Loads of viewings but house not selling.

moneyistooshorttomention

AnnieO1234 wrote: »

Could the private road be putting people off? Do you have a right of access to it? Do you have to pay for it's upkeep? Is it maintained? Is it lit? Does it potentially attract undesirables?

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Good points:T

Add the fact that these days its the norm for people with that sort of set-up (ie "private road") going on expecting standard 20th/21st century way of operating re that. That being - all stakeholders getting standard democratic consultation/negotiation on any matters regarding it and not someone acting like some sort of "feudal lord from the 18th century" and trying to impose decisions on those equal stakeholders (recipe for trouble time:rotfl:). That being the would-be "lord/lady of manor" having to be put in their place quicktime....

Flyingpig

AnnieO1234 wrote: »

Could the private road be putting people off? Do you have a right of access to it? Do you have to pay for it's upkeep? Is it maintained? Is it lit? Does it potentially attract undesirables?

xxx

It is well lit and well maintained but the council. No responsibility to the owners. We have right to access in our deeds, and many of the residents use the back doors as front doors because it is south facing.

AnnieO1234

Flyingpig wrote: »

It is well lit and well maintained but the council. No responsibility to the owners. We have right to access in our deeds, and many of the residents use the back doors as front doors because it is south facing.

Okay, so are you sure it is a private road then? Unusual for the council to maintain a private road is all. If it's marked as private it could be putting people off anyway thinking of maintenance costs. xxx

Flyingpig

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

A lot of that is worth taking on board - BUT weedkillers arent the only thing that work extremely quickly. One of the methods I've used to deal with weeds here is just plain water from a kettle that has just boiled. Pour on said boiling water and weed is dead within hours - and then removed by me.

I also distrust signs that a house-owner couldnt be bothered to remove weeds - but that is a perfectly "eco-responsible" way to remove them.

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BTW - re comment from previous poster re "concrete gardens" - I think many of us might appreciate tips for dealing with them please:). I've got a proper garden here in this house for instance - but, right at the moment, I'm still busily working on translating it from "concrete garden" into "proper garden" - whilst being thoroughly puzzled as to why it isnt yet (ie as "concrete gardens" have been old-fashioned/widely perceived as "yuk" for several years now to my knowledge).

It is completely weed free, the photographer turned up unannounced before we had killed them all off. It has also had a tidy up as well.

Flyingpig

AnnieO1234 wrote: »

Okay, so are you sure it is a private road then? Unusual for the council to maintain a private road is all. If it's marked as private it could be putting people off anyway thinking of maintenance costs. xxx

100% private. No road name, not adopted by anyone etc. I suspect it's a bit of a relic from when it was a council estate. 95% of the houses are all now privately owned. It may be worth getting the EA to tell people that when they are viewing I guess x

moneyistooshorttomention

AnnieO1234 wrote: »

Okay, so are you sure it is a private road then? Unusual for the council to maintain a private road is all. If it's marked as private it could be putting people off anyway thinking of maintenance costs. xxx

Seconded:T

I've never yet heard of a Council maintaining a "private road" and, in this day and age, many Councils are doing their darndest to make sure they dont do so.

Add the fact that, if there is a specific owner of said road, then that owner could be one of these outdated feudal would-be "lord/lady of manor" types trying to impose their personal decisions on the other stakeholders involved.

alchemist.1

Unfortunately people can be snobbish about ex authority properties.

You may be getting the buyers in for viewings due to lack of properties for sale but no-one actually wants to compromise at this stage.

AnnieO1234

Flyingpig wrote: »

100% private. No road name, not adopted by anyone etc. I suspect it's a bit of a relic from when it was a council estate. 95% of the houses are all now privately owned. It may be worth getting the EA to tell people that when they are viewing I guess x

Can I be direct? You need to be direct! You need to tell the EA to get their *ss in gear and come out and do better photographs, and re-write the description.

Show that there are steps, show that it's a private road but council maintained. And tell them to come when you are ready for them not before. xxx

HappyMJ

Flyingpig wrote: »

It is completely weed free, the photographer turned up unannounced before we had killed them all off. It has also had a tidy up as well.

I wouldn't call the person taking the pictures a "photographer".

The lighting and camera angles aren't what a "photographer" would call a good photo.

The windows look far too bright and make the rooms look dark in comparison.

Flyingpig

I just want to say I really do appreciate all the help and advice you are giving me. It's easy to see your own house through rose tinted glasses. I know it's an 'ugly' house, most of the houses around here are. The photographer came out unannounced before we had a chance to finished the gardens off. There is now slightly raised flower beds at the front with lots of brightly colour flowers, and a hanging basket. the back garden has been jet washed down, weeded and generally tidied up. I am taking you advise on board about it though and will 'spruce' it up. We simply hadn't got to doing the garden yet because our 'dream' house came up on the market.