Fussy ftb

keith969

This is 216 Citadel Rd? (I used to live in Plymouth and know that area quite well). Area wise it's OK, although parking is not good (and you're next to a hotel/B&B), do you have allocated parking?

Things can take a long time to sell there, the house I had took about 20 months although that was some years ago.

Fosterdog

Eric_the_half_a_bee wrote: »

Except for the flat above yours.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E63596&sortType=1&includeSSTC=true

And 11 out of 25 of the properties just on the first page on rightmove in that area under STC. That is quite a good selling percentage really.

LEJC

2 parking spaces shared by 5 flats....whats that arrangement then...first come or on a rota.

To me its not a property you can own a car with as parking is too limited.

my impression of Plymouth is that it's got a very big student population and also a large presence with the navy....both of which would be potential renters rather than buyers.
It screams investment buyer but I doubt the rent achieved would give a great return.

Cakeguts

If you look at the floor plan it says that there is a kitchen/breakfast room but the table is in the living room. If the kitchen truly is a kitchen breakfast room then the table should be in the kitchen not the living room. Putting a single chair into the kitchen doesn't make it into a kitchen/breakfast room. Either this is a kitchen/breakfast room and there is a picture of the table in the kitchen or it is a kitchen. The description of this room is extremely misleading. You have a large double bed in a small bedroom this on its own makes the room look small but there is other stuff in there as well. There are book shelves in front of the window. I don't like the lay out of the bathroom my taste. It wouldn't be my idea of a nice flat because of the size and shape. I don't think it is normal for a bedroom to be accessed from a living room. I would guess that accessing the bedroom from the living room contravenes fire regulations because there may not be a clear exit as there would be if the door was into the hall?

Time2go

Parking is a strange one it has a space allocated but nothing in deeds as it's by virtue of being a director in management company. Parking is fine now as they have extended permit zone so much easier to park.

Downstairs flat is identical layout to what we are wanting to do and got building regs sign off so I believe precedent has been set.

Also flat above me sold to investors no ftb. I was specifically commenting on ftb being fuss pots. Remember I was a ftb when I bought it and saying it's small. I would like to see how big some people on here's sitting rooms and bedrooms are in comparison. If the flat was that small I couldn't have lived here for so long and managed last few with two kids.

This was supposed to be a post asking what others experience of first time buyers were as compared to other side of country I loved in they are fussy as hell not a how can we tell you it's a small bedroom post.

BenjiCat_2

I think your main problem is that property in Plymouth is relatively affordable (I live in Plym). You can buy a two bedroom house (admittedly not in a great area) for circa. £110-120k. Decent areas from £140k upwards. Most first time buyers I know (including myself) go straight to buying a house rather than a flat because it makes more financial sense/there's more longevity/more space.

There's also a huge number of large victorian properties that have been split into flats in the city. So there is a lot of choice and it makes more sense for these properties to be on the rental market because of the number of students in the city. I think your main audience would be landlords rather than FTBs.

aneary

I gave you my opinion as a first time buyer it's over priced for what it is.

I'm looking in Portsmouth so similar in that there is the Navy and Students but more expensive.

parkrunner

If you put it up at £5,000 it would sell, if something hasn't sold in all this time then the price is the problem. Obviously I'm not saying put it at that figure but hopefully you get my drift.

Time2go

THank you benji cat that's what we are finding.

LEJC

Time2go wrote: »

Parking is a strange one it has a space allocated but nothing in deeds as it's by virtue of being a director in management company. Parking is fine now as they have extended permit zone so much easier to park.

Downstairs flat is identical layout to what we are wanting to do and got building regs sign off so I believe precedent has been set.

Also flat above me sold to investors no ftb. I was specifically commenting on ftb being fuss pots. Remember I was a ftb when I bought it and saying it's small. I would like to see how big some people on here's sitting rooms and bedrooms are in comparison. If the flat was that small I couldn't have lived here for so long and managed last few with two kids.

This was supposed to be a post asking what others experience of first time buyers were as compared to other side of country I loved in they are fussy as hell not a how can we tell you it's a small bedroom post.

So I would only get the parking space if I was willing to become a director of the management company....?

Permit parking zone....why when there is an allocated space...it's just an additional cost that when faced with something easier or allocated a FTB will probably opt for.

I am looking at it with FTB eyes and TBH....if I was faced with the prospect of being a Director and buying my first property just to have a place to park my car I'd be running so fast away.....

Again FTB dont always want to know that they have renters above them...they've been there as the student previously possibly and now want 4 walls that are their own sanctury....

so from a FTB perspective...I would indeed be classed as fussy....and I've made no comment about room sizes or cluttered areas just the things that my FTB self would want.

I believe FTB can afford to be fussy in your area,,,there seems an abundance of property to choose from.