2 weeks on the market and no viewings!! is it time to worry?

wilma1975

tea-bag wrote: »

That is kind of my point most people wanting a 4 bed have kids older than 12 months

House has been perfect for nearly 5 years now, but mother in law moving in with us....

tea-bag

wilma1975 wrote: »

House has been perfect for nearly 5 years now, but mother in law moving in with us....

I am in the market for a 4 bed, I have a 17, 15 and 11 year old I would not view the house because the size.

Don't get me wrong it is a nice house.

EverGreen_2

tea-bag wrote: »

I am in the market for a 4 bed, I have a 17, 15 and 11 year old I would not view the house because the size.

Don't get me wrong it is a nice house.

Still the house is beautiful in the eyes of others.

themull1

Its a lovely house, very well decorated, but two of the bedrooms are far too small, that would be the one thing that would put me off.

Jhoney_2

MumOf2 wrote: »

Echo the wow for the price. Amazing.


My son and his wife are looking for a 2 bed flat in London, nothing swish, and they expect to have to pay £650,000...

Must be a location issue. If they are looking in the hotspots it will be tough.

I know of houses selling for much less or not much more than their budget- if they want more for their money it can be done within zone 2.

wilma1975

themull1 wrote: »

Its a lovely house, very well decorated, but two of the bedrooms are far too small, that would be the one thing that would put me off.

I agree they are on the small side, I just hope a family with young twins are looking or a one child family.

Annoyingly we didn't think about 5 years down the line when we bought.

Tixy

Also in defence of Lincoln
Lincoln is an expanding city, not just from the University growth but also main population and industry growth.

There are lots of decent paid white collar jobs within the city that are nothing to do with the Police HQ or the RAF bases. (Decent paid relative to the cost of living in Lincolnshire).
South of the city has seen a significant growth in businesses and jobs.

There is a big commitment to improving the roads (the dualling of the A46, the eventual southern bypass and also things like the recent improvements near the expanded siemans site) - a pain in terms of roadworks when I am over in Lincolnshire but a good sign economically.

It looks decently priced and I'd guess the lack of interest so far is because its just post christmas, hopefully over the next few weeks you will get some interest.

Crashy_Time

Tixy wrote: »

Also in defence of Lincoln
Lincoln is an expanding city, not just from the University growth but also main population and industry growth.

There are lots of decent paid white collar jobs within the city that are nothing to do with the Police HQ or the RAF bases. (Decent paid relative to the cost of living in Lincolnshire).
South of the city has seen a significant growth in businesses and jobs.

There is a big commitment to improving the roads (the dualling of the A46, the eventual southern bypass and also things like the recent improvements near the expanded siemans site) - a pain in terms of roadworks when I am over in Lincolnshire but a good sign economically.

It looks decently priced and I'd guess the lack of interest so far is because its just post christmas, hopefully over the next few weeks you will get some interest.

To be continued.......

Emmylou_2

I'm also in the market for a 4 bed (well, I'm *technically* not, I'm waiting to exchange on one, but that's by the by!) I probably wouldn't view this because:

1. It says it's a semi but *really* looks like an end terrace. I can't work out why, if it's a semi, the door for the other half (which is really the other 2/3 of the "block") is in the middle bit.
2. The rooms - particularly the bedrooms - are TEENY.
3. Only one reception room means we can't have a "quiet" room and a "loud" room so if one of us wants to watch TV and the other doesn't, the only option is for someone to go upstairs to a teeny bedroom or huff about in the kitchen.
4. The built-in wardrobes in the master bedroom mean there's nowhere for the usual bedside table stuff (alarm clock/glass of water/specs) to be put.

The problem with these things is there's nothing you can do about them (except possibly rip out the fitted bedroom but that wouldn't solve things and would introduce an issue of "no storage").

So...it's the price. Everything (even a hovel) will sell at the right price.

TBagpuss

I think the house is nicely presented - I agree that the upstairs photos are not as good as the downstairs ones - it may be worth having a bit of a decluttering blitz and try to 'dress' the upstairs a bit more, and then re-doing the photos.

I'm not familiar enough with the area to comment on the price. I can see that there are two others which look nearly identical, (Ploughman's Walk and Stocking Way) on at the same price - the one at Ploughmans walk seems to have been photographed by a better photographer - the bedrooms look bigger!)

I thin the main issue is that like a lot of houses of this sort of age, it's a fairly small house on a small plot. When you start getting viewings, declutter vigorously before each one (even if it means hiding boxes of stuff in the car each time!) to make the most of the space you've got.

Good luck.