so we were able to get their opinion on the spot. We were only 25 and had no real experience with home ownership/maintenance. We wrote the offer and it was accepted then we spent a lot more time in the house and got my dad to come in and check it out while the inspector was there. luckily for us there was no one actually living in the house when it was on the market. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975729 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:19:15 +0000 PrincessBaby 1975729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We looked at the neighborhood and met with the sales agent twice, then went back a 3rd time to pick out our lot. I think twice is definitely enough, especially if the house is already there:). I kind of felt like we were nuts jumping all in after just 2 meetings but I'm glad we did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975728 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:18:54 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1975728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We saw ours once for about 30 minutes. It was the 12th house we had offered on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975726 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:16:51 +0000 Imabee 1975726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We saw ours twice--we saw it with our realtor one morning and brought my in-laws back for a second opinion during an open house that afternoon. I think twice is plenty! We liked our house immediately and it stood out above the others we looked at. It is a major decision but we didn't want to overthink it to a point where we might miss the opportunity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975722 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:15:25 +0000 LuLu Mom 1975722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Twice, both times with our agent, we knew it was the one (we had looked at A LOT) and just knew this was it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975719 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:14:11 +0000 MrsF 1975719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only looked at ours once (at an open house) because the market was (is) crazy in our area. We knew that if we didn't make an offer that day we would lose the house. As it was there were multiple full-price offers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975718 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:12:05 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1975718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once. In the market down here, you don't usually get a chance to look at a house more than once, and when you do look at it, you better put an offer in right away, because things are selling same-day w/ multiple offers right now. </p> <p>As far as the room dimensions - I think it's perfectly normal to ask for them if they aren't listed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975714 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:10:44 +0000 rachiecakes 1975714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs scrapbook: they should be able to get you a floor plan :) </p> <p>just saw the area you're moving to - love it there! we visit quite often and used to have a vacation home up that way </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975713 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:10:18 +0000 Sparkler 1975713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put in an offer at the open house! We live in an area that has been a seller's market for years and had recently lost out on multiple houses. I wouldn't worry too much about the dining room table if you love the house. You could always have it cut down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975711 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:08:51 +0000 jetsa 1975711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs scrapbook: twice sounds right to me. That's how often we saw both our homes. Asking dimensions is not weird, it should be provided in the listing as well </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-times-would-you-look-at-a-house-you-want-to-buy#post-1975709 Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:08:37 +0000 Tidybee 1975709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we saw our house twice before we put the offer in. I felt ready to do it at that point. Our realtor actually wouldn't let us put the offer in after seeing it once. She wanted us to sleep on it and come back and look at it again before making a decision which I appreciated. And I think it's totally normal to ask for dimensions! </p>