Don’t tell anyone Terry, but next door are moving… I know, I couldn’t believe it either. Purple Bricks, I saw the board up. Of course I wouldn’t say anything to anyone, but I had my appointment at the hairdressers and I was so shocked I told Deb and she said her step daughter was looking to move. Yes you did know she had a step daughter, her husband’s much older. Anyway, when I got home the board had disappeared. Ah ha but it is still for sale, I know that because Deb looked it up on line and the house was there, with the price and pictures and everything, did you know you could do that? Oh I suppose you’re au fait with all that modern stuff. Do you think they know their house is there for everyone to see?
Hello Terry, no they didn’t say anything when I was watering the front garden, but guess what, Pat the other side of them said Tony and Tim the other side of her got a message from a friend who thought their house was up for sale; he had seen it on Purple Bricks, so it must be true. Oh you looked it up as well, can you show me how to look it up on my iPad when you come round. No they haven’t been there long and they had all that work done and blinds and a new patio. Testing the market… perhaps, but who would dare to move at the moment.
Come in Terry, the iPad’s warming up… no I think they’re keeping a low profile, but Pete across the road said he saw it on Right Move… Isn’t that amazing, you’re so good with computers . Good heavens, who would buy a house with that wallpaper and at that price, surely they can’t be asking that much, Monopoly money. I feel nosey though, looking round their house in secret. No I haven’t been inside, we had lockdown soon after they moved in, they did keep saying you must come round for a cup of coffee when things are normal, but they’re always so busy, nice couple though and their son just started school. Will they know I’ve been looking… oh thank goodness… What? Anyone in the whole country, or the world could look into their house, how awful, can’t they stop it? So if you want to sell your house you put it on line and you want lots of people to look? Oh quick Terry, go and look out the window, is that a couple coming to look at their house? No, no I think those are their friends, I recognise the dog and the red car. Come away from the window Terry, we don’t want them to think we’re being nosey.
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Online curtain twitching. Hilarious, Janet. 🙂
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Hilarious! 🙂
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Thanks Doug.
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Thanks for sharing, Judith.
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Really enjoyed it. First chuckle of the day.
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Thanks Judith, glad you enjoyed it.
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The methods of nosy-neighboring may have changed, but the impulse sure hasn’t!
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No that’s for sure Liz.
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Our next-door neighbor bought his house without seeing it in person. I could never do that.
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No Pete, unless you need a home urgently and are still abroad, the reality is never the same as the on line pictures, usually smaller and you need to explore the neighbourhood.
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We had a viewer who took a nosy neighbour to another level when asked is this what you are looking for they admitted they just go around looking…I cut that tour short my time is precious..the estate agent got an ear-bashing..they are probably loving it now houses are online…
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Hello Carol, fancy your viewer admitting that! It’s hard enough thinking of a get out when you are a genuine viewer and the house is awful.
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Hello Janet…I know this was a large 4-bed house and they were a young couple I just asked are you looking for 4 bedrooms… have you got children..making conversation to be told with a smile no “just looking”…
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Yes Carol, we moved or tried to move many times and I always asked similar questions, especially as we were right near the schools, park etc, but some of the viewers were not the families we were expecting.
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Classic stuff, Janet, and so true. Every time a house goes up for sale in our street, my wife looks up the interior on Zoopla. Then she checks the prices that the house had been sold for previously. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes Pete, if I started looking up everyone’s interiors I wouldn’t have time to write any blogs.
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Brilliant!
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Loved this! The nosy gossip in denial! 🤣
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Thanks Alex, I loved writing it and of course bears no relation to anyone I know!
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🤣🤣🤣
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Houses don’t often go on the market in our street, but if they do I always look at the Estate Agent’s website to see how much they’re selling it for, lol.
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My family look at my road to see how much my house might be worth!
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For their inheritance, lol.
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Haha, Janet, this is very entertaining and typically British.
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Thanks Robbie.
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