Selling our house and had ridiculous offers recently

misswoosie

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

That's the life of a sales person.

Usually that what the estate agent deals with for you. However when you instruct an online agent and must do the viewings yourself you take on that job.

never had an agent do viewings when I've been selling a property. My DH and I looked at a property via an EA a few years ago. It was part of a deseased estate and they did "block" viewings. There were still some possesions in the house, including a baby grand piano and an antique typewriter and we were absolutely apalled how little control the agent and parents had over kids plonking away on the piano and the type writer. This was a well known National Estate agent group.

melanzana

Whatever anyone may say, it's a nice house in a lovely area, and someone will go mad for it soon enough I think. But to me, if I had 1.5 mill I would be looking around for comparison purposes....

glasgowdan

I think the OP must be new to the internet if he's spat his dummy so easily.

If I had that sum of money dangling around my thoughts I'd appreciate honest harsh feedback, rather than being pandered to.

Dan-Dan

How can someone be so sensitive

Change the Agent
Be Patient


Go on holiday , you need one

maada101

We sold our house recently (completed last week in fact) but we had a bit of a roller coaster at the start of the process. Our house also possessed a bit of a 'novelty' factor, being a little unusual, and in the beginning we had a fair amount of time wasters, or just nosy people, but we figured we may as well let them look as they may buy it! To be honest, we soon got fed up of that approach! We were spending too much time doing the mad tidy up thing and stuffing things into cupboards. We learnt to relax and found an estate agent who would vet prospective buyers first, only letting people view when they were in a position to buy.

Good luck with your sale - and remember, it only takes one!

Jhoney_2

OP if you put your area, 4 bed and your selling price range in rmove etc, what comes up? Are they comparable in size, price, features, presentation and quality of finish? Do you think you property is holding it's own against the other properties that come up?

You want to sell, so you need to manage your potential buyers expectations in accordance to the above at a competitive price to generate interest. Some buyers may simply want to be in the county as a whole for work and not be bothered by the uniqueness and planning potential, so cast a business eye over your asset.

Now try it again as a 3 bed comparison and see what you think.

I also think that in your price bracket, the perception (from your demographic's POV) of an online EA is not good - even if undeserved.

Best of luck.

Cakeguts

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dutch-barn I think the estate agents need some lessons in garden buildings so that they can tell the difference between a barn and an old workshop.

AdrianC

Some of you seem to think all "barns" are nice genteel wooden structures with giggling milkmaids in the hayloft. You need to get on a real farm... I can think of quite a few farmers who'd regard that wriggly tin structure as an aspirational goal.

harrys_dad

3 upstairs bedrooms, none really large, no en-suite, downstairs shower, £1.5million? I know that is an expensive area but seriously. The gardens are lovely, but I suspect the only way the OP will get anything like asking price is by someone being able to get planning permission for development of the barn/workshop or some of the garden.

Hoof_Hearted

This is nearby competition:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-36566694.html