Would you find this an insulting offer

fed_up_and_stressed

Dollymix12 wrote: »

The bathroom is 3 years old and yes no 69 is a gem I wanted to sell up and move in there myself lol

But obviously not to the same standard refurb as comparable properties im quite shocked as your bathroom tiles look like its been untouched since the 1980s im afraid.

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If I were looking to buy I'd say yours was worth £55-58k based on the condition of the property and others nearby which have recently sold.

lessonlearned

Daffy Duck is absolutely spot on about pricing structure and profit margins. There is not much wriggle room for profit at this kind of price bracket so any renovations or improvements have to be cost effective.

You need a lot of bang for your buck......

Sorry if I sounded harsh, it is your home after all and none of us likes to have complete strangers criticise our much loved homes.

The problem is once It goes onto the open market it becomes part of the public domain, just another "product" needing to be marketed and sold.

It can be Very difficult but you need to be as objective as you can and treat selling your house as a business deal. Part of this process is seeing what your competitors are offering - then you either compete on price or you go for "showroom" condition.

Looking again at your bathroom I can see it's a modern suite so sprucing it up for sale should be easy. The tiles and sealant round the bath haven't worn well. They need Treating with a mould cleaner and then you can freshen up the grout with a special grout pen. Replace the shower curtain with a glass screen.

There are two big negatives in the bathroom, both easily and cheaply fixed.

1. the ugly exposed pipework. Box that in.

2. No window - you need a huge slab of mirror.

Then Get rid of the clutter and dress with plants, nice towels etc.

The kitchen is more of an issue. It can be refurbished on a budget but only if you can do most of it yourself. It depends on how much you want to do.

If you dont want to spend any more Then I suggest a serious declutter and deep clean. And open the blinds......at least part way .......and let in some natural light.

If the view to the yard is dire then you could fit opaque window film - lets in light but blocks ugly views.

The real nasty in the kitchen is that cooker........could you run to buying a simple "slot in" cooker and a new cooker hood. It would make a huge difference. Painting the units would give it a lift. Bit of a faff but would make it look a bit more up to date.

As for the yard, Money is right - with a bit of imagination an ugly yard can easily be turned into a pretty courtyard garden.

If you want to post pictures of the rear yard we can advise you how to transform it.

Outside space at the rear of a property is a very desirable commodity and presented nicely can add value. By ignoring it you are leaving money on the table.

seven-day-weekend

Nobbie1967 wrote: »

If you find low offers upsetting, why not just tell the EA not to forward offers under whatever price won't upset you? Sometimes people will accept 'silly' offers if it's a cash buyer and the alternative is a 'quick' sale company.

When we were selling our Spanish house, the asking price was 135k euros. We had one guy come to look at it, he told us he had come hoping to knock the price down, but having seen it, felt he couldn't as it was such a good house for the money. He didn't offer and went away.

I happened to come across him a few weeks later on an expat forum. He was telling someone else about how lovely our house was and 'if only he'd been able to make a sensible offer'. I messaged him and said 'try making us an un-sensible one'.

He offered 103k euros and said that was all he could afford. We accepted. We broke even at that price.

Sometimes people WILL take a silly offer. They are always worth making.

moneyistooshorttomention

Some back yards are...ahem...more of a "challenge" than others LessonLearned. But, without seeing a photo of the yard concerned its difficult to tell in which category this one comes.

My (and probably LL's) first thought would probably be a bistro table and chairs (ie set of table and 2 chairs). Many of these yards just aren't big enough for table/chairs for 4 people. A bistro set can look nice though (and you take it with you when you leave).

Maybe some nice table lanterns?

Maybe some nice plants in decent pots?

Maybe the walls (OP's or the neighbours) look awful - then make that a couple of coats of white paint going up on them.

Maybe the "ground" is awful. If it is - then it might be a suitable enough/small enough area that something decent can be put down to hide monstrosities like tarmac or concrete tiles (eg some gravel?).

OP might get the same response to that as I did when selling my last house - ie a specific request to leave some of those back yard "trimmings" made by my buyer - so I did have to leave them...

movilogo

houses in the road have been going for around 59-69k

Where exactly one can buy houses so cheap??

moneyistooshorttomention

oop north or the Welsh valleys...