House on the market for 15 days, no viewings booked

Jimmy_Neutron

JenB83

Phirefly wrote: »

I'm an interior photographer.

Think about taking the photos from around chest-to-waist height, so the vertical middle of the image is the vertical middle of the wall between floor and ceiling. Stand as far back into a corner as you can or back out of the doorway as far as you can without getting the doorframe in shot. You are aiming for all of the horizontal lines in the image to be as close to true horizon as possible and ditto with the verticals (to true vertical) so make sure you look carefully at the vertical lines closest to the edge of the shot as these will have the most impact on the overall effect. You want them to be as parallel to the edges of your image as you can.

Make more of the fact you have a kitchen diner - I know you have a breakfast bar and use your conservatory as a dining room but I think it might even be worth moving your table and chairs in from the conservatory. I'd then beg borrow or steal some nice furniture for the conservatory. If you don't like that idea get a sofa in your kitchen diner instead. People like the idea of the kitchen as a place to hang out and your photo isn't depicting that as well as it could. Take a photo from the units end of the kitchen to show the space where the 'diner' area is. Also, take the photo of the conservatory standing squidged up next to the boiler so you have the French doors in shot. Ok so people might be disappointed when they see the boiler if they view, but by then they may have already seen enough they like to make the boiler less of an issue.

As someone else has said, try and get your hands on a bed for your second room and put the cot in the box room.

You will hear advice to put on all of the interior lights. I actually don't agree with this, it can actually look less professional. It is better to ensure your camera settings are optimal.

Will you be using an SLR with your wide angle adaptor? If so, use its manual setting. Ramp the ISO up to around 500-600 but keep your aperture around f/8. Use a slow shutter speed to compensate for the small aperture, obviously you will need to use a tripod if you are using a slow shutter speed. Put the shutter on a two second delay so the camera fires a good time after you have moved your finger away to avoid any shaking when you press the button.

Definitely jetwash your drive, it makes a really big difference and is the first thing that you see with your property. Stand on a ladder to take the exterior front shot and angle it round so you have less of next door and more of your boundary shrubs in the shot. It took a friend a couple of hours to repaint our shed in Ronseal exterior wood paint (I recommend shade - Blackbird) and it makes an amazing difference.

And post an update!

Thank you so much! That's an incredible help. I will be using an SLR and have a tripod so will try out all your suggestions. Can't thank you enough for this, you're a star! Also tempted to forward all your tips to the EA!

chelseablue

When I come to sell mine I'll put the pics on here before the ad goes live, people here notice things you don't even think of!

JenB83

chelseablue wrote: »

When I come to sell mine I'll put the pics on here before the ad goes live, people here notice things you don't even think of!

Wish I'd done that!

googler

JenB83 wrote: »

If anyone came to view it would be obvious.

(that the OP's house is on a better street)

... but you're back at post #1, then - "our house has been on the market for 15 days and we haven't had a single viewing. No one has shown any interest at all."

They're not coming, possibly/probably because there's no obvious reason to them why yours is priced above the equivalent on the not-so-nice street

JenB83

googler wrote: »

(that the OP's house is on a better street)

... but you're back at post #1, then - "our house has been on the market for 15 days and we haven't had a single viewing. No one has shown any interest at all."

They're not coming, possibly/probably because there's no obvious reason to them why yours is priced above the equivalent on the not-so-nice street

I'm hoping the poor photos, garden and boiler are the biggest problems. Once those are sorted and August is over hopefully things will pick up.

glasgowdan

All this nit-picking and tuning the fine details won't sell your house. It seems like it's down to pot luck just now, and there doesn't happen to be a buyer looking for this type of house in this immediate area.

I definitely wouldn't describe the house as being in one area if it's in another. That would wind me up as a buyer and I wouldn't view.

Try some key points to draw other buyers in, highlight any good things, whether it's a good school catchment, good rail links etc. And don't drop the price again!

Phirefly

googler wrote: »

They're not coming, possibly/probably because there's no obvious reason to them why yours is priced above the equivalent on the not-so-nice street

But value does fundamentally take into account the street. We just sold our house for the valuation which was 20k higher than the asking price of houses with the same number of bedrooms in the nearby not-so-nice streets. To someone from outside the area, there may have been no obvious reason why this might be the case.

I do think there could be other factors influencing the OP's lack of interest, and after 15 days at a quiet time of year with crap photos on the listing, it's worth exploring possibilities other than asking price for now...

fairy_lights

Is it a bit sad that I'm really looking forward to seeing the new photos?

JenB83

fairy_lights wrote: »

Is it a bit sad that I'm really looking forward to seeing the new photos?

Don't put me under too much pressure! I'm no photographer! Bit worried that my new photos won't be any better!