Market state for selling

Crashy_Time

Rambosmum wrote: »

Not very well presented - clothes could be away/ moved, the bathroom tidier etc, bed neater. Agree it looks dated and tired, but not much you can do about that.

The price is crazy!

Too low you think?

ianG

OK, this one is round the corner and does have some extras like a cloakroom & conservatory I agree and is more uptodate but is it worth 45k more? No dimensions on the floor plan that I can find but the kitchen looks 'galley-like'.

http://www.urbanandrural.com/property-for-sale/linslade/lu7-2yg/2099651

Lokolo_2

Having looked at the link for that one in Fyne drive, I agree with you that it is overpriced. Yes it has a conservatory and large garden, cloakroom and is fairly modern on the inside. The garden looks bigger than yours and much less overlooked but that could just be the pictures giving off a false impression! If I was offering on Fyne Drive I would only be willing to pay 360k max for that house, that is what I believe it is worth.

I don't like criticising your property as it is your well loved home, just that it is one of the older builds of house, the Fyne drive house is a newer style one, which to me looks more appealing. I know there's not much you can change about that though!

Looking forward to seeing your revised listing and keep us all posted how you get on, fingers crossed! :beer:

Maxwell007

HOW MUCH hahahaha
is your road paved with gold or am I missing something . .

Thrugelmir

ianG wrote: »

Just wondering if I am alone in thinking that the property market in northern home counties where we live (South Beds/Bucks) is dead?

Wrong time of the year to start marketing a property. Somebody buying yours will most likely have to sell themselves. As spring approaches so the market will improve as chains get built.

Lokolo_2

Maxwell007 wrote: »

HOW MUCH hahahaha
is your road paved with gold or am I missing something . .

Yes you are missing something, it is a detached house in a commuter town just 30mins of out London, also in a very nice area. Compared to what you get in the South of England within 30mins of London this is actually good value! You can hardly compare this to the north of England, the price is based on the location. :rotfl:

Gwendo40

The market is only ''dead'' for stupidly overpriced properties, anything that's even vaguely realistically priced will sell very quickly anywhere in the country, even rather ''ambitiously'' priced properties are selling quite promptly... it really is just the stupidly overpriced properties with greedy/deluded vendors that are hanging around for any length of time with little to no interest.

Cyclemonkey1

There's nothing massively wrong with it but it doesn't look very inviting. It is drab and looks a bit like a rather tired rental.


Things that would put me off:


the exterior of the house is pretty unattractive, especially the Upvc front door


The windows seem very small - I would worry about not getting much light upstairs.


The kitchen is small but also very poorly laid out - is that the only place a fridge freezer can go?


the bathroom is very small for a three bed house, it looks smaller that ours and we have a two bedroom flat.


Oddly enough your bathroom tiles are the same as the ones we inherited in our bathroom and I am about to get the bathroom redone as they are so tired and dated.

kinger101

I think the layout of the house is the problem from most. The kitchen is too small, and the lounge/diner is narrow. Which makes it feel like a corridor. I know you can't change these things, but they're probably red lines for many, so hope you understand why you might not get as good a price for a similar-sized but better designed property.

The pictures aren't great. I would have complained to emoov about the quality of them. They use independent photographers, but this one shouldn't be on their books.

ianG

I reckon this is the way a property should be presented, don't you think? ;-)
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/43030644#QByVjhMBY5M5hj06.97