we went to a westside condo open house today. when we were nearby, it was parked up more than usual, and we chuckled and said "yup, they're all here for the open house".
only they were! we've gone to busy open houses before, but today's dwarfed anything we've seen. all guest parking was filled, cars were double parking to let people out, tying up the local traffic. we parked 3 blocks away (this isn't a busy parking area), and came across several couples with their agents leaving (this was 15 minutes into the open house) when we got to the building people with their agents were lined up the steps to get in, and when we got into the unit, which was a 2+2, there were easily 40 people crammed inside looking at everthing, and probably more. i couldn't even get out of one of the bedrooms - i had to wait as the guys ahead of me were blocked by more people coming into the front door.
the listing agent was trying to answer questions, but she had to keep running to let more people in, and there were a bunch of people, mostly with their agents, walking in the common area plus 4 groups parked by the pool.
when we left, we were behind 5 groups from the condo, and more were pouring in.
this is the first time we've seen an open house that tied up traffic, filled all parking spaces and had such an enormous effect on a neighborhood. i know there's not much out there for sale, but wow! have you guys seen other open houses like this?
