house sale - no viewings...

chrichard

Thanks for all your comments

dander

What kind of estate agent are you with? Is it in a good location? I found when selling a few years ago, even with the internet, that central high-street estate agents generate far more viewings. The best agents are also local to the property, don't pick one in the next town even if it's national chain. Is the agent suitable for your type of property - no point trying to sell a £100k house with an agent who specialises in large country homes because your buyers won't think to look there. I think a good way to pick an agent is to see which ones have sold signs outside similar properties to yours.

googler

Tips for improving the RM listing and photos;

Re-do the kitchen photo; take the bin, mop, and whatever else out, and try and get a photo without including the white mass of fridge/freezer at LHS. Clear the worktops and tops of wall units of everything you can.

Fix the fence or don't include it in the photos

Brighten up pic 4 of the bedroom - it looks dark

Try and get an angle on the dining room photo that doesn't include the white mass at LHS (flowers?). Do you have one white chair and five wooden ones? If so, take the white one and one wooden one away and photograph it with four matching chairs. Take the thin tablecloth and ornament away.

In the bathroom, take away the laundry hamper, the object that seems to be freestanding behind the bath taps, and the plastic tray sitting over the bath. Remove all cleaning products from the basin and edge of the bath, and the floor - unless they have a good decorative purpose, and put the lid down on the toilet seat! Choose a photo angle that doesn't include the door and door frame as well.....

Is that a cat-scratching post in front of the patio doors? That has to go, for the photos, and possibly for the viewings as well. Anyone who doesn't like cats, or like me, is allergic to them, is going to run a mile when they see that.....

Your agent could 'sell' it a bit more in the listing, and could include imperial as well as metric dimensions........

Milliewilly

chrichard wrote: »

Well we offered just 2k more, which was still 3k under the asking price. When I say gazumped, we put an offer in while the house was under offer.

Karma moves in mysterious ways......

When_is_the_reset?

Milliewilly wrote: »

Karma moves in mysterious ways......

+1 with a cherry on top

(is this enough characters?)

Blackpool_Saver

So is there parking?

chrichard

There's plenty of parking, it has a long stretch of gravelled road alongside the back (entrance side) of all the houses.

felix247

Judging by the photo looking back at the rear of the property, I would be detered from even requesting a viewing by the situation with your neighbour's conservatory. They can see right into your back garden from within it..

Also the exactly where the right boundary is seems unclear. The wooden fence doesn't line up with the change in facade of the houses.

I'd get a 2metre high fence erected alongside your neighbour's conseratory, perhaps extending it down the garden to provide more privacy. I'd also consider removing that photo until the work had been done.

googler

From the council's planning website, and from the application for the conservatory - bold highlight is mine;

"INFORMATIVE: REASON FOR GRANT OF PLANNING PERMISSION~~In the opinion of the Local Planning Authority the proposal is acceptable in terms of its scale, design and its impact upon privacy, amenity, highway safety and the general character of the area. "

You'll know the planning officer when you meet him - he'll be the one with the guide dog......

felix247

I agree that councils shouldn't allow conservatories to be erected so close to boundaries but they do. My neighbours on one of my previous houses did exactly the same. So I erected a two metre high fence next to it, and made sure their side of it wasn't too pretty to look at. My buyer didn't even mention the vicinicity of the conservatory.