arhhh, this house selling lark is so frustrating

Gerradene

Phew....glad i'm not an estate agent!

I hope all your house sales proceed without problems
It is worth waiting for the right person that walks into your home and falls in love with it straight away.

xela_17

Gerradene wrote:

It is worth waiting for the right person that walks into your home and falls in love with it straight away.

I hope that's true. We fell in love with our house the minute we walked up the garden path. I can't believe there's no one else like us who wants to buy it now.

Jorgan_2

Jenny, stick with it. The fact that you have had a decent number of viewings thru the door means that the asking price must be about right, if it was too high you wouldn't have had the interest in it, too low & it would have been snapped up. You just need to wait for the right buyer, sometimes its the first person thru the door, in others its the 21st. You bought the property with the railway line there, as did the rest of your street.

mpsavuk

xela_17 wrote:

I'm also feeling very disheartened so know what you're going through! Our house has been on market for just under a month. We have had one offer which we didn't accept last week and the buyer says he won't go higher. Since then we've had no viewings at all. Someone on this board said that having people view your house but not offer is like going for job interviews and always getting turned down. It's awful!

In 9 months time, if you still have not sold, you may be wishing you had accepted that offer!

JennyW_2

Jorgan wrote:

You bought the property with the railway line there, as did the rest of your street.

Yes that's true although our's is a tad closer than some but you are correct in what you say. the thing that worries me is that after a few weeks wont people start to question why it's not been sold? this weekend I've had another 6 viewings, one feedback was "beautiful house but too close to the trains and the other was that the garden wasn't big enough (that I can handle). Still waiting on the other feedbacks. I agree that that price must be right or else we wouldn't have the viewings.

bylromarha

Whoever said we should keep this thread going is right!

very reassuring reading all your comments. I have a toddler, so keeping the house tidy is a nightmare...we also have a baby due in June, so it seems unlikely we'll be moved by then, as no offers yet, so support is good! So nice to know you aren't the only one going "argh!".

gentlepurr

aaargh! can only agree with you all. our house has been on the market nearly three weeks now, and only one viewing, and that was someone who hasn't even got their house on the market.

worse still, we had a viewing booked for sat aft, and after spending all morning making sure the house was like a palace, they never turned up, :mad: :mad: and more :mad:

however, both ladies from the reception at estate agents are comming to have a look round today, which is brill, as then they know exactly whats what, and can push some unique selling points to prospective purchasers (hopefully!)

hugs to all of us in this situation, :grouphug: what will be will be.

xx

JennyW_2

gentlepurr - I know exactly how you must've felt at the weekend as I too had a no show :mad: damn right rude if you ask me. However I have let my feelings be known at the estate agents. Fair enough if there was a family emergency but it wouldn't hurt to have made a phone call to save my time hanging around. We've been on 2 weeks and have had about 25 viewings - reckon half of them aren't in a position to move, just want to have a nose around

Jorgan_2

I was once selling a property that had 63 viewings before it sold, lots of people said they liked it but not enough to put an offer in. Then we get 2 offers on the same day, vendor thought we were winding them up.

Tip for any body who has viewings booked in more than a week in advance, get the agent to ring the viewer on the morning, or day before, the viewing just to re-confirm times, who they'll be meeting etc. You'll be amazed how many people were just about to ring the agent as theres been a change in circumstances.

trafalgar_2

gentlepurr wrote:

aaargh! can only agree with you all. our house has been on the market nearly three weeks now, and only one viewing, and that was someone who hasn't even got their house on the market.

I'm totally confused ,I thought you were staying put ,do you have to market it even though your getting a mortgage on your own seems a strange thing to have to do

edit to add explained now thanks

can't say I've ever had this problem (viewers not turning up) but I sympathise,it's very rude