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booksurr

dimbo61 wrote: »

Other 2 bed houses sold for less than £250K

typo? The OP's is a 3 bed house

Cakeguts

I think it is overpriced by at least £20,000. It is a mid terraced 3 bed house but it is being marketed as a 3 bed semi. The position is quite frankly awful right next to the M1 motorway. The semis that are being marketed at a similar price are in much better positions away from the motorway.

You cannot compete for price with a 3 bed semi with its own driveway and yet your house is priced similar to these.

If you want to sell a 3 bed mid terraced next to a motorway you are going to have to sell it cheaper than a property that is not right next to a motorway.

ReadingTim

feejaykay wrote: »

Can anyone tell me why my house isnt selling? At a guess its the agents pics that they have featured that are tardy.

The pics are a bit poor, but the main problem is that it's twenty thousand pounds over what number 7 went for last summer, which has an identical internal layout and a much larger garden.

A slightly wobbly looking conservatory and some 'bold' interior design just ain't worth twenty grand. Sorry if this isn't what you want to read.

booksurr

maybe it's because we all spend to much time on here looking at photos?

I think pic 24 should stay as it is. It gives the honest view of the property. It is obvious to me that yours is the one in the centre with the white door. I am therefore under no illusions about:
a) there is no personal front garden
b) the house on the left is attached to you, but pic 1 shows the extent of that attachment so neither totally a semi not totally a detached
c) the house on the right is not attached at all. You just abut each other at the precise corner.


on that basis I think pic 24 is a valuable way to eliminate time wasters as that arrangement would not appeal to me at all if I found that to be the case on arrival for viewing. And remember that most people have made their made up if this is "the one" within seconds of entering the door when viewing.

so if you are not getting viewers it is because you are priced too high

if you are getting viewers but no offers it is not because of poor pictures

Personally my first port of call is sold prices and i suspect therein lies your problem:
No5 sold £214K Aug 2016
No7 sold £245k July 2016 (although the frontage of this one is positively hideous, even if it has a bigger back garden than you and the same interior)

you are asking an extra £20k (8%)

Cakeguts

3mph wrote: »

With care the photos could have made it look like it is, an end of terrace.
Also photos need to try and not show so much fancy artex.
D!cor will not be to everyones taste but that shouldn't put people off.

It isn't an end terraced but it is easy to see why you might think it was. It is a mid terraced one house joins at the side the other joins at the front. The agents appear to be trying to market it as a 3 bed semi which is why they put the back picture first because that is what it looks like from the back but a picture of the front gives the game away.

The biggest problem it has is the M1.

Carer

Having just checked the satellite pics I can see another huge problem in that it's not just next to the motorway, but next to a motorway service station with vehicles slowing right outside the back garden day and night to get into it.

Nothing you can do about that unfortunately but that would rule it out completely for me.

Mickygg

dimbo61 wrote: »

Over £250K so 3% stamp duty and £10,000+ for that.
Kitchen looks a little old/ Dark
Other 2 bed houses sold for less than £250K

Eh? Think you need to re read the stamp duty rules, they changed a while ago!!

Doozergirl

Two bedrooms that are less in 2 metres in width?

Something I wouldn't be able to get over. Most 3 bed houses, even small ones, have two doubles.

bouicca21

I think the photos are terrible. They make every room look small and cramped. I don't like the decor and hate pine, but I'm sure others with similar prejudices would be able to look past that if only the photos were better.

smallholdingsister

Coats in conservatory would be better away for pics, as would wheelbarrow and the bucket on the garden table/bin in the kitchen.

Otherwise it looks like you have tried hard to present it well. Artex on the ceiling may put people off (sometimes contains asbestos).

Good luck with your sale.

I am guessing you weren't looking for the super helpful "Well I wouldn't have built it there/in that configuration" type of response?