selling house - when to start worrying? UPDATED x2 (pg. 3)

girl_withno_name

nat38 wrote: »

Don't get why people looking for 2 beds would miss it? Unless they are searching only for 2 beds, instead of minimum 2 beds?

They may not miss it in that respect, but more 'overlook' it... for example, we were looking for a four bedroom property but only need a small fourth bedroom (as a study) and would consider a five bedroom way too big for us (too much maintenance, too much on heating bills, too much cleaning) so even if one came up in our search I wouldn't be looking at it.

inmypocketnottheirs

nat38 wrote: »

I guess we could, but how do you manage to negotiate 70k upto 80-85k? (this would prob be our minimum)

That is part of what Express EA do. We had more viewings in December from qualified buyers (I.e cash or FTBs) in December (probably the worst month for viewings) than we had April to November. And out of 10 viewings from Express we had 3 offers from different parties, one of which proceeded to exchange and we complete on 4th July.

nat38

amcluesent wrote: »

Seems to me that your interior shows middle-class tastes in a property located in a working (or JSA) class area. The Streetview is grim indeed with rows of lock-ups.

Seems an odd thing to say, but you may put off viewers if they think you're 'posh'.

I'd say you need to identify what another £10K-£15K would get you in the area, maybe a property which doesn't look like a military barracks, and then work out what would attract buyers beyond a bargain bucket price.

Is the back garden a decent space to sit-out, with reasonable privacy. We never get to see that, but the front looks rough.

The upstairs pics of the bedrooms are terrible, making it look tiny.

You need to decide if it's really a 3bed and stop being half-hearted about bed/'study' and have a pic with a bed in there.

Yep, it's too cluttered and indeed orange

Thanks. Interesting comments.
I'll try to make it look less 'posh'

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Have been reading your thread with interest as we are in same position as you- house on market since end of May, no viewings.

Just wondering how your viewing went yesterday?

Hope you get a good offer.

nat38

goodlife10 wrote: »

Have been reading your thread with interest as we are in same position as you- house on market since end of May, no viewings.

Just wondering how your viewing went yesterday?

Hope you get a good offer.

Hi there, thanks!

Viewing was today (we had to re-schedule as the whole family was ill ) and it went really well! :T
We were very surprised as the potential buyer was not our imagined target market - she was an elderly lady! She has sold her flat and wants to 'upgrade' to a house - loved the open plan kitchen/dining/lounge, didn't mind the relatively small bedrooms, was positively surprised about the downstairs toilet and was OK with the 3bed-study situation (she came with her son who was very happy with the built-in furniture!).
They viewed a few houses during the week and will be viewing a couple more next week, but it seemed to me that ours was the one they liked best so far! :j Oh, and they asked us if it would be OK to do a survey before offering.
We forgot to mention a couple of things but I think over all we did very well. The house looked nice, really clean and as de-cluttered as possible, but I didn't overdo it, and they didn't seem to bother at all about my quirky stuff!
I should take new pictures now before the chaos comes back:rotfl:

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The viewing sounds very positive- fingers crossed- lets us know.
Have subscribed- hope to hear your good news soon. :T

nat38

goodlife10 wrote: »

The viewing sounds very positive- fingers crossed- lets us know.
Have subscribed- hope to hear your good news soon. :T

thanks, will let you know!
what's your situation?