Are room dimensions on Right Move important?

lorriellah

I know it's a bit of a random question but I have found when I've been browsing at houses to buy I immediately look at how large the bedrooms are. I find myself getting annoyed if the house I like the look at doesn't have dimensions on as I have no idea whether they're suitable or not.

The reason I'm asking is that our house is for sale and our estate agent doesn't list the dimensions of rooms which I find is not good seeing as our rooms are large so it may encourage people to look round.

I was considering asking the EA why they don't have room dimensions and whether they would put them up for us seeing as they have the measurements on file anyway. Do you think it would be worthwhile?

not_loaded

You’re paying the agent and they should be working for you. You have every right to ask for what you think is reasonable.

It’s hard to see why they’d measure up and then put it all away in a drawer.

To sell your house against the opposition you certainly want to stress the positives like good room sizes.

Person_one

They're important to me!

To be honest when I'm looking at Rightmove I don't really care about the internal photographs I just want to see a floorplan and the room dimensions. If something was in the right place and the right layout I'd probably ring the agent and ask for dimensions, I've not had to do this yet though.

I'd definitely ask the agent to put them up.

PasturesNew

Yes size IS important. And in metres and feet too ....
And a layout plan.

scottishblondie

Very important to me, as is the floor plan.

wessexw

If I didn't see the dimensions there I'd assume that they'd been left out for a reason and assume that the reason was a bad one! I've never seen a floorplan on Rightmove without dimensions, I've seen properties there with no floorplans but once the plan is there - they've always had dimensions

Welsh_Totster

Out of the hundreds of houses we viewed on Rightmove before deciding to view for real, if any were missing room dimensions we instantly dismissed them. We needed to know that room sizes were good as we have large furniture that was too costly to replace so needed to fit in the new house.

No room dimensions, no chance of a viewing from us.

Get your EA to put them on in metric and imperial (just metric annoyed me too as my mind works in imperial and I couldnt get a feel for the size if it was just in metres)

VickyA_2

Size is crucial. When we were looking at houses, it was hard to envisage how big/small rooms were without dimensions. In fact, we were even comparing properties that we were considering viewing by their internal measurements - and also the Google Earth view!

azkaban420

Agree with the consensus - size is very important to me, if I see a house on RM that I like the look of but there's no sizes/dims, I will call the agent to find these out before I even consider booking a viewing for it.

Az

geoffky

To us it was the first thing we looked for....get them done asap..

krajab

Supremely important. Among the first things I'd look for.