My property...views on it please

first_name_would__be_good

Thanks for the replies

always_sunny

the place [on photos] looks fine, have you done your own survey?
Maybe the windows/gutters, etc really need replacing and it'll cost x.

What about properties nearby? on the rightmove page there were some sold around the £110k mark.
Remember, it's a sale, you might have a subjecting belief of the price, but you need to be objective, impartial to sell the item.

NYM

I think it's presented very well. Looks clean and tidy!

I am confused though. Builders don't generally charge for surveys? Get your own in to give you a quote.
Misted d/glazed can be de-misted quite cheaply. Get them done yourself if it can help a sale.


I don't know about the prices of property in your area, because in mine, your property would be well over the £300,000 mark.

csgohan4

every house will sell at a price, yours potentially overpriced, have you verified the gutter and window problem yourself?

t0rt0ise

No escape route from windows in case of fire. That may be the problem and it's right that they are changed. I wouldn't buy it with no upstairs escape.

GwylimT

Photo 3 is a bit strange.

Out of noseyness, what is the strange blue stuff on the floor in the yard?

Looking at sold prices £110k seems to be the going rate for the area, so you need to justify £8k more.

I wouldn't buy a home that didn't have adequate fire escapes, so it suprises me that you don't mind living there with out fire safety in mind.

When you yourself have the issues investigated what did you find?

Mojisola

NYM wrote: »

I am confused though. Builders don't generally charge for surveys? Get your own in to give you a quote.

I would definitely do this.

But then also be very realistic about the price.

mysterymurdoch

You've been on the market 7 months. Sounds like it's worth 110k

Fosterdog

As with NYM I don't know your area so don't know the prices, certainly where I live in the immediate few streets radius it would be lucky to sell for £80,000 however a five minute drive away to the next village and it would easily get £120,000+.

I agree that it is clean, tidy and well presented. No photo of the third bedroom though, going from the floor plan it is only the same width as the bathroom but slightly longer, can it actually hold a full sized single bed and bedroom furniture or is it really a box room?

The escape route issue wouldn't really bother most people, let's be honest if you were trapped with a fire you would smash a window and jump. It looks like you could get out of the bathroom window, get onto the kitchen roof, then onto the shed roof and out that way if desperate, not ideal but a much better and safer route than a lot of houses have. It also looks like the style of house is the norm for the area so if it would put someone off your property it would put them off them all.

The garden is pretty small although you've made good use of the space just not something I would be willing to compromise on. Generally a three bed would be marketed towards families who are more likely to want garden space for any young children.

The only other thing I can think is to move the computer desk and dress that area as a dining area, it is marketed as living/dining room but no actual dining table there. While not tiny it will help potential buyers to visualise it as a dining area if you have a table and chairs there as it's also not the biggest dining area ever either.

There doesn't seem to be a huge market in your area so it may well be that the few that are buying would rather some of the others closer to the £100,000 mark and putting their own stamp on the place rather than £118,000 for something they want to change. I personally don't like the kitchen at all, it is just too orange and woody for me so I would immeadiatly be thinking of the cost of a new one on top of the purchase price, others may feel the same.


ETA: the misted windows wouldn't be a deal breaker for me, if they were changed for plain glass the panels could be changed for less than £200 around here with the size of them and using a local glazier over a national company. Even to pattern match shouldn't be much more, there is no need to replace the entire window for a bit of misting. In fact the house I bought last year has some misting in the bedroom window and it will be around £90 to replace the panel which is 1x1.5m in size so a lot bigger than yours.

PasturesNew

Get opinions/quotes yourself to have that work done - and just do it ...and replace that stair carpet while you're at it, that's an appalling view/photo.

Then stick to your guns on price.

People don't mind paying "the going rate" ... but when that going rate is higher than previous sales in the area -AND- the house needs "work that worries us a bit" they will wish to not spend more than they are comfortable with as there might be more that's wrong that they are yet to discover.

Remove the property problems yourself, at rates you choose - and then they're not worries for purchasers.

moneyistooshorttomention

Doesnt look in bad order all round.

The buyer concerned might be thinking of it as a starter house or might be thinking of staying put there.

If they're thinking of it as a starter house - then they are likely to leave everything pretty much as it is and regard it as reasonable condition.

If they are thinking of staying put there - then it could be relatively minor issues from a "necessity" pov that would cause them to rip out what is basically a pretty reasonable/recently done bathroom. Personally - I'd be thinking "Right - that boiler in kitchen and odd cupboard/whatever underneath it means whole kitchen needs replacing = darn it". I'd also take a look at one tiny little thing in the bathroom (ie that loo roll holder being positioned to the back, rather than side, of loo) and think "Darn - taking that off the wall and putting it in the proper place means I'd be left with holes in those new tiles. Those tiles would have been okay with me otherwise. Add the way the side of the bath is = that's a new bathroom all over again then".

Some people wouldnt be as particular as that about things. Others of us are and if it ain't quite right it goes on the mental "To do" list and we are figuring out where the money to do is going to come from. If your buyer is as particular as some of us - then she has probably decided that money will come from not paying over the odds for the house.