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halesowenmum

agrinnall wrote: »

I would be pretty disappointed at any EA who doesn't do a floorplan to go with the property particulars, which should in this day be available to go online. If they are insisting you will have to pay extra to get one, and you're considering a change anyway, then perhaps you should just bite the bullet and spend your money with a new EA.

Just getting quotes from alternative 'we make floor plans' companies at the moment. Will feed back on this when I can as a quote of £85 for the floor plans is not one I'll be taking up - bloomin' daylight robbery!!

MamaMoo_2

This may be helpful? Could you use these?

Planning Application Ref:
P06/0426

http://planningdocuments.dudley.gov.uk/AnitePublicDocs/00049187.pdf

slowcoachme

Hello, have you changed the pics since yesterday cos I don't see what others see, ie loud wallpaper and there is now no pic 16. Anyway I think you have a lovely house, no one should be put off by personal items dotted about, and don't even bother putting card in the drawers of bedroom units. We have all been brain washed by property !!!!!! progs to present houses perfectly and unlived in. The dining area needs to be shown and a back view of garden too. The description of garden shed and steps down to back gate need to be seen. I don't know the area, but it must be handy having a Lidl on your doorstep. Good Luck with the sale.

Upsidedown_Bear

MamaMoo wrote: »

This may be helpful? Could you use these?

Planning Application Ref:
P06/0426

http://planningdocuments.dudley.gov.uk/AnitePublicDocs/00049187.pdf

I doubt it - they will be copyright.

LandyAndy

halesowenmum wrote: »

Hiya. The price i paid for it was £20k under what it was actually valued at at the time at the time as the company had gone into administration and needed rid of the properties fast (which goes to show that sites like Zoopla really don't give the full picture). This is one of the only 2.5 storey houses in a much larger geographical area than the immediate locality and as such, it's going to be valued a bit higher I would guess, because of that.

Have you mentioned what you did actually pay for it?

Not sure why having 2.5 storeys would increase its value

When I moved in I spent £20k on it making the replacing the bathroom suites throughout and making the en suite a full bathroom, re flooring all kitchens and bathrooms, reflooring the ground floor, adding fencing and power to the garden, upgrading all the electrics so there were actually a proper number of sockets in the house, and a whole range of other works as well as of course normal decoration.

TBH most of those things don't add much value assuming the house had bathrooms and flooring before and that they were in reasonable condition (as they should be in a nearly new house). They certainly don't add anywhere near £20k

I obviously can't comment on the views, plans, objectives or otherwise of the builder - never met the guy - I just bought a house that I really liked and which is now in mint condition so that, unlike similar properties or even those on at less money (which many of them are if not least for the fact they are generally all significantly smaller), mine is in mint decorative, structural and overall order subject only to decorative changes any individual might want to make when they move in somewhere which is entirely up to them to carry out if they wish to. Clearly the houses have been purchased by me and my two neighbours and as such they must be ticking the boxes since all three of us have one or two adults and two children living in them and we bought them and really liked them. I totally understand that this design of house is not to the liking of everyone but the advantage of it is that it's able to provide MUCH larger rooms than your average, typical semi which was one of the appeals for me - it's the most spacious home I've ever lived in.

At the end of the day, if a house doesn't attract any interest then it is too expensive for what it is. Which is a shame for you as you clearly like it and it looks great.

halesowenmum

LandyAndy wrote: »

At the end of the day, if a house doesn't attract any interest then it is too expensive for what it is. Which is a shame for you as you clearly like it and it looks great.

I actualy didn't say that what I'd done had added value, I just said around about the amount I'd spent.

Have I mentioned what I paid for it? - no. People have presumably looked on Zoopla for this information and assumed that the price Zoopla state (which although correct) is the price as determined just by market forces at the time when in fact the price being as low as it was was because the vendor wanted a very quick sale. As I said before, sites like that don't give you a full picture. In the case of the two houses I've been looking at buying I looked on Zoopla but found the information was pretty meaningless. It only has meaning if the sale was within the last month really - as we know, markets can be dead, government brings in new legislation/incentives or interest rates drop and the market can pick up again so it's not as static as people would necessarily realise.

We also have to take account that there's not exactly a lot of data to go on on sites like that - because the housing market has been fairly stagnant in a lot of places there aren't loads of homes selling in many areas for you to compare with, and certainly it's very difficult to find sales to compare with in a very recent time period that gives that data proper relevancy.

And, as with my house, you've got NO idea of the circumstances of the person who was selling that house at the price shown on Zoopla - if motivated for a quick sale the price shown isn't necessarily reflective of the local market - had that person been able to wait they may have been able to conclude a sale on a higher price - each sale is individual to each sale and purchase and no one looking on Zoopla can possibly know all the facts which led to a particular sale price - it's not just the market, there are lots of other influences on prices achieved in each individual sale.

At the end of the day, a house is only ever worth what someone is willing to pay for it isn't it, no matter who's opinion you ask - EA, vendor - it's all in the hands of the purchaser really.

halesowenmum

slowcoachme wrote: »

Hello, have you changed the pics since yesterday cos I don't see what others see, ie loud wallpaper and there is now no pic 16. Anyway I think you have a lovely house, no one should be put off by personal items dotted about, and don't even bother putting card in the drawers of bedroom units. We have all been brain washed by property !!!!!! progs to present houses perfectly and unlived in. The dining area needs to be shown and a back view of garden too. The description of garden shed and steps down to back gate need to be seen. I don't know the area, but it must be handy having a Lidl on your doorstep. Good Luck with the sale.

EA called me late afternoon, she's coming Monday to take more (better!!) pictures and is going to rejig the order. Then when rightmove update their listings (which I am told they do every night, not the same day), then it will show but I've still got replacement pics needing to be taken by EA#1, and later on Monday morning new pics being taken by EA#2 so hopefully by middle of next week we should have a better visual to show people. Shame so many weeks have been lost though in the interim, that's the one thing I won't be able to forgive this EA for. That's weeks I can never get back really.

Squoozy

I've had a look at the house and I think its lovely. I can't see any reason for you not getting any views, but as a word of encouragement my son had the same problem with his house in Cornwall. It was clearly priced correctly (£2000 less than he paid for it, having spent at least £4000 on it) and in really good condition. He simply had no views for 8 weeks, and eventually switched agents. He immediately had a viewing, the woman wanted to move straight away, and the house sale was completed for the asking price within a month.

My view is that some agents simply don't work at selling a house. You have no idea what they are saying to potential buyers, whether they are perhaps pushing other houses rather than yours. I would consider switching agents when you can, and meanwhile consider any other advice that has been given re the garden etc. Don't lose heart. House selling and buying is a really stressful process, but hopefully eventually you will be able to move and put this behind you.

LandyAndy

halesowenmum wrote: »

I actualy didn't say that what I'd done had added value, I just said around about the amount I'd spent.

Have I mentioned what I paid for it? - no. People have presumably looked on Zoopla for this information and assumed that the price Zoopla state (which although correct) is the price as determined just by market forces at the time when in fact the price being as low as it was was because the vendor wanted a very quick sale. As I said before, sites like that don't give you a full picture. In the case of the two houses I've been looking at buying I looked on Zoopla but found the information was pretty meaningless. It only has meaning if the sale was within the last month really - as we know, markets can be dead, government brings in new legislation/incentives or interest rates drop and the market can pick up again so it's not as static as people would necessarily realise.

We also have to take account that there's not exactly a lot of data to go on on sites like that - because the housing market has been fairly stagnant in a lot of places there aren't loads of homes selling in many areas for you to compare with, and certainly it's very difficult to find sales to compare with in a very recent time period that gives that data proper relevancy.

And, as with my house, you've got NO idea of the circumstances of the person who was selling that house at the price shown on Zoopla - if motivated for a quick sale the price shown isn't necessarily reflective of the local market - had that person been able to wait they may have been able to conclude a sale on a higher price - each sale is individual to each sale and purchase and no one looking on Zoopla can possibly know all the facts which led to a particular sale price - it's not just the market, there are lots of other influences on prices achieved in each individual sale.

At the end of the day, a house is only ever worth what someone is willing to pay for it isn't it, no matter who's opinion you ask - EA, vendor - it's all in the hands of the purchaser really.

Yep, and no one is prepared to consider your house at the price you want.

Maybe the person who sold it to you didn't do so badly after all.

RAS

If you have the EAs coming do something urgent about kerb appeal - a couple of tubs of flowers in both the front and back graden would go a long way, even if you borrow them.