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A showing built around the buyers’ criteria

Use the buyers’ own criteria to shape a home showing, then recap what the visit established and what remains open.

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In the car, before the showing, Nia says: “The garden view is the part I want to see.” Omar adds: “I still want to check whether I could work there, and whether Dad can get in comfortably when he visits.”

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Your role: You are a real estate agent representing prospective buyers during a property showing.

What you know going in

The buyers said they want a quiet work area, a usable outdoor space, and a practical route for Omar’s father, who sometimes uses a cane.
They have not said which requirement is essential, how they rank them, or what they would decide after seeing this home.
For this fictional case, the home has a small office alcove and a rear door opening to a garden with a view; step-free access and other accessibility details have not been checked.
No price, comparable evidence, property condition, availability, offer terms or cost of waiting is supplied. Do not imply a valuation, market movement or legal conclusion.

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What would you say next?

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A worked conversation

Agent
I’ll keep the garden view, work area and your father’s visit in mind. Which should we check first, and what would make each one work for you?
Frames the showing around the clients’ stated criteria before entering.
Omar
The office first. I need to see whether it can be quiet.
Agent
What would you need to hear or notice to judge that?
Omar
I want to know whether normal conversation from the living room carries in here. This opening is wider than I expected.
Agent
Let’s note that the layout is visible, while sound privacy still needs your check. We also haven’t verified the route for your father. What should we inspect next?
Separates an observation from an untested conclusion.
Omar
There are two steps at the front. I’d want to know if the side route is level.
Agent
I have not checked it. I’ll mark that as open and verify it before describing access as suitable.
Nia
I can picture using this garden after work.
Agent
You found the view you wanted. Omar still wants the office and route checks. What would you like to do after we verify the route?
Uses the buyers’ own observations and leaves the next step with them.
Omar
Please check the route. We’ll decide whether we want to return after that.

A fresh situation

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Fictional buyers Lina and Rob are viewing a townhouse. Lina wants a place to take remote calls while Rob works from home on a different schedule; they have not said what level of sound separation would work. The upstairs landing has a desk nook, but its privacy and sound conditions are untested.

How should the agent frame the showing and help the buyers decide what to check?

Task-specific feedback on buyer-defined criteria and inspectable observations; no property-suitability or purchase recommendation.

Ask what each buyer needs the work area to do, let them choose a practical test during the visit, and recap their observation separately from anything still unknown.

The buyers define the requirement and the test. Their own observation can guide whether to investigate further without the agent labeling the nook as private or suitable.

Call the nook a quiet office because it is upstairs and suggest they can adapt to one another’s schedules.

Location does not establish sound privacy, and the agent would be inventing a solution to a schedule question the buyers have not answered.

Move on to the kitchen and garden because those are easier features to compare.

The buyers’ stated work need remains untested. A feature tour would replace their decision criteria with the agent’s preferred presentation order.

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Practise the words before the call

Practise the two-minute framing before a buyer showing. Ask the clients to choose the first requirement to inspect.

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See the book methods behind this situation

Chapter 8Chapter 8 Clarifying Questions: let buyers define a test for each stated requirement
Ask what “quiet enough” and “comfortable access” mean to these buyers and invite them to inspect. A feature description does not answer their requirement without their test.
Chapter 19Chapter 19 showing application: frame from stated requirements, organize proof, and let buyers name the peak
The manuscript explicitly applies Framing in the car, Proof through the walkthrough and Peak through a buyer-described feature. Here the buyers choose what to inspect and interpret the garden view. The case does not invent the remaining economic Inevitability inputs; the next decision is only whether to verify or revisit.
Chapter 19Chapter 19 Decision movement: ask for the next step that follows from verified observations
Offer a next step consistent with what the buyers actually observed and requested. No offer, return visit or property fit is inferred from enthusiasm for one feature.

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Fictional teaching example · These words are authored for practice, not from a client conversation.

Example words: Nia: “I can picture using this after work.” Omar: “I still need the office and access checks.”
Next question: “After we verify the side route and you check the office again, what would you want to compare before deciding whether to take another step?”
Preparation: Record the garden view as an observed feature and Nia’s stated response; leave office sound performance and side-route access unverified until checked; confirm what the buyers want to inspect next.
Review: Did the route through the home follow the buyers’ stated criteria, and did your recap preserve both the observed result and the open checks?

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