Where do we go with our house sale?

Running_Horse

What more do you think the agent should be doing to "chase" viewings?

Truth is if its on Rightmove all potential viewers will have seen it. No point nagging unwilling buyers to view a house they are not interested in.

bylromarha

Running_Horse wrote: »

What more do you think the agent should be doing to "chase" viewings?

Truth is if its on Rightmove all potential viewers will have seen it. No point nagging unwilling buyers to view a house they are not interested in.

most recent of scenarios we have had...

Potential viewer rings EA on Saturday, asks for a Monday viewing - we can't do as we're away, we ask for a Wednesday viewing when we've returned.

We ring on Wednesday asking when viewing is - heartbeat pause then "We've struggled to get hold of him since Saturday, he just isn't answering his phone."

Repeat in a variety of scenarios in the past 2 months...

Thrugelmir

bylromarha wrote: »

Agent is more than useless. Keeps saying it is priced correctly, but not doing anything to chase potential viewings. Lack of communication from them is the biggest bug bear.

Not sure what you expect the Agent to do. As it's potential buyers that will decide whether to view or not. Sometimes the market is flat as in the summer holidays.

happycamel_2

Can you let the estate agent do viewing when you're out. If you are selling your house in needs to be available to view as much as possible. I prefer to view without the vendors present and when we had to conduct viewings at our last house I'd just hide the valuables then let them explore without being in the same room, in fact I mostly waited in the garden. People need to feel like the space is theirs.

bylromarha

happycamel wrote: »

Can you let the estate agent do viewing when you're out. If you are selling your house in needs to be available to view as much as possible. I prefer to view without the vendors present and when we had to conduct viewings at our last house I'd just hide the valuables then let them explore without being in the same room, in fact I mostly waited in the garden. People need to feel like the space is theirs.

We do-hence my previous thread 'buyers control your children'

That was the 1st viewing we absolutely couldn't do as turn around time for showhome standard didn't exist.

zzzLazyDaisy

The 'offering to pay stamp duty' is bad advice. It makes you sound desperate and if you get a buyer who is depending on it, there is a high risk they will pull out further down the line.

Why? Because lenders view it as a cashback = a reduction in the amount they are actually paying you for the house = a vendor funded deposit by the back door. Lenders don't allow that. So they will just reduce the mortgage offer to base it on the purchase price once the cashback has been taken into account.

Keep it clean. Put the house on the market at a price that it will sell, and forget the cashback schemes. Also if consider changing the EA to one that is more up to date - these cashback/stamp duty schemes were popular until a few years ago, when lenders got wise to them.

EDIT - above comments don't apply to new builds as developers have special arrangements with lenders not available to your average seller.

Rain_Shadow

bylromarha wrote: »

We do-hence my previous thread 'buyers control your children'

That was the 1st viewing we absolutely couldn't do as turn around time for showhome standard didn't exist.

Er, what is more likely to result in a sale.

1. Letting someone view even though the house isn't quite as 'perfect' as you'd like it.

2. Refusing a viewing.

Rain_Shadow

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

Personally I like small kitchens as they are easier to clean and you spend less time walking from one end to other lol

I agree. I can't understand this obsession with huge kitchens. Whenever someone says it on a property program I just think 'I presume you don't do much cooking'.

WestonDave

From looking at it, there's nothing obviously seriously wrong with the presentation - although as a pedant point, having two "cot bed" sized beds in the kids rooms doesn't help give a sense of scale if the potential buyers are planning to put full sized singles in. I wonder whether borrowing a couple of beds from friends and having those photos reshot might just help but its doubtful.

The real issue personally is that its a new build house without the benefits of it being new. So you've got a kitchen which isn't just practically small - its can't swing a cat small. There isn't room for a dishwasher or tumble dryer, and yet the space in front of the sink is going to be pretty cramped if you have two adults washing and drying up. The parking is allocated rather than on site, and the storage space for junk hounds like me is limited. But that's the nature of what it is and however you market it or price it, I'd be looking for something older.

There are also other 3 bed properties within 1/4 mile that are cheaper and arguably don't have the new build compromise - on the face of it (without knowing the area) I'd choose to pay £125k for this - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-24719703.html?premiumA=true rather than over the stamp duty limit for yours. (No offence intended - just don't like new builds!)

Rain_Shadow

WestonDave wrote: »

There are also other 3 bed properties within 1/4 mile that are cheaper and arguably don't have the new build compromise - on the face of it (without knowing the area) I'd choose to pay £125k for this - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-24719703.html?premiumA=true rather than over the stamp duty limit for yours. (No offence intended - just don't like new builds!)

:eek: And live next door to the stone cladding?

No thanks.:D