House on the market for 15 days, no viewings booked

phoebe1989seb

LittleMax wrote: »

Can't find anything for the £208k property OP talks of.

I don't know the area, but everything I can find points to it being over priced.

I'd assumed the £208k house hadn't completed yet........or perhaps the asking price was £208k?

LittleMax

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

I'd assumed the £208k house hadn't completed yet........or perhaps the asking price was £208k?

Yes, but as a buyer - you don't have that information. Price is why I would not be going to view. I can't see why anyone would pay over £200k to buy on that estate.

JenB83

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

I'd assumed the £208k house hadn't completed yet........or perhaps the asking price was £208k?

Asking price was £210000, sold price was £208000. New buyers moved in at the weekend, that's why info isn't available yet, very recent completion.

JenB83

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-58857848.html

This house is closer than the £190k house that keeps being mentioned. This one is practically on the same street so I really don't think the price is unrealistic.

GwylimT

JenB83 wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-58857848.html

This house is closer than the £190k house that keeps being mentioned. This one is practically on the same street so I really don't think the price is unrealistic.

However, it has an extension to the front, the kitchen has a window, the garden is nicer and on one level, it is also better presented and the rooms appear larger because of this, which is what gets potential buyers through the door.

JenB83

GwylimT wrote: »

However, it has an extension to the front, the kitchen has a window, the garden is nicer and on one level, it is also better presented and the rooms appear larger because of this, which is what gets potential buyers through the door.

Shame the advert for the house opposite ours has gone, photos on that were even worse than ours yet it still sold for £208k. That's why I think our price is realistic.

GwylimT

JenB83 wrote: »

Shame the advert for the house opposite ours has gone, photos on that were even worse than ours yet it still sold for £208k. That's why I think our price is realistic.

It probably is, but the advert doesn't reflect that. For example, is your living room the same size as the one in the link posted? Yours looks much much smaller in the photos. Can you see how much bigger their second bedroom looks as it has a proper bed in? They have also showed the third bedroom. It can't be helped that much, but due to lighter decor and a window their kitchen diner looks bigger than yours as well. Its that sort of stuff that gets people through the door, until your advert is fully tweaked, it is going to be hard to attract buyers when you look at other properties available.

JenB83

GwylimT wrote: »

It probably is, but the advert doesn't reflect that. For example, is your living room the same size as the one in the link posted? Yours looks much much smaller in the photos. Can you see how much bigger their second bedroom looks as it has a proper bed in? They have also showed the third bedroom. It can't be helped that much, but due to lighter decor and a window their kitchen diner looks bigger than yours as well. Its that sort of stuff that gets people through the door, until your advert is fully tweaked, it is going to be hard to attract buyers when you look at other properties available.

Thanks for the advice but, apart from the garden (work in progress, to be completed next weekend), I've done what I can realistically do for now. The market is particularly quiet at the moment so I'm not doing to do anything drastic until I've given it a bit more time. There aren't any room sizes on the advert so I can't say whether they're the same size as ours or not.

glasgowdan

JenB83 wrote: »

Shame the advert for the house opposite ours has gone, photos on that were even worse than ours yet it still sold for £208k. That's why I think our price is realistic.

What's the address of this one? You can often still find old rm ads using google

JenB83

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=40369113&sale=30526041&country=england&referrer=soldPriceResults