Critique my house please

Kim_kim

naughtyjo wrote: »

It!!!8217;s really good to see what folk get from the pictures. The kitchen units actually go much further and there are also 4 double height cupboards but they!!!8217;re not in the picture. I guess I never thought about that as I know they!!!8217;re there. The flat roof is what it is but is fibreglassed and all the houses down here are flat roofed. The room full of furniture is a valid point as they are there ready to go to a friend so I need to get on with that and show it as a single bedroom agreed. The problem I have re the colour scheme of the back room area is that it!!!8217;s the only room with colour but I was thinking of doing a light grey and changing the slats to white in the blinds? But would that suit folk? Thanks for the input

I would def get rid of that turquoise & I!!!8217;d pull the dining table out from squashed against the wall in the kitchen.

Can you pretty up the front? Hanging baskets, shrubs in pots that sort of thing.

I really dislike the black bathroom.

iammumtoone

picture 1 - looks ok to me plenty of off road parking (is the curb dropped - is it mentioned?). Maybe put out a few pots to give it a bit of colour and more appeal.

picture 2 - nice if you change the colour on the wall.

picture 3 - lounge looks a bit small but wouldn't worry me due to the huge kitchen/diner

picutre 4 - had to look twice to see the full size of the garden, first glance I thought it ended at the end of the grass which makes it look small.

pitcure 5 - like how you have a sofa in the corner, it there a tv there? show it if so.

pitcure 6 - bad photo as it looks as if this is the complete kitchen but looking at the floor plan kitchen is much larger with more units

picture 7 - strange to be looking a a very modern look/acquired taste in previous pictures to suddenly go to traditional pine/floral. At least change the quilt to fit in more with the rest of the house.

picture 8 - I like that with the study/office space

picture 9 - needs a single bed

picture 10 - looks like a storage room and not a very good one at that.

picture 11/12 - back to modern nothing you can do about the black tiles but sorry the red towels/mats/nets make it look terrible. Try it with white accessories or remove them totally. I don't think the pictures of the bathroom are very good, the floor plan details give a better idea of it than those pictures.

I have no idea on the price but if its about right for your area rather than dropping it, I would spend the money on making some changes to the decor first.

Good Luck your house is nice and tidy no clutter but at the same time it actually looks like a home.

sheepy21

Colour in the kitchen is too much, much more appealing in a neutral colour, the kitchen diner layout would bother me and it looks quite stark. The black bathroom I find pretty awful and would immediately put me off, but it's made worse by the red, I'd ditch that colour scheme. The photo with the bedroom packed with different furniture isn't good, doesn't look like a bedroom just a storage room. Flat roof would be off putting and the front looks quite life less. So basically, I'd tweak the colours in the house and perhaps out some plants out the front

missimaxo

I'm also a Donny lass and tbh I think it's overpriced for the area. I've not looked up the specific road but I know the estate and it's very near the busy great north road which would put me off. There are similar houses in other areas of Donny that are better value, that have garages and bigger 3rd and 4th bedrooms and I'm not talking just about edenthorpe.

I also echo the comments about the decor being too in your face and needing toning down. I love bright colours and my lounge is purple but we know we'll have to repaint throughout when we come to sell.

franklee

naughtyjo wrote: »

got bored of neutrals so went a bit mad with the turquoise but that can be easily resolved.

We once rented a lovely seafront flat where the open plan kitchen living room was just that turquoise colour and I loved it. However to sell the landlord painted it all white.

I think my opinion would be paint everything white.

Take the photos when the sun is shining and the sky is blue. Open all the curtains for the photos.

Get some planting into the front with pots and into the back.

What goes on down the narrow corridor fro the kitchen towards the front?

Just under 6ft is not a decent size bedroom, it's a narrow single.

naughtyjo

franklee wrote: »

We once rented a lovely seafront flat where the open plan kitchen living room was just that turquoise colour and I loved it. However to sell the landlord painted it all white.

I think my opinion would be paint everything white.

Take the photos when the sun is shining and the sky is blue. Open all the curtains for the photos.

Get some planting into the front with pots and into the back.

What goes on down the narrow corridor fro the kitchen towards the front?

Just under 6ft is not a decent size bedroom, it's a narrow single.

We have used that area as a study previously but at the minute my hubby has it as his treadmill and office area

iammumtoone

naughtyjo wrote: »

We have used that area as a study previously but at the minute my hubby has it as his treadmill and office area

office and treadmill don't go but could you get some weights/cheap fitness equipment and make a small 'gym' area in this section and separate the office into the spare room with all the furniture upstairs.

A photo of this area if it can be made to look usable would be good.

Cakeguts

I wouldn't pay extra for a 2 bed with a very long and narrow extension that has spaces in it that you can't really use because they are too narrow.

getmore4less

more like this

starts with 9 properties in the 130-175 1/2 mile 4+, adding SSTC still 9
out to 1 mile up to 11/13,

not a big sample and you are in the bottom end.

These are the 2 people have decided on.
£165k
£130k

lowering the bottom price adds £120k that looks like an unfinished project.


dropping to 3 bed we have 31/46

back to 4 beds but 3 miles 28/37


Have a look at the SSTC to see what people are offering on.

not a lot of 4+ stock around in that area,

franklee

It is quite a confusing layout given the extension.

If I'm reading it right as well as the side extension that houses bedrooms 2 and 3 there is also a rear extension that houses the office area in bedroom 2 and the bath part of the bathroom. This leaves unusual sizes and shaped rooms.

It seems the old bathroom is now partly the corridor to bedrooms 2 and 3 and partly the WC part of the bathroom. The description splits this room into bath/shower room and WC area even though they are the same room. I would either just call it the bathroom or label the floor plan with the two names. Presumably it is changeable should the new buyer wish, e.g. they could split the bathroom in two and make one part an en-suite to bedroom 2.

I'm finding the downstairs layout confusing too. Presumably the rear extension accounts for the back half of the kitchen diner.

The description lists the sitting area but the floor plan doesn't indicate where this is. I presume it's the corner settee in the kitchen/diner.

I think the floor plan should contain labels that match the areas in the description, so three separate labels e.g. kitchen, dining area, sitting area to replace kitchen/diner etc.

The description says study/office area but again this isn't marked on the floor plan. We only know it's the downstairs side extension from the answers here. Given the only office in the photos is in bedroom 2 I originally wondered if that was what the description really meant. Not that it matters where the office is as such but the reader will want to match up the sizes in the description to the floor plan.

It would be better if the floor plan had the room sizes too. The plan makes the lounge look small in comparison but in reality it's the other room that is huge. Size seems to be the selling feature so put the sizes where they will be seen as if anyone is like me they will flick through the photos and floor plan before ever getting as far as the description.