Please help me sell this house

googler

I'd suggest, for the rightmove photos;

Cut back the tree on the RHS of the front photo, and lose the tree in front of the house altogether. Either that or find a different vantage point from where you can picture the whole of the front of the house, or a higher vantage point where you can shoot the picture over the tree.

Lose the fridge magnets.
You could de-clutter the kitchen somewhat, and I may be on my own here, but I don't think trailing plants add anything at all to a kitchen (or to the dresser in the dining area).
In the main bedroom, take the cuddly toys away, and is that newspapers, or other paperwork under the head of the bed? Take that away, too.
I'd remove the plant and the golf clubs from the home office, and shoot it from a lower angle, and lose the white doorframe from the shot on the right.
The bathroom should be pictured without the bin, the hanging sponges, the bottles of shampoo and soap products, and I'd take the plant away as well.

If you shoot the photos from lower down, you get straighter verticals, and get away from the leaning effect that's apparent in the home office and bathroom photos.

DKLS

asharon wrote: »

a front and back picture would be nice so you can see each garden completely.

Totally agree, I dont know why a lot of estate agents dont do pics/measurements of the garden, for me when I am house hunting, the garden is critical to the decision making process.

What I would love to see on rightmove, is a search by garden size option, with further information available on what the dimensions are and in which direction the garden is facing.

hippadeemo

The thing I always look for when deciding whether to view a house or not is the floor plan and you don't seem to have one. It's really important from my point of view because you want to know exactly how the house is laid out, where the kitchen is, is there an entrance porch, where all the doors are.

mlz1413

Have the EA been good with advertising? is your house in the local paper's property section regularly?

Could you get a friend to mystery shop the EA, ie walk in and ask for house details in your area for under £90k. Do the agents show interest at a potential buyer walking through the door, give any chat when handing out the details?

As others have said have a spruce up in the garden and declutter in the house, get pictures of why you are not overlooked and a floorplan added, if this agent isn't forthcoming at re-marketing then move to a new agent.

Also if you move agent ask about an open weekend, sometimes a re-launch (so to speak) can generate interest which in turn gives feedback.

tek-monkey

I'd love to see the floorplan laid onto a plan of the garden, to give you a proper idea of what you're buying. I suspect they don't do this though to encourage sales of 'less desirable' residences.

LandyAndy

myothercarisaferrari wrote: »

how far away from Lymm are you? and how big is the garden? x

Not very far but a million miles.

Probably 10 miles or so.

LandyAndy

*Dory* wrote: »

Hi Thanks for the comments
I know it's cluttered and this is being sorted but apart from that any other advice. The last viewer feedback we had was that it was a lovely house with loads of storage but they weren't happy with the area.
I don't think it's overpriced and I can't pick it up and move it so do I just have to sit back and see?

And that is the real root of your problem. It is also the one thing you can't change. Why are they looking at your house in the first place?

Partington isn't a great area but £65k is a very low price.

*Dory*

myothercarisaferrari wrote: »

how far away from Lymm are you? and how big is the garden? x

We are about 2 miles from Lymm, (my children go to school in Lymm) and the garden is a good size. I have a summer house, trampoline, patio with furniture and still have loads of room.

Thanks for all the comments. I am in the process of de-cluttering but it's a slow job as we are also doing up our other house to live in.

I love the house and garden it's just not big enough for 3 kids anymore.