Selling Houses! Help!

genuineplacebo

Thanks Erics Mum. Really appreciate the comments. The garden is now sorted, just need the new photos to show it! I like your first comments about relaunching the house, Hubby is going to ring the Estate Agent tomorrow to get them to take a full set of new photos and see if we can have a open day. Definately a way forward!

Bullfighter

The photos were taken by a 12 year old with an iPhone no?

Christ, this is the biggest item you may ever sell and you let them get away with god awful photos like this??

Oh, plus your house is still overpriced.

Sorry.

genuineplacebo

PMCX9 - No-one in this area has an upstairs bathroom. Historical thing with the prefab bathrooms being on the back really.
A couple of houses in each street are rendered. It was like it when we bought it, makes it look different I guess.
Rear extension isn't bad - you can see a photo in the garden pics.
Parking isn't really a problem, and the only van that's ever around is a small one that the electrician next door owns. We've never had a problem parking near our house and we have two cars.

genuineplacebo

Two people have now commented that the house is overpriced, one of which lives 'oop north'! Neither though, have given any reasons why they think it has been overpriced. Please can you give justification to make the comments more constructive? :-)

CloudCuckooLand

The last house sold, that's made it to Land Registry, was for £213k in August 2008. http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?q=sm5+1ey&n=50

Prices since that date have fallen 5.2%. Which would make that property now worth £202k. Does being 3-bed cancel out being mid-terrace, for No 11 ? How does it compare with yours ?

[IMG]http://www1.landregistry.gov.uk/houseprices/housepriceindex/report/default.asp?g=1&gt=1&a=Sutton&s=01 August 2008&e=01 May 2010&t=1[/IMG]


OR

Your own place was bought for £191k in October 2006. Since which time prices have risen by 6.2%. Which would make it now worth £203K.

Subject to adjustment for deterioration or improvement since.

[IMG]http://www1.landregistry.gov.uk/houseprices/housepriceindex/report/default.asp?g=1&gt=1&a=Sutton&s=01 October 2006&e=01 May 2010&t=1[/IMG]

Perhaps the absence of planning records for the extension is worrying some people.

Doozergirl

CloudCuckooLand wrote: »

The last house sold, that's made it to Land Registry, was for £213k in August 2008. http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?q=sm5+1ey&n=50

Prices since that date have fallen 5.2%. Which would make that property now worth £202k. Does being 3-bed cancel out being mid-terrace, for No 11 ? How does it compare with yours ?


OR

Your own place was bought for £191k in October 2006. Since which time prices have risen by 6.2%. Which would make it now worth £203K.

Subject to adjustment for deterioration or improvement since.



Perhaps the absence of planning records for the extension is worrying some people.

A) Would make the asking price about right then allowing for low offers.
Would make the asking price about right then allowing for low offers.
C) Looks like permitted development to me.

CloudCuckooLand

Doozergirl wrote: »

A) Would make the asking price about right then allowing for low offers.
Would make the asking price about right then allowing for low offers.
C) Looks like permitted development to me.

A) Yes. Seems strange no offers at all. Suspect people are opting for parking/3-bed ahead of trying to save money by bargaining. Or easier re-sale.

Yes. Seems strange no offers at all. Suspect people are opting for parking/3-bed ahead of trying to save money by bargaining. Or easier re-sale.

C) 3 out of 4 Pipewell Road planning applications are for single storey rear extensions, including retrospective...maybe some buyers are wary of cowboy extensions. Planning paperwork might not mean much, but it saves debate over exact permitted development rules, or indemnity insurance. http://213.122.180.105/FASTWEB/welcome.asp

MobileSaver

genuineplacebo wrote: »

we'd still realistically only get the same price for the house afterwards.

The difference being that the changes will hopefully allow you to sell and move on with your life.

So you'll have spent some money but with luck be in your new house for Christmas; only you can decide whether the cost is worth it.

However there have been some excellent suggestions in this thread on making your place even more appealing without spending any money. Fingers crossed these do the trick, good luck.

ERICS_MUM

pmcx9 wrote: »

Apart from the usual tidy it up, better pictures etc it seems blindingly obvious to me. Put a bathroom in upstairs and create just a WC and utility room from the downstairs one and you will get the asking price!

I dont know the area so just took a look at streetview. Here are my initial thoughts so perhaps what others would think. Please do not take offence, this is meant as constructive help;

Why the hell is it rendered when no others are???? Hiding problems?
Really cheap and nasty looking porch extension with no matching window.....Is rear extension cheap and nasty too?
Bet its hellish parking at night???
Leaded windows look wrong on period/ type of house
Looks like the sort of neighbourhood where people are always improving extending houses so always builders vans, skips and noise in road.

These are valid points but they are quite major things to fix or not in the OP's power to get sorted. Also the associated costs might make it not worthwhile to sell.

Linda

mrsbounce

Just wanted to wish you luck Im 10 mins from you and have been for sale since April, we have 3 beds an 80ft garden driveway for 2 cars and in the same price bracket..... We have had 4 viewings in the past week and only 8 in total in 12 weeks.