First time seller - Did not imagine it could involve this sort of hassle

Dan-Dan

why did you pay 205k for it , what did you base that on ?

laurel7172

LOSE the snooker table!!!:eek: Garage! Now!

Seriously, though...nice house, neutrally decorated, well kept, good catchment. But the snooker table makes the conservatory look like wasted space-too small for anything useful. Dress it as a room.

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mezebu1 wrote: »

Thanks. But how do you know how much a house is worth? Sale prices of similar houses in the area? there's none

A house is worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it.. in your case, you decided the house was worth paying £205k for. Others may agree or disagree.

Have you used Zoopla/rightmove to look at the sale history in your area? Try looking on http://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices/

You must remember, people will 'try it on' and make stupid low offers. This is natural, and you can just tell them no. Anyone serious will make a low offer, and if turned down, will come back with something closer to asking.

Don't expect anyone to pay asking price. No one sensibly does that unless they're desperate to move to that location and there is a scarcity of properties.

You won't get a lot of house in St Albans for £205k ...

You may want to remove your postcode from MSE.. anyone can effectively find your address and name from that

mezebu1

Dan-Dan wrote: »

why did you pay 205k for it , what did you base that on ?

Of all the properties we viewed at the time with similar price marks, it was the best - I researched the area and it ticked all boxes at the time: closeness to the best sch (at the time), surgery, local shops etc - we felt it was worth the price.

PLUS previous occupant bought for 224k in March 2008 (post housing market crash? maybe they were naive?) and then built the conservatory and cavity wall insulation after...So we felt it was a good price

Do you think we paid too much or were naive ftbs?

Slinky

Agree with the comment about the snooker table. There's nothing aspirational about the conservatory as you have it at the moment. I'm guessing it's probably also cold when you show people into it at the moment. You need some proper furniture in there to show it at it's best.

Also the bedrooms look really uninviting and 'cold'. I'm being distracted by unmatching bedding/curtains, bed bases with no valence and nothing showing any 'personality' in them at all. OK so I don't want to be sharing the bedrooms with you OP (no offence), but I can't see they aren't selling themselves to me as warm, inviting, cosy places I'd want to sleep in.

OK so some people can see past this and visualise how their stuff will look, but many can't, and you need to attract as many people as possible in order that one will put in an acceptable offer.

mezebu1

laurel7172 wrote: »

LOSE the snooker table!!!:eek: Garage! Now!

Seriously, though...nice house, neutrally decorated, well kept, good catchment. But the snooker table makes the conservatory look like wasted space-too small for anything useful. Dress it as a room.

LoL...:rotfl:

Many thanks, previous occupant had it as a play room, had loads of toys at the time. We'll see.

*Feeling good there's been no negative comment, so means our house is nice!!!:T:D Wish we could 'move the house' close to where our heart is...*

Slinky

A couple of other things, if you could retake the outside photos on a day with some sunshine it would help, as would removing the washing line from the shots. I'm also looking at the back door of the garage and it looks like it's rotting at the bottom - is that the case, if it isn't it needs a darned good clean/lick of paint to cover it up. Signs of rot make me wonder what else might need attending to.

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no, it's a nice house. I'd agree about the bedrooms being a bit sparse (You want to give buyers 'ideas' of what they can do with the rooms) and move the snooker table out the conservatory.

£205k seems fair based on previous prices. I agree it's hard to compare to other properties (and some have sold for silly low prices).

mezebu1

Slinky wrote: »

Agree with the comment about the snooker table. There's nothing aspirational about the conservatory as you have it at the moment. I'm guessing it's probably also cold when you show people into it at the moment. You need some proper furniture in there to show it at it's best.

Also the bedrooms look really uninviting and 'cold'. I'm being distracted by unmatching bedding/curtains, bed bases with no valence and nothing showing any 'personality' in them at all. OK so I don't want to be sharing the bedrooms with you OP (no offence), but I can't see they aren't selling themselves to me as warm, inviting, cosy places I'd want to sleep in.

OK so some people can see past this and visualise how their stuff will look, but many can't, and you need to attract as many people as possible in order that one will put in an acceptable offer.

Hmmn ok thanks:) How can we improve on the room decor?

These are the stuff we have at the moment, we don't have the furniture to take on board your suggestions. We dont have friends to borrow from (part of reasons for leaving) and buying will eat into savings for the next house...

We currently don't have a 'for sale' sign at the front...so we may also be missing passing trade. Don't want our very nice neighbor asking why we are unhappy after only a year.

mezebu1

Slinky wrote: »

A couple of other things, if you could retake the outside photos on a day with some sunshine it would help, as would removing the washing line from the shots. I'm also looking at the back door of the garage and it looks like it's rotting at the bottom - is that the case, if it isn't it needs a darned good clean/lick of paint to cover it up. Signs of rot make me wonder what else might need attending to.

OK!!!!:T I have white paint...

No issues with door, had it checked