House for sale for 3 weeks no viewings

pearl123

PasturesNew wrote: »

To me, the only "good view" is one you can see from a sofa, while drinking a cup of tea... nobody's going to take the time to stand at the window for ages just looking at the view.... there are plenty more comfortable places to sit downstairs... and after the first 15 seconds you've seen the view now .... and after week 1 you don't even notice it's there at all.

While bad views aren't good .... most good views aren't worth the hassle of standing just to look (more than once). I don't like "views", they're over-rated as a "thing" that is just an illusion because, unless you can see it from the sofa, it's useless ...

Completely, disagree. A good view is an asset.

pinklady21

An open view is very high on my list of essentials! Would not consider a home without one......So definitely an asset to shout about, O/P!

Crashy_Time

lookstraightahead wrote: »

Personally I would take the pics of the main road away. Hopefully your lovely house will out do the road x

Short of actually removing the main road, or moving the house, viewers will eventually find out about it.

Tim1965

Although the market is in the doldrums at the moment, my wife and I are planning on selling when it eventually picks up, due to her career. We have noticed that on Rightmove properties with white/grey or neutral coloured walls with similar shades of furniture and accessories seem to sell a bit more readily.

My wife tells me that you can buy neutral coloured furniture paint from stores like Wilco, so I'm now painting our black Ikea bedroom furniture white. First-time buyers seem to pay that little bit more for high end kitchen gadgets too, either that or they want homes for reduced asking prices.

I am sick of the sight of white walls already, but it is a small price to pay for eventually selling a now
un-needed home.

Crashy_Time

Tim1965 wrote: »

Although the market is in the doldrums at the moment, my wife and I are planning on selling when it eventually picks up, due to her career. We have noticed that on Rightmove properties with white/grey or neutral coloured walls with similar shades of furniture and accessories seem to sell a bit more readily.

My wife tells me that you can buy neutral coloured furniture paint from stores like Wilco, so I'm now painting our black Ikea bedroom furniture white. First-time buyers seem to pay that little bit more for high end kitchen gadgets too, either that or they want homes for reduced asking prices.

I am sick of the sight of white walls already, but it is a small price to pay for eventually selling a now
un-needed home.

Market won`t pick up now, global interest rates are on the rise, so the only way is down for UK property prices. Best to get a sale now, drop the price if you have to.

westernpromise

When did you first post that opinion, Crashy? 1996 was it?

How's your BCR looking?

Crashy_Time

westernpromise wrote: »

When did you first post that opinion, Crashy? 1996 was it?

How's your BCR looking?

:rotfl: You are only out by about 11 years (But you already knew that) 1996 wasn`t the end of a record low interest rate experiment where rates are going to have to rise much faster than anticipated either (and you probably knew that as well?)


https://www.bloomberg.com/europe

AdrianC

crashy_time wrote: »

:rotfl: You are only out by about 11 years

1985...?!?!

hayabslee0

Bit late to the party here, but wanted to share our experience.

We first put our house up in Jan'18 for £500K. At the time, I did think it was too high. If I was being honest with myself, £440K would be what I would have guessed. In 3-4 weeks, we had one viewing. Kept being fobbed off with excuses about the weather, the market being slow, just being an "unusually quiet period". I then spoke with another agent who was much more honest and advised us to reduce the price significantly (in line with what I felt was realistic). We did this, and within 2 weeks, we had about 10 viewings and an offer. Again, when the first sale fell through, within 3 days, we have 5 viewings and another offer.

Before reducing the price, we had professional photos done, tarted up the place a bit (not that much needed doing), and nothing had an impact. We reduced the price and immediately noticed a difference. Ask yourself what you would be happy paying for your house if you had to buy it again (honestly) in comparison to similar properties in your area.

eamon

Good advice from all the posters. I'm aware that the OP has already noticed the £ issue. My neighbour has his house for sale at 35% (yes 35%) higher than similar properties. Suffice to say that he has had few viewings & zero offers. I overhead him saying that he would be willing to drop £4k, still way of the mark though. From a selfish viewpoint it would be great if he got his asking price etc and soon, I can dream.