Indigo Mule
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An up-the-street neighbor couple who bought their house around the same time we bought ours is going to be selling. They have had a "coming soon" realtor sign up in front of their house for the last two weeks, and tomorrow is the open house. The reality firm is a very posh one--far above the touch of our "transitional" urban neighborhood.
I'm mildly curious what price they're going to be asking for their house, and was assuming that it will be revealed at tomorrow's open house. We are finishing up (fingers crossed) a refinancing of our home, and so I've been watching the prices closely. (Our neighborhood is beginning to recover from a spate of foreclosures, but the flippers are still working on the homes/have them up for sale but have not yet sold them.)
Other than when we were shopping around for our current house, I haven't visited open houses. What is the opinion or etiquette about going out of curiosity rather than with intent to buy? Is it a faux pas, or crass, or an acceptable action?
To be clear, I'm not interested in poking around their medicine cabinet or looking under their bed. I'm wondering about the floor plan, and what they've done to the house to bring it into the realm of the high-end realty company (or maybe the agent is a friend or relative, who knows). The houses in our neighborhood are a diverse mix, built between the 1890s and the 1950s. Theirs is one of the Craftsman-era homes. (Ours is one of the plain Victorian-era homes.)
I'm mildly curious what price they're going to be asking for their house, and was assuming that it will be revealed at tomorrow's open house. We are finishing up (fingers crossed) a refinancing of our home, and so I've been watching the prices closely. (Our neighborhood is beginning to recover from a spate of foreclosures, but the flippers are still working on the homes/have them up for sale but have not yet sold them.)
Other than when we were shopping around for our current house, I haven't visited open houses. What is the opinion or etiquette about going out of curiosity rather than with intent to buy? Is it a faux pas, or crass, or an acceptable action?
To be clear, I'm not interested in poking around their medicine cabinet or looking under their bed. I'm wondering about the floor plan, and what they've done to the house to bring it into the realm of the high-end realty company (or maybe the agent is a friend or relative, who knows). The houses in our neighborhood are a diverse mix, built between the 1890s and the 1950s. Theirs is one of the Craftsman-era homes. (Ours is one of the plain Victorian-era homes.)