Offering without viewing
Forgive the slightly clickbait title but I wanted some perspective on how to negotiate a situation.
We’ve been looking for a specific type of property for abut 6 months. We’re being picky but also don’t really have a deadline. We’ve lost out on a few properties though so are feeling a bit frustrated.
Very little has come up recently until last week. Great property, on paper ticks all our boxes. However the agent can’t seem to get viewings/entry for 2 weeks (tenanted, stupid I realise), after which we’ll be away for 3 weeks. I could see it being gone by the time we return.
How mad would it be to offer without viewing it, subject to a successful viewing? I think there’s a rightful point of us not being taken seriously and just pulling out when we do view. But I can’t sit here knowing full well it’ll probably be gone by the time we’re back from our trip and do nothing.