Selling advice wanted, been on 6 months

reformedEffortMaker_2

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Did you know that EAs can pull up statistics on each property on their books via rightmove.

For example they can find out
-How many people searched for property in Cumbria
-How many people searched for houses with a minimum of 2 beds, within a specific price bracket in Cumbria etc etc

They can then tell you what percentage of those people clicked through to the page displaying your property.
Might be interesting to note if there is a big difference between the number of people searching for detached houses in Cumbria and the amount of people who actually look at your details. Then it would come down to the price or picture number 1

Cumbrian_Male

reformedEffortMaker wrote: »

Cumbrian male,
please dont take offence to what I am about to say, but
In what condition would you say the rest of your house was?
I noticed with a lot of houses I viewed when searching that EA's didnt include photos if the place wasn't Magnolia Walls etc or if the fixtures were starting to look a bit dated

Have you done all the usual de-cluttering etc?...other than rightmove, what has the feedback been from people who have actually come round to view?....perhaps it isnt your house, but the area? or as someone else has pointed out, the price?...are there many other properties in the area of similar spec at a lower price?.

I would get a mate to 'mystery shop' your house, and find out how the EA is marketing your property, if at all

None taken, the house is mostly magnolia, master is a peach colour, DD bedroom 3 is lilac as is the cloakroom. Most emulsion is recent, gloss work is a little tired.

Feedback tends to be smaller than expected. No one has said it is too much work. It was originally priced to reflect the need of some updating and garden needing landscaping.

Ours is the cheapest 3 bed detached, highest at £395k. 3 bed terrace from £125k semi detached from £135k most property starts at £150k mark for 3 bed locally.

Ours is Master en-suite family bath lounge kitchen cloakroom and attached single garage.

Cheapest 3 bed with garage are some new build terraced town houses, £149,999 which we have looked at, no gardens. Next is the 3 bed semi a few doors down already linked to at £175k then ours.

Cumbrian_Male

lynzpower wrote: »

whats wrong with the garden?

Get out there and tart it up- a decent garden shot for many is the reason
they either go and look at a place or they dont.

Completely agree about the lacklustre photos others have mentioned.

It is uneven sloping garden with scrubby wild grass, we can't afford to have it turfed. It was a job to do before I was made redundant. New income is only 75% of what it was.

Cumbrian_Male

reformedEffortMaker wrote: »

Also

Did you know that EAs can pull up statistics on each property on their books via rightmove.

For example they can find out
-How many people searched for property in Cumbria
-How many people searched for houses with a minimum of 2 beds, within a specific price bracket in Cumbria etc etc

They can then tell you what percentage of those people clicked through to the page displaying your property.
Might be interesting to note if there is a big difference between the number of people searching for detached houses in Cumbria and the amount of people who actually look at your details. Then it would come down to the price or picture number 1

Didn't know this! Will quiz them when speaking to them.

Cumbrian_Male

reformedEffortMaker wrote: »

Have you done all the usual de-cluttering etc?...other than rightmove, what has the feedback been from people who have actually come round to view?....perhaps it isnt your house, but the area? or as someone else has pointed out, the price?...are there many other properties in the area of similar spec at a lower price?.

I would get a mate to 'mystery shop' your house, and find out how the EA is marketing your property, if at all

Houses on this estate were selling within 2 weeks last year. The estate is 7 years old, we bought new. De cluttered as much as possible but still lived in, not a show home. Area is good with a well sought after good performing secondary school, it was the reason we chose the area.

It has a good spec for the price, the only similar spec for less is the semi just down and £5k less.

Feedback has been on the small side and a bit dark.

lynzpower

Cumbrian_Male wrote: »

It is uneven sloping garden with scrubby wild grass, we can't afford to have it turfed. It was a job to do before I was made redundant. New income is only 75% of what it was.

Oh dont! I know EXACTLY what you mean.

I lived in a flat which was on a brownfield site ( used to be a factory) the grass was utterly rubbish, burnt to death and the ground was literally FULL off hardcore.

The fact of the matter is (:o) that you dont need to make it good, you just need to make it look good.

I got a quote to returf my garden ( and believe me - it was small) and they wanted 6k. I thought stuff that!! No chance!!

So, i watered it a lot, put plant food on it ( poundland stuff, anything will do) it didnt look fantastic, but it looked like grass instead of scorch. Dig out most of the bricks from the borders, and went to B&Q and got some of thier "reduced -as -dying" bedding plants and just shoved them in. Few tree type plants in cheap terracotta pots ( seriously I didnt even pay 20 quid for my plants all in) and then a couple of bags of bark ( 3 for a tenner i think they were) thrown down in the areas where it was needed. NIce patio set ( wooden one reduced to 50 quid) and it looked fab. Just kept on top of it by watering as much as possible. I paid no one, and it cost me all in less than 150 including the pots and furniture which of course Ive brought with me. Borrow whatever you need to from mates & family if you are broke, I borrowed loads of bits from people to stage my flat for sale.

In any case. You simply cannot not show the garden- viewers will see it when they come round in any case. If the rest of the house is ok, and the garden isnt, people will be disaapointed when they come to view.

Its a family home you have there - it needs a garden....

Cumbrian_Male

This is the layout we got when buying off plan.

Melissa177

Lynz is right - a garden can really sell a place.

Get yourself down to Homebase on Saturday morning and spend the weekend getting the garden all nice.

Poppycat

you can tart it up with a few pots and hanging baskets (I no its late in year) it doesn't cost a lot, but it does make people think that your really making a effort to care for the house

Catblue

lynzpower is right, spend a few quid (but no more) tarting up the garden. Borrow garden furniture etc. from relatives for a short period. Lots of people want a project when they move in and since the house is modern, they may well want to tackle the garden.

My father-in-law is a keen gardener and when he was looking for a house recently he kept complaining that people had done too much to their gardens and it put him off the property!

I agree that the details on rightmove are not inspiring. Get the EA around to take photos of all the rooms and the tarted-up garden. If you do not have a photo of the garden, a lot of people presume that there isn't one.

On the positive side, your house does look nice and Brampton is a very nice town. If I were looking in your area, I would definitely be interested in your house.