Selling our house but no viewings

DarlyPaws

Scrounger wrote: »

Is the parking space on your own land?

What's to stop visitors, neighbours, strangers etc parking there?

Does this ever happen in practice?

What if the new buyers have two cars?

Scrounger

The parking space is on our land. People don't park in other people's spaces around here. If they do, which is very rare, someone in the village will tell them to move their car. We have a village car park, which is free, so visitors are expected to park there. It is clearly marked. If the buyer's have two cars, there is always space on the street to park (that isn't someone's space) or they can park in the village car park. I know it isn't ideal for many people but parking honestly isn't a problem in the village. However, I don't know how to get that across in the ad on Rightmove.

Scrounger

It must be difficult to walk down the pavement with all those parked cars?

Is there much through-traffic?

Scrounger

DarlyPaws

Scrounger wrote: »

It must be difficult to walk down the pavement with all those parked cars?

Is there much through-traffic?

Scrounger

No, not much through-traffic. The street is a dead end. The only traffic is the people who live on the road. Children play quite happily. In fact, when the weather is good, most of the traffic comes from the children and their push bikes!

moneyistooshorttomention

DarlyPaws wrote: »

I am torn. I really want to sell our house because I want to help my father-in-law and provide him a home where he is comfortable and looked after. However, I will be more than sad when I leave this house. I love this house, the village, the location, and my neighbours. It is such a great place to live and I have never been happier.

That's such a shame for you to be thinking of selling then in those circumstances. If someone just regards their home as "Well, it's a house. It serves its purpose and the area serves its purpose" that's one thing. But to think of leaving when it's a nice little house/you love it/you love the village is such a pity.

Is there any alternatives you can see as to how to satisfy your wish to ensure father-in-law is okay, but that don't involve you thinking of moving?

DarlyPaws

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

That's such a shame for you to be thinking of selling then in those circumstances. If someone just regards their home as "Well, it's a house. It serves its purpose and the area serves its purpose" that's one thing. But to think of leaving when it's a nice little house/you love it/you love the village is such a pity.

Is there any alternatives you can see as to how to satisfy your wish to ensure father-in-law is okay, but that don't involve you thinking of moving?

We have exhausted all alternatives, unfortunately. He doesn't have much of a pension and so the care home that he could afford is pretty horrible. I would never leave him in a place like that. He doesn't have property to sell so that leaves us with either paying for a nice assisted living flat (which we can't afford longterm) or moving him in with us. As much as I love our cottage, it isn't ideal for a gentleman who is having difficulty with stairs. He still walks everyday but stairs are too difficult. Despite the financial reasons, I think he would be much happier overall living with us. He will eat better, feel better, and have more interaction with people. It is what it is. We have house in mind, which is perfect (and I can see myself loving it as much as this house), but, if our house doesn't sell in time, we are out of luck. Thankfully, the house is just a village away so we won't feel so ripped away from a lovely little spot of the world.

I came here for advice and opinions on why our house isn't selling and everyone has been so helpful and made some incredibly valuable points. I just wish potential buyers who have a reservation or two would just come look. It is a beautiful house in a cute little village and they would be surrounded by an incredible landscape and some amazing lovely neighbours. Too bad I can't put that on Rightmove, eh?

jimbog

Any possibility of staying put and making a loft conversion or an extension into the garden?

DarlyPaws

jimbog wrote: »

Any possibility of staying put and making a loft conversion or an extension into the garden?

The loft conversion wouldn't work because he has too many issues with stairs. We would take the loft but he would still need to get up the stairs to his bedroom. The stairs are too narrow for a chair lift. An extension into the garden is far too expensive. I couldn't believe it either but it is cheaper for us to find and buy another house at this point. Since this is an old house, it would just cost too much to make it easy for him to move around in. We have to be prepared for the fact that he may be in a wheelchair in a few years and this house would never accommodate that, unfortunately.