Jayne Kiely: Location, Location, Location host on how nosy Kiwis are at open homes

A recent survey has revealed that Kiwis are more nosy in open homes than many would expect.  

The survey found that 72% of participants admitted to snooping through wardrobes, and 69% confessed to looking through drawers and cupboards. 

Despite this, real estate agent and Location, Location, Location host Jayne Kiely told Ryan Bridges that she’s never had a missing item reported from an open home. 

‘11 years I’ve been selling, I have not had one item stolen or moved’ 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Fray and Bridge j and Jack Keeyes might be a
little nosier than we like to admit. So this survey
I was talking about when you go to an open home,
seventy two percent of us admitted to snooping inside wardrobes
at open homes, sixty nine percent inside cupboards and draws.
Thirty nine percent of us look inside people's bathroom cabinets
during the open home. Fourteen percent check out the homeowner's

(00:21):
personal items and photos on display. Jane Kylie is a
Ray White real estate agent and Location Location Location, New
Zealand host with Me tonight. Hijane, Hi, Ryan.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
It doesn't sound great? Does it not good? Stats? No?

Speaker 1 (00:35):
But are you surprised to hear that or does this
reflect what you see?

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Very very surprised. And to be honest, in our world
and our farm are and the properties that we sell.
I mean, in eleven years I've been selling, I have
not had one item stolen or moved around or the
houses always looks the same when the vendors come back
to how it was when they they left. But to

(01:01):
be honest, we keep a very stringent eye on the
buyers that come through our properties. If it's a big home,
we will have multiple personnel in the home as well
on different levels. We we try and front foot if
anyone looks like they shouldn't be there or they're not
probably genuine buyers will keep a pretty pretty good eye

(01:23):
on them. And also we remind a lot of our buyers,
you know, sort of smile for the camera or because
a lot of our properties have internal security systems, audio systems,
so we just sort of joke and say, look, don't
say anything mean about the house, because you know someone's
probably listening to you. Just so people know, Max whenever, Well,

(01:44):
if I can't watch them, someone else might be.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, now is it okay? Because wardrobes I can understand,
because you've got to know, you know, whether you're going.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
To fit you for there spatial awareness. Yeah, but draws
no go zone, Absolutely, no go zone. I mean, are
you when you buy the house and move in, are
those drawers going to be there? No, they're not in
the chattels, They'll be taken away. So why on earth
are you looking in the.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Drawers photos on the walls. I was always told you
any personal photos, family photos take down. Do you still
advise you all clients to do that?

Speaker 2 (02:17):
I'm sort of fifty to fifty on this one. What
I like to ask my clients is are you comfortable
having some family photos in the home, because I really
feel that that makes a house a home. If you
strip it of all its personality and warmth and memories,
sometimes you know, you lose a bit. But it's up
to the clients, up to my vendors if they're comfortable,

(02:38):
as long as it's you know, PG so to speak,
you know, so so you know it's trying to leave
them there.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
No, no, it's no, Jane, thank you. Jo'll welcome Jankkyli
Great TV. On the show Roy White, real estate agent
and Location Location Location, New Zealand host. I went to
an open home once with a friend of mine who's
big lefty, and he was he was going to with
his girlfriend by the house and it had a huge
just Cinda adourn. You know, they had the cartoon style

(03:09):
Obama style T shirts of Justinda a dune that they
made and it had just Cinda's name at the top,
her face and then it was either adaha or love
or something at the bottom, and I sort of walked on, God,
that's a bit much even he and he is, you know,
left of the Greens. He thought it was too much,
So I think you're gonna be careful what you put

(03:30):
on the walls when you're trying to sell your house,
because you're trying to appeal. You need to be as
boring and bland as possible and appeal to the widest
possible market, which could be a raging right winger. For
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