What Is a One-Leg Appointment?
In sales slang a leg is a decision-maker, so a one-leg appointment is a visit where only one of the people who must approve the purchase is present. The usual case is a homeowner who has to check with a spouse or co-owner. A two-leg appointment has every decision-maker in the room.
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In sales slang a leg is a decision-maker, so a one-leg appointment is a visit where only one of the people who must approve the purchase is present. The usual case is a homeowner who has to check with a spouse or co-owner. A two-leg appointment has every decision-maker in the room.
One-Leg Appointment explained
If two people own the home and both must agree, a visit with one of them is one-legged and a visit with both is two-legged. The same idea covers a co-owner, a parent helping to pay, or a landlord and tenant who each have a say. What counts is not how many people live there but who holds the authority to approve the job and the spending.
On storm work the picture has an extra layer, because the person named on the policy, the person on the deed, and the person who handles repairs are not always the same. Arriving to find one decision-maker, an estimator usually presents anyway, collects measurements and photos, and books a second visit for everyone, since pushing for a same-day signature from one spouse tends to produce cancellations. The first visit still has value, but the close is on hold.
It is a mistake to treat every one-leg visit as a failure. If a single owner has full authority, the appointment is complete with one person present. The real problem is a visit where the person present cannot decide and the estimator finds out only on arrival, which is why the question of who must attend belongs in the booking conversation and the confirmation call, not on the driveway.
Why it matters when you're buying
Every one-leg visit costs a drive, an estimate, and an hour, and the follow-up often goes cold. Teams that ask early who has to approve the work spend their time with people able to sign. VA Horizon aims its exclusive, double-confirmed appointments at the homeowner who can say yes, and the same question belongs in any booking script.
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