Help please - no viewings :(

It is a nice looking house although having lived in a three storey once I would never do it again but the description is a bit confusing. It says split over 3 floors and the hallway, cloakroom and garage are the ground floor and then says the kitchen diner is on the first floor implying that the kitchen and lounge are above the garage/hallway. But, the photo shows the kitchen doors as being on the ground floor.


The kitchen is described as kitchen diner but the photos don't show a dining area. I think the kitchen could be photographed from a different angle perhaps showing the units and window wall rather than the pan hanging wall.

The main bedroom could be photographed from a better angle as it looks like the bed overpowers the room. It looks like there are wardrobes to the left as you walk in? but the room looks small from the angle the photo is taken.

Removing the rug in the lounge would make it appear more spacious. I do like the rug but it gives an 'over busy' look to the room.

I would de clutter the garden to make it look a more restful area.

If I was looking for a house then the 120 to 130 would put me off. I would prefer it to say either 120 or 130 as then I would have a better idea of what to offer.

flightsoffanciful wrote: »

Great thanks - I definitely think some new photos are in order! Good idea about the pans as there is plenty of cupboard space. We actually now have bedside tables in the bedroom rather than just a lamp (which the EA actually moved there for the photo!) but the updated photo the EA took was so blurry I asked for it to be taken down.


I'm not sure what to do about the 'big' bedroom in picture 6. Do you think it would be OK to take some furniture out and stage it for a photo (but then it look different if someone came round to look?). It probably has too much furniture in with a king size bed, cot bed, 2 x chest of drawers, shelving unit etc. It's actually a lovely big room!

Sorry - mistyped the number, I actually meant picture 5 as numbered by Rightmove (6 as numbered in the picture titles) (the one with the purple bed). I think a lot of the problem with that picture is the thing in the bottom left of frame - taking the picture so that that's not included (e.g. it looks like you could position the camera above it) would make some significant difference!

I made the mistake of putting my first place on with a guide price... all it means is that you end up hoping for the top end, while no one wants to offer above the low end. When I did that, I got one offer of below the lowest price, and some people thought I should have accepted that. Put it back on with a different agent for 'offers above x', and accepted an offer 12% above X in the end. That was in a busier market than now, but at any rate, it was a better way of putting the pricing.

I'd definitely say that you would benefit from some better photos. Before having them taken I personally would suggest that you:

1) Remove the frying pans and aprons from the rack on the kitchen wall and the papers on the side of the fridge freezer for new photos. This will help to make the space seem less cluttered.

2) Make your beds more neatly for photos and viewings - although they're not exactly "unmade" they could be a lot neater for the photographs and viewings.

3) I'd turn around the bed in the "green" room so that it was under the picture on the wall and not right under the window. I think this would "open up" the room.

4) If you're calling a room a kitchen/diner you really ought to be showing as a space you can cook and also eat in. Consider putting in a table and chairs even if it's only the green set you currently have in the garden. At least you're then selling the idea that two people could enjoy meals in the kitchen diner.

5) Put away some of your garden chairs for photos and viewings to de clutter the garden a little.

6) Borrow or rent a power washer to clean off the green moss from your garden decking and patio slabs. This will help it look brighter and more attractive to buyers.