No Viewings on house in 2 Mths

pimento

You're right, OP, Zoopla says my house is worth £440k. Who knew? I might sell up and downsize!

Put the red sofa from the kitchen into the living room and get rid of the green sofa. Have the red sofa across the room perhaps facing the TV. It looks like you have to crick your neck to watch the telly at the moment.

oramgepekoe

Could you speak to your neighbour about getting the trees cut back. Also give the front paving a clean.

System

rizla01 wrote: »

Hi Pimento,

I would love to know where a 4bed, 3 reception det with a huge garden and worth just £400k, is in Hockley.

ALL the examples of comparisons are very poor examples. The main road prop opposite a petrol station, the det 3bed nextdoor to a huge and expanding Secondary School on the main road, the semi on a Council Estate. The Bungalow (On the SAME Main Road) in need of COMPLETE internal repairs and refurb.
Obviously I do appreciate that unless the particulars of these other properties are studied (and I have - at length) it would appear that they are better VFM but be assured, They all have real issues. I am only a negotable amount above what it should sell for and the EA started it at £395 (His value).
Re the presentation, I do feel better photos would help and I take on board most of the points (many that cant be changed i.e. Trees Etc) but think dressing windows, adding some feminine touches (Called colour) will do wonders too, so a big thanks - ALL of you.
Your views are very valuable and its good to have a balance of opinions.

The problem you have is that you have a nice property and despite the feedback on layout, decor etc, it is a nice property ready to move into. With that in mind, it is actually the price. If I had to guess, you hold factors important (such as location) which the market doesn't and while you reflect it in your valuation, the potential buyers don't.

tom9980

Walcott wrote: »

The problem you have is that you have a nice property and despite the feedback on layout, decor etc, it is a nice property ready to move into. With that in mind, it is actually the price. If I had to guess, you hold factors important (such as location) which the market doesn't and while you reflect it in your valuation, the potential buyers don't.

It doesn't help the OP originally listed at 425k either :eek:

I have reviewed streetview more and travelled the area in depth and i have no issue with the petrol station, schools or even the supposed council estate moniker. So what if a house needs doing up? 10k will have the in need of refurbished place up to top notch in no time. Quite how to OP believes being on a close just off the same road as some of the examples makes it worth 60k more as a semi than a detached is mind boggling to me. At the very least is should tell the OP they have serious competition and that the market after 2 months agree's.

The property is not worth what is being asked in my opinion.

ilikecookies

rizla01 wrote: »

ALL the examples of comparisons are very poor examples. The main road prop opposite a petrol station, the det 3bed nextdoor to a huge and expanding Secondary School on the main road, the semi on a Council Estate. The Bungalow (On the SAME Main Road) in need of COMPLETE internal repairs and refurb.
Obviously I do appreciate that unless the particulars of these other properties are studied (and I have - at length) it would appear that they are better VFM but be assured, They all have real issues.

The problem you have, however, is that the advantages your property has in terms of location, and the price premium you are attaching to this, cannot be shown in the pictures. Unless you can get folks through the door these advantages really are academic. Similarly whilst your property looks nice I'm not sure it has the WOW factor (but some of the ideas mentioned in this thread could easily give it that). As such you fall into the difficult position of being considerably more expensive than somewhere that needs gutting but not that cheap versus a place which is already immaculate and needs no work at all.

I suspect 99% of buyers are comparing your property to others in the area based on the photos and price. As such there do look to be "better" buys in the area. They may very well not be the case and yours may be priced right but that might be the perception and you have to work around that. If these properties get viewings then buyers may be prepared to overlook the issues these properties may have with location, required renovation work, etc as once someone falls in love with a property they do overlook issues. But to get them to fall in love they have to visit.

Ultimately your choice would seem to come down to dropping the price or tarting the place up relative to the competition. I can't see another solution.
I hope that doesn't sound harsh but with no viewings after two months you need to accept there is an issue.

pimento

Any chance of you having a word with the tree owner and asking about the possibility of a trim?

Cyberman60

pinkshoes wrote: »

kitchen looks really nice.

Those HUGE trees in the back garden make it look dark and shaded.

Living room looks odd.

First picture doesn't look very inviting - no fence separating it from neighbours property, snd very concretey.

Seems quite expensive for a semi.

I agree, the living room is the focal point of the house and has a really weird shape, I believe being two small rooms knocked into one. The rest of the house looks nice to me. For that price though I would expect a better living room. I'd get rid of that photo.

rizla01

pimento wrote: »

Any chance of you having a word with the tree owner and asking about the possibility of a trim?

Been there done that.
Even got the high hedge commission to intervene and even they only managed to get it reduced by 3 ft.

I am inclined to think that price needs dropping too and also to REDUCE the number of photos will probably be a good bet. Close up on the front looks a lot better (Just been out and snapped it) and I think that photographed better the lounge will improve.

Mojisola

rizla01 wrote: »

Been there done that.
Even got the high hedge commission to intervene and even they only managed to get it reduced by 3 ft.

Most people won't touch your property in that case.

rizla01

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Originally Posted by rizla01
Been there done that.

Even got the high hedge commission to intervene and even they only managed to get it reduced by 3 ft.

Mojisola wrote: »

Most people won't touch your property in that case.

What utter tosh! MOST people???

Some perhaps


A LOT of folk do not mind trees and benefit from the wildlife that accompanied them as well as the privacy and the shelter from sun/ severe weather.