Advice needed! Why isnt this house selling?

natlie

Hi


Parts of the house look better than others, I agree needs a declutter, I would advise you turn the study into a dining room for the photos, it looks a nice room but its just full of cupboards. Picture 7 looks like master bedroom but no bed can you change the rooms around so that the bed in picture 6 is in the master bedroom and room in picture 6 becomes the study.


The energy rating doesn't look very good, does the house have all low energy bulbs? loft insulation etc, could you improve the score by doing some low cost changes - although it may just be me who looks at the energy rating and says argh


Nat

flora48

Looking through the pictures all the rooms look small but having checked the square meterage on the EPC it is a reasonable sized house. If your parents are serious about selling I think they need to de clutter, re arrange furniture and perhaps show the study as a dining room.I don't think the furniture is too dated just needs dressing to sell. Hope you have good news soon.

The street view is appalling. Get the agent to change it, need photo of front without the big cars. Consider going multi agency, when I did this the original agent really pulled his finger out.

ClareTeaches

Agree with some other points about clutter (bathroom, living room and bedrooms) confusing first photo without curb appeal and the price perhaps being a bit high when you start comparing ...

To add to that, perhaps the higher price could be justified because of the extra space from converting the garage, BUT currently this extra space isn't being used well. I'm looking at the floor plan and the photo and thinking "What use is this massive study to me?" Particularly when I see the kitchen is tiny compared to the study, so the proportions and layout look really wrong. On top of that, there's a very small dining table by the patio doors, which just adds to the impression of a small house. (Plus what others have said about the bedroom without a bed and the other bedroom with a clothes rail.)

I'd rethink the layout downstairs, perhaps turning the study into a dining room as others have suggested and making the lounge feel a bit bigger (it is quite a big room, I shouldn't be thinking it looks small because of those two big sofas looking squashed together in one part of the room).

Good luck with the sale!

captainhindsight_2

The only real reason any house doesn't sell is the price, if a house is advertised for sale at the right price it will sell within a reasonable time scale.

TBagpuss

The photos make evey room look small and cramped. That may not be correct, but that is the first impression.

It also looks rather cluttered, and the study is not helping - I think it would be better to rearrange things so tat that is a dining room or 'family room' (which would also mean you could move some of the furniture and makethe living room look bigger)

From the first photo, it doesn't look as though there is really enough space to park on the drive - both the vehicles appear to be partly on the pavement. Obviously they can't change the size of the drive but moving the car for the picture would make it less immediately obvious.

I would also suggest that they ask the agents to give the dimensions of the rooms in imperial as well as metric measurements. There are an awful lot of people who still think in feet and inches.

I'd suggest that your parents take the house off the market for a while, have a major declutter (and rearrange the rooms to present them better, if possible) get new pictures done (including external photos without the car, and with he garden in sunshine) and then start over with a new agent.

As k the agents for feedback on how the house looks, and whether there is anything they would recommend, and press them for realistic advice about achievable sale prices.

Make sure they are aware of the issue with street view and ask if they can input the details to make this more accurate, manually if necessary.

Prothet_of_Doom

For me, the fact that they'd converted the garage would be enough NOT to view. Plus the fact that it is overpriced, by 30%

carefullycautious

Area
Price
streetview :eek:
layout
clutter
I can see why Scarborough seems the better option (Sorry)

Strapped

This is £10k cheaper within 1/2mile - I know which one I'd view
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29909724.html

tealady

Strapped wrote: »

This is £10k cheaper within 1/2mile - I know which one I'd view
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29909724.html

And me, just the street view of the OP property would be enough for me to put it on the reject pile

I_have_spoken

Streetview - OMG! Unlucky there - I'd get EA to remove that!

Is the house currently rented out? Buyers (other than BTL LLs) are always wary of a house with tenants as they could spin out the S.21 notice and eviction for many months if so minded.

IMHO the 'floor' price for a house like this is what would give a BTL LL a yield of 6%-7%. YOu should know what pcm rental the house achieves and can work out that price.

For example, if the pcm rental is £475 which looks reasonable for the area, then a purchase price of £95,000 would give a yield of 6% which would interest a BTL investor.


If you achieve more, you've done well.

Pic 1- looks like there's a parking problem contending with neighbour, and which house is for sale?
Pic 1 - I wouldn't be interested in a house where the garage had been converted
Pic 2 - That green isn't to everyone's taste. Needs tidying (shoes etc)
Pic 5 - back garden is a mess and tiny
Pic 6 - looks tiny, hardly space to walk around bed
Pic 7 - ? - can't tell what it is
Pic 8 - clothes on hangers show lack of storage space
Pic 9 - mess!
Pic 10 - ah, the converted garage. Hoarder next door

Down to price for the area - this place - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=25623888&sale=50626403&country=england
sold for £125,000 in Jan 2014 quite close by, it looks a much more substantial property, huge master bedroom and the StreetView is chalk and cheese.