Help please, why are we not getting viewers?

pimento

Wobblydeb wrote: »

That's a bog-standard small front bedroom in a Victorian terrace...... look at the windows.

No it's not. I lived in an identical house and the front bedroom ran the full width of the house. Just like this one.

Hermia

mumtoomany wrote: »

The EA said that "if we put too many pictures on, nobody will view as they will have seen it all."

:rotfl:

Really! I can't say I have ever seen a RightMove advert with pictures missing and thought, "oooh, I bet the missing rooms are the nicest, I must go and see them!"

Could you take the photos yourself or get a friend to do them? My friend recently made the EA replace all the photos with ones he had taken himself as they were so much better.

coinxoperated

Kitchen and Bathroom are great. Bedrooms look dingy and small, which from the description that aren't.

Invest 50 quid on some nice bed covers, pillows, and move stuff around a bit more! Get more pictures of ALL of the bedrooms. Make it look like a home, not an empty house.

Blackpool_Saver

If you really don't know why you are not getting viewings then you need to employ someone to do it for you. I don't mean to be rude, I am just being honest. You will need to spend money to make it look nice.

If that is the only furniture you have you would be better taking it out and having no furniture, do that and put neutral floor coverings right through, you will gasp at the difference.

andy.m_2

always always always down to price.

If you want to sell it as it is then you need to substantially drop the price.
If a house is pricey but not too daft then you will get some viewings and maybe a cheeky offer.
If you have had one viewing then it is priced in dreamland, people aren't even willing to try to get it on the cheap you are that far out of touch.

Of course you can dress the house up more appropriately to try to get the price up but as it stands, no.

Sorry I'm being blunt but we see these threads regularly, drop the price 50k and see if you get viewings.

Jonesy_McJones

For me, the main thing is the description. Personally, I can handle the lack of photos if there's a floorplan - when I bought my house there was only one photo of the outside, but I appreciate not everyone (in fact, most people?) would feel that way.

The description is badly set out (i.e no paragraphs / something to break it up) and the bit about 11 bedrooms instantly made me think this was an investor only property (i.e. not a home and not well looked after) and probably has tenants in (which ties in with the lack of photos). Sack your agent!

Blackpool_Saver

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-25562178.html?premiumA=true


Hmmm, cavernous and a lot of rental potential but still overpriced, and needs modernising

olly300

OP there are property programs currently on Channel 4 (and 4Od so you can watch online) by our "favourite" property people.

I suggest you watch them and take in some of the suggestions on how to dress your house both for viewings and photographs so furniture is correctly placed, it looks lived in and it is correctly furnished.

People on here have given you a list but once you see how people actually do it then you see what is missing.

BTW your kitchen and bathroom don't need any more physical work. The bathroom does need the strangely placed cabinet removed.

martindow

This is the start of the description

!!! OPEN DAY TO TAKE PLACE 27/04/2013 10AM - 12PM, CALL THE OFFICE TO ARRANGE YOUR ACCOMPANIED VIEWING TOUR !!!

RECENTLY REDUCED BY £20,000 !!! INVESTORS / LARGE FAMILY'S TAKE NOTE!!! POTENTIAL FOR AN 11 BEDROOM LET PROPERTY !!! CELLAR CONVERSION WITH DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM !!!

This is appalling beyond words - shouty capitals, multiple exclamation marks and grammatical mistakes (families not family's). Are all this agent's descriptions like this?

Errata

TBH if the you and the estate agent first valued it at a quarter of a million and an auctioneer has suggested a value of £170k something somewhere is very off kilter. I doubt that has much to do with the furniture and wallpaper.