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why do you think my house hasn't sold?
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SternMusik wrote: »Here is the
(Happy to remove this if OP wishes me to do so.)
OP, I'm not sure what size modern houses are round your way in general, but for all intents and purposes this is a very small house. 60 square meters or so? Mine is a modern 3 bed, 80 square meters, and it is generally considered to be a tiny house by my visitors. (I love it, plenty of space for one person.)
I don't think putting up pretty ornaments is going to sell your house. Families will not be very interested as it is just too small .A single or couple first time buyer would be your likely buyer. As other posters have said, your challenge is going to be to dress it for a single yuppie person when you are living there with three small kids. I agree with others that your garden definitely needs attention. It looks so unloved. Also, even though it is a small house you need to try and make it feel more spacious. Dining table in the centre of the room, maybe a nice rug for the lounge. Think along the lines of few pieces of furniture, cleverly arranged to make the rooms feel light and spacious.
If it is in a nice location it will sell. As others have said, there is nothing as such wrong with the house other than size. Best of luck with your sale; it must be so stressful keeping the house looking good all the time when you have an active and busy family life.
Yes please remove the link0 -
The only thing I would change is not having the furniture in the living room all around the edges. If you really must then put down a rug so that the laminate floor doesn't look like an icy wasteland.
The garden faces North West so probably doesn't get a lot of sun this time of the year. You could have done some winter hanging baskets. I'd perhaps put a small table and chairs out there to suggest that you can sit out there once the weather gets warmer.
If the budget ran to it I'd change the window blocking bunk bed in the (very) pink room for a cabin bed. It will make the room look bigger."If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0 -
Realopinion wrote: »
1. Be there whilst they do the viewing - there is no one better to sell your home than you; fact. You know where the local shops are, what the best pub is, where to get a takeaway from, how fast the broadband is, where the schools are - you also know the bad points which you can help you. Why? Because, yes it may be that the local school in the area creates extra traffic in the morning, but it is a fantastic school if the viewer has children. It could be the garden is a bit small, but "saves you time having to weed it every weekend".
Totally agree with this. We viewed 2 flats in the same building over the weekend. The owners were present on both occasions, but the first one was shown to us by the estate agent while the owner stood there awkwardly and then left, and we were shown round the second one by the owner. He volunteered info about the age of the boiler, the fact that the (1930s) flat had been rewired in the last few years, that the very new looking flooring in the hall was in fact 5 years old (suggesting it was decent quality), and told us about the residents association who meet up in the pub (suggesting friendliness and openness) and when we asked he was able to tell us that the lease didn't prohibit pets (a dealbreaker for us), while the estate agent showing the other one promised he'd find out about this and get back to me (he didn't). All this was information that made the place more attractive to us. I was also really shocked a few years ago when our landlord was selling the place we were renting at how little info the estate agents gave the viewers. Because we liked the landlord we were trying to be helpful, and we were the ones who ended up telling them that the fireplace was functional, that our landlord had managed to reduce the council tax band and that there was a bomb shelter in the garden. I admit the estate agent wouldn't be expected to know about the council tax, but the fireplace and bomb shelter were interesting points.0 -
Anyone else disappointed that there's no longer a linky? :-(0
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puppypants wrote: »Anyone else disappointed that there's no longer a linky? :-(
There is(was) enough info in other posts to find it.0
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