Help Please Dilemma With Our House

bylromarha

You mentioned that 1 agent said that part of the problem was the look of the front of the house.

If this is the case, then you need to get people to see beyond the front of the house. If you insist that your estate agent uses a floor plan, then people can see straight away the merits of your house rather than just assuming.

I think I found your house on rightmove, but was unsure. if I did have the right house, your agent hasn't done a floor plan and the details are scant to say the least on a property of your price.

As a buyer, I love floor plans. The company on some of the houses I have details for are done by a company called Particular plans.

www.particular-plans.co.uk

Looks like thats their website. Maybe they can help your agent out?

Debt_Free_Chick

How are you guys managing to identify the house and look at the details .... have I missed something?

bagzithat

Debt_Free_Chick wrote:

How are you guys managing to identify the house and look at the details .... have I missed something?

Lol I was thinking that myself, but somehow you brain boxes on MSE always manage to suss everything out.

I don't know if this is allowed if not then please one of the mods remove it, here is the link to our house.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-8582138.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy

Thanks again for all the advice....

bylromarha

Yeah! I found it I found it!

And the agents details really should be better for the price of the house.

Spendless

Personally I dislike descriptions that read 3/4 or 6/7 bedrooms. I always think that they are wanting more money for an extra bedroom that is really a cupboard. If the 7th bedroom is big enough for a bed in it I'd call it 7 bedrooms. If it's not I'd say 6 bedrooms plus study. But maybe that is just me.

Is the property priced correctly for the area. Are you in the catchment area of a school that isn't doing well? Do you smoke, have lots of pets? (don't wish to be rude, just trying to think of things that may put people off).

Jay-Jay_4

OMG! Your lounge is certainly very striking!


Do you think that you need to keep it to your own personal taste or would you be better going with the neutrals that you have elsewhere within the house?

As it is, buyers do not see that the rest of the house is neutral, they may think that the entire house is more stylised to your tastes.

I personally think that the colour scheme is rather overpowering and would be off-putting to some.

bagzithat

The EA said he would put 6/7 bedrooms as putting 7 bedrooms makes the house to big, the 7th bedroom can be used as an office, at the moment we use all 6 bedrooms and the 7th is an office.

Yes the house is in a catchment area, with several private schools and all the schools in this area are very well known, people come as far as Middleton and Bolton as the schools are that good, we actually live on the road with the biggest private school in Greater Manchester St Bedes.

No we don't smoke and have no pets, and we dont have any viewers to put them off LOL.

bagzithat

Jay-Jay wrote:

OMG! Your lounge is certainly very striking!


Do you think that you need to keep it to your own personal taste or would you be better going with the neutrals that you have elsewhere within the house?

As it is, buyers do not see that the rest of the house is neutral, they may think that the entire house is more stylised to your tastes.

I personally think that the colour scheme is rather overpowering and would be off-putting to some.

Jay-Jay I agree with you 100% I don't like this room at all, this is the only room we haven't changed as the estate agents all of them said leave it, this is what will sell the house, this gives the house the WOW FACTOR?

We asked them today to remove that picture, we are taking more pictures ourself of the house and this room will not be included.
The room is done in Arabic Mosaic all done by my husband.

Debt_Free_Chick

bagzithat wrote:

Jay-Jay I agree with you 100% I don't like this room at all, this is the only room we haven't changed as the estate agents all of them said leave it, this is what will sell the house, this gives the house the WOW FACTOR?

We asked them today to remove that picture, we are taking more pictures ourself of the house and this room will not be included.
The room is done in Arabic Mosaic all done by my husband.

I think that some will find it a little oerpowering or overdone or simply too personal (to you/hubbie). The photo probably doesn't do it justice and I'll bet it looks better when seen "in the flesh". Buyers are fickle bu88ers that photo alone could put some off.

Oddly, in contrast to a previous poster, I didn't find the kitchen at all offputting. My belief is that there is no such thing as a "period kitchen" for a property of this nature. If there were, it would have an old range, a huge table and lots of open shelves & hooks, all ready to attract grease & dust

I personally believe (gosh! I HATE that expression) that the kitchen is a potential seller.

I don't think that the hall photo added very much either. Is the staircase stripped waxed pine? It looks very "shiny" which might simply be a reflection from the flash

What do you consider to be the property's top five selling features? I would definintely include the exterior (beautiful!) and the kitchen ... what else? Remember, that you could simply include the fireplace and not the entire reception room.

What are its top selling features ....?

Regards (& nighty-night)

grumpyoldgit_2

Just peeked at the website :eek: - others have said plenty about the pics. So.....

The description reads as though it was done late on a Friday just before the office closed.

If that is the best your agents can do get rid of them.

Marketing is about attracting interest - I'm afraid this would not get mine - let alone go and view.

I suggest you collect some material from a range of agents and identify and use a creative writer to sell your place, the current lot could'nt describe my garden shed let alone a magnificent house.

The old adage - "always employ a hungry man" comes to mind - are there any independent new start up agents in the area who will be grateful to handle such a property?
Surely in Manchester you can do better than the clowns you have at the moment?

No wonder you have'nt sold.................. YET

Good Luck
GoG