Why hasn't this sold?

movilogo

May be people now want to move away from coastal areas?

I don't know the local price but a 2-bed house in a not so common town seems too expensive IMHO.

tBagpuss_2

I agree with PPs. It is overpriced in comparison with others. The properties you linked to are 3 beds - comparable 2 beds seem to be on at £190K - £215K.

I think that de-cluttering the greenhouse (and describing it as a greenhouse, not a sun room) would help, and if you can repaint in neutral colours it would make it look bigger and fresher, but to be honest, it 's the price.

In your position I'd take it off the market and start over in January at a more realistic price.

What are the agents recommending? If they think it is correctly priced, have they shown you comparative properties?

Kazza_Monkey

Wow, I can't believe how expensive the properties are. In my area Herne bay, Kent I'm selling at £164995 a 2 bed semi bungalow. Mind you either side of me there is both the bungalows on at £179999 and the people buying from us had the valuation come back just fine. 235,000 will buy you a fairly decent sized 2 bed detached bungalow. Perhaps you should move agent we had to when we sold our previous property as we kept getting tyre kickers in their droves!!!! Good luck with it all I'm sure when you get marketed better and priced accordingly it will sell really quickly

Forgot to add constructive thoughts (sorry) I think given the price of the house you would expect the decor to be neutral and modern. The kitchen looks good. Don't like the cluttered green house/summer house that could do with maybe a couple of potting shelves. Unfortunately boring as it may seem magnolia is the answer and slight price reduction may help

I_have_spoken

Just my impressions -

Henry Adams' web-site makes everything very hard work
Pics on web-site are small and not taken with wide-angle lens
Picture in good weather shouts it's been hanging on market = over priced at £235
Lounge decor says it's a home for old folks, but then kids room? Not clear what the target market is
Pics show a lot of clutter
Needs 'staging' with much more attractive decor and furniture - it looks like it's been furnished very "economically"
It just looks tired and like no-one really cares or has made any effort
I'd be thinking about the time and ££ to make it look nice after I bought it
Back garden drab

random1980s

kitchen fine, garden quite nice, bathroom fine, lounge from 1972, walls from a dulux brochure entitled how not to paint a house, sorry to be blunt but that's my view

Paully232000

sleepymans wrote: »

Why are posters saying "over a quarter of a £m"???
When I was at school a quarter of a £m was £250k


Oh, and that is a greenhouse, not a conservatory!


OP, The property is too small for a family.
It also hasn't had a modern makeover (which is to say all neutral walls carpets. tiles and curtains)
There are too many personal possessions on show
The majority of buyers want open plan kitchens
The garden hasn't got enough plants/colour and is not "dressed" with a trendy table and chairs.
Its too expensive, I'm afraid, for a property which doesn't shout "you know you want to buy the lifestyle an owner of this property has"......


I don't particularly like the way vendors have to make their homes look like a Wimpey showhome...but sadly, most buyers have very little imagination, especially if you want to achieve top-dollar.

This is so sad but true, we just sold our house and painted it and staged it just like that. Sold in a week to someone who on their first visit said as they were coming through the door, 'the EA told us we had to come and view your house but we are buying it anyway'. Not the best bargaining tool to use, but great for us.

The house we bought had been on the market for a while, not overpriced for the area but as the person living here had moved out it was sparse to say the least, pictures taken when it was dark outside, and painted in a job lot of grey paint only previously seen on episodes of Prisoner Cell Block H. Looking past that, and looking at it now you wouldn't think in the same house. Bit of elbow grease, lots of visits to B&Q, vats of paint, a steam cleaner and new carpets & curtains. Bargain.

Owain_Moneysaver

One crucial error with the photographs is no storage in the bedroom.

I see later from the floorplan there appear to be fitted wardrobes.

2nd bedroom laminate flooring looks very poor quality.

Extension lead in lounge bookcase makes it look like you don't have enough power points.

Layout, no bathroom will put some families off, as will not having a kitchen diner with views to the garden. No access to the back garden from the house means it can't be fenced off from the road for young child to play in.

And it's overpriced and competing with shiny new builds.

Chuck out half your stuff, paint it magnolia, put a vase of twigs in the lounge and knock £20k off the price.

Dunroamin

I agree it's too expensive but comments about families are missing the point as these are basically retirement properties and should be looked at with that in mind.