Improvements in order to sell

devotee

AdmiralX wrote: »

Yes and some vendors insisting to bequeath you with their furniture, and.... curtains ... saying they will move with MIL.

Actually quite grateful they'd left me with the curtains, even though they're not pretty. Have a huge bay window and just found out that the price for the curtains would be huge too :eek: Really, £600 for some fabric that I'd need to pay to have cleaned... the price of privacy!

chopps

The kitchen floor and wall tiles were the most noticeable (dated) for me. I would change them as not a big expense to do so and will make a big difference. Rest of it looks ok.

poppysarah

Don't start what you can't finish. You don't know what might happen if you rip a kitchen out - you might end up discovering some horrid problem and having to sort it out which might take you over budget etc etc.

Let someone else do it how they want.

Let someone else see the potential.

aggypanthus

slopemaster wrote: »

The space behind the fireplace wall is supposed to be a dining area; the hatch opens on to the kitchen.
(So this area wd become part of kitchen if the wall was taken out.)

Bathroom is modern - a wetroom with walk-in shower instead of bath

in that case the selling agent is remiss in not showing a pic of the modern bathroom.

AdmiralX

devotee wrote: »

Really, £600 for some fabric that I'd need to pay to have cleaned... the price of privacy!

Do you mean the existing curtains are worth £600 in fabric? Bay windows are tall and is lovely to have curtains hanging to floor. They take loads fabric. However one can find bargains during sales. I have made my own curtains.

devotee

AdmiralX wrote: »

Do you mean the existing curtains are worth £600 in fabric? Bay windows are tall and is lovely to have curtains hanging to floor. They take loads fabric. However one can find bargains during sales. I have made my own curtains.

I don't think the existing ones are worth that much, I wouldn't pay that much for sure for them, plus they are unlined.

Yeah that's the look I'd like but the bay is 4 metres wide (the track is) and the ceiling is 3m high, so I would need 8 metres of fabric just to cover the width and 3m of length! I might have to invest in a sewing machine and learn how to do it, but it's still a lot to spend in fabric.

I might have to compromise and just put some fabric blinds with a faux curtains on each side just to frame the bay.

Where would you find bargains as everywhere I looked the ready made curtains are too small for my window? I miss ready made voiles from John Lewis

AdmiralX

devotee wrote: »

I don't think the existing ones are worth that much, I wouldn't pay that much for sure for them, plus they are unlined.

Yeah that's the look I'd like but the bay is 4 metres wide (the track is) and the ceiling is 3m high, so I would need 8 metres of fabric just to cover the width and 3m of length! I might have to invest in a sewing machine and learn how to do it, but it's still a lot to spend in fabric.

I might have to compromise and just put some fabric blinds with a faux curtains on each side just to frame the bay.

Where would you find bargains as everywhere I looked the ready made curtains are too small for my window? I miss ready made voiles from John Lewis

An elegant solution and economical is Roman Blinds.

Thanks for this post. First: you do not need sawing machine to do curtains. They are better sawn by hand than with machine.They hang well. I ve just made some for a friend (unpaid). If you wish a sawing machine JL has some the cheapest is £50, the next Jenome £79 I bought and and does all the jobs. Curtains keep cold out well when lined and interlined. Dont have to use the blind lining which is costly, get the cheap. for 4 m width of bay you may use 1.5 times its width. JL recomend more but I use just that. The width of roll is 1.30 around so you need 5 roll widths each length 3m 10 cm (with hems) that is 15.5 metres.

You can find in Laura Ashley and John lewis beautiful reductions for under £20 a metre. Check their sites.

dollywolly

I agree with others- ask agent for advice and guidance and perhaps ask other estate agents too for a good overall opinion. We were in same position and nearly spent thousands (kitchen, bathroom etc)- all we really needed was to tidy the front of ours and chuck some laminate down! It worked! Good luck!:)

carefullycautious

Absolutely love it as it is. Cant you market it as a genuine retro property.

Some one out there must share this love of all things Retro

If only I could win the lottery I would write a cheque out to you now.

Its all about the marketting of it.

Get it seen down in London

puddy

slopemaster wrote: »

Thanks all for the thoughts so far.

Here it is
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-19528167.html

all i would do with it is clean clean clean (im not saying its dirty but people will get a feel good from sparkling taps, windows and bath) and change dated furnishings like the bed spread and wardrobes, put something from your own house into it whilst its selling. make it look as pleasant as possible, change the curtains or something

but the layout is very good actually, its easy for someone to knock through to the sitting room and have a large kitchen diner and then the family room can be the lounge (i hate lounge diners)