Your feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Emmzi

I love the garden (as I am lazy), a few leafy potplants would help soften it, and you can take them when you move.

IMHO too many strong reds and browns. Magnolia over the lounge wallpaper and the dark brown paint to lift the room. Use cream coloured bedlinen to brighten all bedrooms. The kitchen tiles (floor and wall) look very busy - any chance of whacking down some plain white lino, or even some white matting on the floor? or paint the door white.

It's not at all clear if clothes fit in the top floor bedroom. If not, turn it into a guest room - whack in a sofabed, not a bed.

picture 10 looks very cluttered, can some of the furniture come out?

i think a lick of paint, some birghter bedlinen, and moving some of the furniture into storage would make a huge difference.

TrickyDicky

When looking for a house, I think people tend to look at number of bedrooms as a first quick separator of "to see" and "to ignore"

My first impression would be that anyone looking for a 3 bed would be put off by the fact it says 4 bed - these are often more expensive or if its on at the same price as 3 bad places theres probably a reason why, even if the pictures look ok. We were looking for a 3 bed house and we looked at one 4 bed house that was "underpriced". We soon realised why when we viewed it!

For people looking for a 4 bed - they will cotton on to the fact that the downstairs bedroom is not really a bedroom, so straight away they realise its actually a 3 bedroom house and not be interested.

If you market it as a 3 bed it might make a difference. People dont like to feel conned.

thistledome

I was once told that if you don't get many viewings, the price is set too high.

If it's the layout/decor/parking etc etc, you'll get plenty of viewings but not many offers.

iamana1ias

I echo comments about decor. The living room wallpaper is far too much (why isn't it on the chimeybreast and only the chimneybreast?) and the red rug looks awful. The kitchen floor and wall tiles don't go together and are far too busy. And then there's more flowery paper around the dining table!

Your bedrooms don't work - all the beds have one side against the wall!

I wouldn't buy it - way too much redecoration needed.

ET1976

Totally agree with those who have commented on marketing it as a 4-bed, and with thistledome re getting viewings.

Let's be honest, it's a 3-bed house with extended living space downstairs. I think you can just about claim the top floor room as a bedroom, but 'master bedroom' is misleading. The pictures remind me of a place we looked at once which was marketed as 4-bed, but was actually a 2-bed with a loft conversion and only 1 of the 4 rooms was big enough to get an adult size (single) bed in! Not saying yours is that extreme, but I think people will look at the pictures and be put off by the 'wedged-in' feeling of the rooms.

I don't think the decor is a major issue, since you're not even getting people through the door. That's just a matter of taste after all.

I think it needs to be re-marketed as 3-bed and emphasise the useful living space downstairs, and priced in line with 2-3 bed properties (don't know the area so no idea if current price is comparable).

Doozergirl

I can't see which house it is - the picture is of what looks like an entire terrace? I'd suggest a photo which clearly pictures your house and no-one elses.

I'd remove the picture of the loft bedroom. I can't imagine it's as small as it actually looks. I think it would look better in the flesh, personally.

hazybubbles

My main changes that I would possibly suggest from looking at the photos are:

- paint over the flowery paper in the lounge. It is very personal in taste and quite busy. It isn't complimented by the red rug either. If the paper was neutralised then it would give more focus to the fire place.

- rearrange the furniture in the bedrooms to make better use of the space. If the beds are crammed against the wall then I assume that there is not space to pull them out and have them so there is access from both sides. It looks like from the photos there would be space if other things we reorganised.

- tone down the kitchen wall tiles. They don't go with the floor or the hint of flowery wall paper in the dining section. Perhaps you could use some tile paint on them? Also I would try and get a picture to show the dining facility in the kitchen as its not obvious from the existing picture.

- add some potted plants to the garden. At the moment its a mass of brown decking, tiles etc.

I would consider marketing this as a 3 bed rather than 4. Bedroom 4 seems to be in a rather inconvenient place. I would probably market it as a study area or childrens playroom. I would also change which room was shown as the master bedroom. Although the loft conversion has the greatest floor space, the impression that the photo gives is that it is much more closed in that bedrooms 2 and 3 and the head height isn't brilliant in a lot of the space due to the long thin shape.

roger196

Has the loft conversion got full building regs approval? If it has, I would mention this. The spotted wallpaper in the sitting room and kitchen tiles are a personal turn-off. There is no mention of the size of off-street parking and whether it is legal ( has kerb been officially dropped by council).

Catblue

Do you think that using House Network is the problem?

I have a family member who went with House Network, got virtually no interest, and then put the house on with an established High Street agent thereafter. Got lots more interest and an offer a few weeks later.

Some buyers would prefer to deal with a third party, rather than negotiate directly with the owners of the house. And a local EA should be pushing your house with local buyers.

Just a thought.

Theogirl_2

Agree with lots of the above.

Market as a 3 bed, soften both front and back gardens with plants.

Put it on with a real agent. In my town time and again where 2 similar houses are on with a trad agent and a DIY one the trad agent always seems to sell first. I think selling your house is easy when it's a boom but hard when we are in a resession like now. Leave it to the pros, not only will you get the same exposure on right move but they will ring round all the serious possible buyers.

I have been put off viewing though a DIYer, all the hassle of contacting etc, possible embarassment of offers etc. Trying to save 1k in this area is a false economy IMO.