How to market house

hazyjo wrote: »

NB - wrote this before you have added what changes you have made. Will leave it all in, so ignore bits you've already explained.
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I've always found unfurnished properties take longer to sell and aren't as appealing.


The photos/house do seem to need a lot of work. I'd not be marketing it like that and would take the listing down until you can make some improvements.


You said any advice welcome, so I hope you don't think I'm being harsh (really not! Just want to help you sell!).


Pic 1. Very plain. Would try and make it softer (flowers?). I presumed it was a Scottish house before looking at the location. (No offence to the Scots lol! It's a nice house! It's just the colour/style.)
Pic 2. Not the most 'loved' garden - looks more like a section of a field.
Pics 3 and 4. Looks like a function hall. I would make a bit of a hallway and put the sofa on your right as you come through the front door to break the room up. The sofa on the wall opposite the front door can stay. Move the TV to the other side of the window. I would actually put the table at the other end to make it a lounge diner - it's too long to be one long lounge.


Pic 5. Thrown me as a buyer - you don't need two dining spaces, so what do you do with it? It makes more sense being there than in the lounge as it's off the kitchen. So what to do with the mega-long lounge?!


Pic 6. This is MUCH better than pic 5. I thought the table was up against the wall in pic 5, and this makes it look much bigger. It's quite cluttered on those shelves.


Pic 7. Way too much stuff. Keep the desk and chair. That's more than enough.


Pic 8. Clear the front of the fridge entirely. Hide as much of the rest as you can.


Pic 9. No prob.


Pic 10. Okay it's a white suite which is good. Would consider making it look more modern with a new shower curtain and picture. Dated tiles, but not much you can do.


Pic 11 and 12. More of a space than a bedroom. Head height looks very limited throughout.


13. new sealant is essential round bath. Hide all the stuff.


14. Fine.


15. Fine (would move the bath mats and toiletries). Blimey, a third bathroom?!


16. Fine.


17. Junk room? Lose the boxes, lose the sofa, put a large duvet on the bed to hide the underneath and put it where the sofa is. Hide the fan.


Hope that's not too harsh!


I would seriously think about splitting that long front room into two, although someone else can do that if they want to I suppose. Nothing really stands out as a 'master bedroom'. I know there's a big room up there with an en suite, but it just looks like 'space'.


I'm looking in Leigh at the mo - not a million miles away


Jx

Gigervamp wrote: »

In pic 2 (the garden), what's the white thing on the right?

I agree with Hazyjo about dividing up the living room. At the moment, there's too much empty space in the middle, with furniture squashed up at the ends. Some rugs would make it look warmer.

A couple of pots with colourful flowers either side of the front door will add colour.