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BoholDiver · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Location: Canada

We are moving out in May, and today we had our first visit from the good old boo-dong-san. No notice. Just an impatient knock on the door. I guess the lady thinks we're leaving at the beginning of April.

I decided to let them look but this will be the last time without notice. We have boxes everywhere. It's a real mess.

Then they asked for a number, I gave them my wife's. Then the cheeky female dog asked for the number combination of our door. 'For when you are not home', and I said no. She looked surprised actually.

I called my wife and asked her to straighten her out. My wife said 'you have ti give me at least 10 minutes notice.' and I told her to change that. An hour's notice, and only if it is convenient for us. If I am alone at home I simply won't answer the door.

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

Yeah, when we had our place listed they tried that with us too.... and we told them to bugger off. Luckily, our place was in demand, so they had to conform to our schedules.

No pass codes were ever given.

BoholDiver · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Location: Canada

It doesn't matter if our place is in demand. They will conform to us. I will not be inconvenienced at all. No more unexpected visitors. I was too surprised to react properly.

What do you think proper notice is? I think 1 hour, and only if I am home anyways. I would not change my plans in any way.

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:57 am Post subject:

1 hour is very reasonable.

decolyon · Joined: 24 Jul 2010

I remember when I was getting ready to leave my last place. My school has the lease so I had no idea I would be getting potentials coming over when ever they wanted.

I tried to be polite and just let the agent show the place and be on their way. Usually less than a few minutes. The last one was the worst. I was busy getting ready for work, just out of the shower, half dressed, right in the middle of my routine. I hear the knock and know immediately who it is. I let them in and the potential and the agent just stood there in the middle of the living room chatting up a storm while I was trying to get ready. I tried to give them subtle hints by constantly walking back and forth between them and asking them to move out of the way for various things. No avail. Both those old hags just stood right there in the middle like they owned the place yaking about god-knows-what. I wish more than anything I had just politely pushed them out of the door after the first 5 minutes.

Radius · Joined: 20 Dec 2009

Menino80 · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Location: Hodor?

BoholDiver · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Location: Canada

1 hour is reasonable if I am home anyways. If I am out and they ask me to come home to show my place, no beans.

If we had a key lock and hadnt changed it, I bet they'd show our place when we're not home and we wouldn't even know anything different. They'd come, knock on the door and if no one answers, just let themselves in.

1 hour notice is gonna fork with any real estate agent's plans. House hunters are impatient and expect to see a place NOW!!

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

Had the same problem a few years back. I just let whoever came to the door in. The Jehovah Witnesses were a little confused to why I led them into the bathroom.

Troglodyte · Joined: 06 Dec 2009

Who's Your Daddy? · Joined: 30 May 2010 Location: Victoria, Canada.

Radius wrote:

I had a similar situation, but mine involved 40 ouncers of Cass Red and Soju laying out with empty nacho bags, a pizza box and wadded up paper towels all over the table from the porn I had enjoyed night before. Not to mention a new kitten I just got running around scaring the crap out of the potential renters. Classic. And they just carried on and did their little walk-thru.
Needless to say agent called my director and told him to tell me to keep the place cleaner lol Embarassed

That's more funny.

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:13 am Post subject:

BoholDiver · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Location: Canada

It seems you misunderstood the situation.

We are renters. We did not ask any real estate agent to do anything. The landlord did. Hence my surprise 6 weeks in advance people want to come see.

It would have been common courtesy for him to tell us as well. We see him in the hallway 4-5 times a week.

PRagic · Joined: 24 Feb 2006

When in Rome. Oh, I'm INCONVENIENCED! Oh, I FEEL INSULTED! THEYRE WRRRRROOONNNNNGGG!!!! Man, are you guys some corporate big whigs over here? On a diplomatic passport and your time is worth mint? Will your place to let to someone in the ver upper ranks of society? Hmmmm.....nope.

I've been on the board for a few years now, and I'm no apologist, but this seems like some over the top whining. Just calling it straight.

Get over yourselves. One hour? Give me a break. First of all, Koreans don't expect your place to be all polished up when it is shown. And Koreans looking at your place are looking to see if suff leaks, if the heat works, and the water is warm. Period. Empty bottles and pizza boxes? Whhhaaaaa. Unless you're in a place that runs over 200 million in key money (at LEAST), you're not really 'in demand' at all by anyone who can demand to see a clean place. Think about the population density here.

So that's why your real estate joe wants to come over on a whim. People shop here for places on a whim. If they're in the office and someone asks about a place resembling yours, they'll want to see it. Put up with it, and your place will get rented out almost immediately. And you won't look like such a schmuck to the locals.