The property website that PAYS you to be a part-time estate agent and conduct viewings

DO you find yourself addicted to watching Kirsty and Phil on Location Location Location just so you can have a glimpse inside somebody else's house?

Because if you do, then we might have found you a way to earn a little extra cash.

UK-based start-up Viewber is hiring your average nosey parker to take potential buyers around a home for sale.

You don’t need to be an estate agent - or have any idea about properties for that matter - and they’ll pay you up to £20 to do it.

Viewber reckon there’s a problem when it comes to booking house viewings in unsociable hours.

So when an estate agent can’t make a viewing, Viewber rope in a member of their network who lives in the area to show off the property instead.

The outsource agency charge estate agents up to £30 for the service, so Viewbers earn £10 to £20 per viewing, which lasts between 15 and 20 minutes.

But if you're a buyer hoping to get your questions answered, or even put an offer in on the house, then the ‘Viewber’ alone won’t be of much help.

Although they have dashboards on their phones to give direct feedback to the agent, you'll still need to speak the professionals for more details about the property.

“Of course agents are the right people to show properties, ideally,” Viewber founder Ed Mead, explained. “But for many it involves very long round trips, they may be better used pushing deals through, getting offers or chasing listings.

“Many buyers will go back to a property three or four times - is an agent really needed for those?”

After 37 years in the property business, Ed’s start-up has been running for a year now and boasts a pool of 2,000 Viewbers and over 500 registered clients.

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As a seller, you might not be thrilled with the thought of an unqualified stranger nosing around your home but Ed assures us there is a thorough vetting process before you can become a Viewber.

“Most of our Viewbers are older retired professionals, retired police officers, firemen, teachers and ex estate agents and surveyors,” said Ed.

“We usually get a DBS check, two-way bank transfer to an account in their own name, passport, driving license and utility bill as well as a verified land line number.”

The service operates on a first come first serve basis and while there’s no obligation to take on a viewing, there’s also no guarantee of regular work.

Hopefully the vetting process will reassure sellers but is the hassle to become a Viewber really worth the £20 at the end of it?

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