No viewers at all!

Jamie2106

Eton_Rifle wrote: »

If you want a floor plan, download free trial software, create one yourself and email it to the agent for uploading to Rightmove. I've done this twice now.

However, I'm not sure a floor plan will help unless the layout is a strong selling feature or you want to make sure a good aspect is highlighted. Be careful you are not drawing attention to a negative feature.

People here often say they want to see floorplans, perhaps for a genuine logistical reason rather an excuse to nitpick ... but ask any agent ... people don't always buy what they say they want. Remember the Location Location programme? What buyers insisted was essential at the start of the search was very likely to be absent from the house they eventually bought!

It's the heart that rules so don't give someone an opportunity to dismiss your house without even viewing.

Tricky one - in my opinion the fact that the kitchen is at the front (very useful when it comes to unloading shopping from the car as the fridge is about two feet from the front door) and the living room is at the back (quieter, more private and flows nicely into the conservatory which then goes into the garden) is a good thing.

The description says that the living room gives access to the conservatory, so shouldn't people be able to work out the layout from that?

I'll try the free software though, can't hurt.

Thrugelmir

BBC news today.

Sellers' gloom over property market inactivity

Fourteen homes were sold per UK estate agent in the three months to August - the lowest total for more than two years, a survey has found.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14885963

googler

greenhill wrote: »

I think that the only actual 'pushing' going on here is by you. You won't get a rise out of me..........however hard you try:j

Please yourself.

Why mention it on a public forum if you're unwilling to discuss it with the forum?

Leah26

Personally I haven't wanted to look at houses that are joined like that to the next door neighbour - like in an L shape. I'm sure there is a technical term! So I would take a picture from just the front (or side even!) of the house if thats possible. While the house is clean and rooms are spacious for a two bed in my opinion, for me, it lacks personality/style. We sold our house after one week - sold for £100k - and I tried to colour coordinate every room, matching curtains and cushions, flowers etc. - kinda took inspiration from new build showhomes. At that price you are probably going to attract FTB who are also looking to purchase a "lifestyle" as well as their first home.

geoffky

abankerbutnotafatcat wrote: »

I think that depends on the area. In my area some properties are selling on their first weekend of viewing. Therefore, if I put my property on the market and didn't have any interest in the first 3 weeks i'd be wondering what was up.

What postcode is this?

Jamie2106

Leah26 wrote: »

Personally I haven't wanted to look at houses that are joined like that to the next door neighbour - like in an L shape. I'm sure there is a technical term! So I would take a picture from just the front (or side even!) of the house if thats possible. While the house is clean and rooms are spacious for a two bed in my opinion, for me, it lacks personality/style. We sold our house after one week - sold for £100k - and I tried to colour coordinate every room, matching curtains and cushions, flowers etc. - kinda took inspiration from new build showhomes. At that price you are probably going to attract FTB who are also looking to purchase a "lifestyle" as well as their first home.

The technical term is a semi detached house! It's not an L shape at all, but even if it was why would that put anyone off? No wonder I've not had any interest if everyone is that fussy.
The curtains and cushions match too...

googler

abankerbutnotafatcat wrote: »

I think that depends on the area. In my area some properties are selling on their first weekend of viewing. Therefore, if I put my property on the market and didn't have any interest in the first 3 weeks i'd be wondering what was up.

City/Town? County?

janeybogs

I'd agree with getting some colour in there! It's a lovely house, very nicely decorated but a bit, well, boring. There's not a single bit of colour or pattern in the place. Ikea, Primark or Asda all do very cheap and colourful just little touches like throws and cushions for the beds (actually I always use a sheet to co-ordinate as a throw and fold it under at the bottom as they're so cheap from primark, they always have other things in the exact colour and are lovely and plain).

carefullycautious

Jamie2106 wrote: »

The technical term is a semi detached house! It's not an L shape at all, but even if it was why would that put anyone off? No wonder I've not had any interest if everyone is that fussy.
The curtains and cushions match too...

This is one of the problems you are up against. I suprise myself at what puts me off even considering some homes. Women eh :rotfl:

DVardysShadow

Jamie2106 wrote: »

They have offered to do a floor plan or virtual tour at a cost of £94 + VAT and £99 + VAT respectively. Does this sound about right? Looking at the other properties on their books, none of them have floor plans so it's clearly not something they normally do, but what I'm wondering is, do I definately need one, or am I throwing good money after bad? I can see myself paying out for this and then a further £200 to change agents in November, which I'm very tempted to do if the lack of viewers continues.

Personal opinion, if I was minded to view, I would look at a floorplan before making my viewing decision. But I would not bother looking at a virtual tour. It is sort of wonderful that technology exists to do such things, but it is best reserved for visualising the inside of a nuclear reactor or caves in Antarctica where you could not easily go. I suppose it is just about useful for selling to a Russian oligarch, who does not come your way very often.

Mrs Shadow and I trawled through listings of 20,000 houses in finding our present property. These were all brought up by our Rightmove search criteria. Most were dismissed on the thumbnail summary. We then read the Rightmove details for about 1,000 and chose our viewing candidates from there. At no time did we open a virtual tour, nor did we feel we needed to. The next stage was a viewing.