House for sale for 3 weeks no viewings

Crashy_Time

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-raises-rates-and-signals-faster-pace-in-coming-years-1528912910?mod=article_inline


Got to just be a matter of time now until the BOE are forced to act? EA`s are going to have to get a lot more honest with sellers IMO.

westernpromise

The BoE has an inflation target, Crashy, and no, they're not going to increase rates so you can buy at 130% off current prices. That ship has long since sailed (in 1996 in your case).

TBagpuss

OP, I agree with a lot of the previous posters that your estate agents are not doing you any favours - the photos are not good - for instance, the one of the master bedroom which focuses on the ceiling, the one appearing to show a huge pothole on the road and emphasises that you are on the main road, and so on.
Get them to re-do the pictures, and to label them and put them in a sensible order, not at random as they are now.

I can completely understand that you don't want to spend a lot of money on the house to sell it, but I think it would be worth making some changes.
For instance, plain white/cream throws over the red leather suite, some light coloured curtains (try Dunelm or IKEA), and paint the picture rail white, and you'd have a much brighter, more welcoming room. Move the footstool / ottoman out of sight and if you can, add a small coffee table and put a nice vase of flowers or a bowl of fresh fruit there instead.

Photo 21 makes that room look very cramped. Experiment taking photos from different angles to see if you can improve it. A plain, light coloured duvet or throw, and removing the rugs may help so it looks less 'busy'

Pic 16 - could you paint the purple wall? I appreciate that replacing the carpet might be too expensive, but a few cans of magnolia to lighten up the room, and again, perhaps lighter coloured curtains, could make it look much more modern and fresh. Consider putting nightstands and reading lamps either side of the bed - it looks as though you have space for them!

I'd get rid of pic 11. Pic3 shows the kitchen and 11 is so focuses on the floor that it makes it look dark and dated, I don't think it adds anything. Because your house comes over as pretty dark, I'd think about putting a nice white table cloth on that kitchen table - if you can run to a nice vase with (say) yellow flowers as well, at last for the photos, do that.

Your bathroom looks as though it is fairly new, but comes over as quite dark and cold. Maybe some nice fluffy white towels on the towel rail would 'soften' it a bit.

I'd also take new pictures of you back garden on a sunny day, and take the washing line down to do so.

I think that first impressions do put people off - your house may well be priced too high for what and where it is, but even if that is the cse, improving the presentation can't hurt.

Crashy_Time

westernpromise wrote: »

The BoE has an inflation target, Crashy, and no, they're not going to increase rates so you can buy at 130% off current prices. That ship has long since sailed (in 1996 in your case).

No they are going to increase rates because the US and others are increasing rates.

buggy_boy

Crashy_Time wrote: »

No they are going to increase rates because the US and others are increasing rates.

This is useless information without a timescale... You have been saying the same thing for years... Yes rates will increase at some point.. Who would have guessed it would have lasted 10yrs in 2018, nothing to say it wont last another 10yrs.

kinger101

buggy_boy wrote: »

This is useless information without a timescale... You have been saying the same thing for years... Yes rates will increase at some point.. Who would have guessed it would have lasted 10yrs in 2018, nothing to say it wont last another 10yrs.

Exactly. Japan has had sub 1% rates for over 20 years.

Crashy_Time

buggy_boy wrote: »

This is useless information without a timescale... You have been saying the same thing for years... Yes rates will increase at some point.. Who would have guessed it would have lasted 10yrs in 2018, nothing to say it wont last another 10yrs.

VERY unlikely IMO with the way central banks are breaking ranks on rates, and the EZ woes, specifically Italy, plus Trump seeming to just want a "trade war" for the hell of it (Or to appease the baying mob who voted for him) I have long said on here and on HPC that a EZ break-up, probably triggered by Italy, will see rates to the moon as currency wars heat up again. Either way buying an over-priced shack on debt is a terrible idea at the moment.

Crashy_Time

kinger101 wrote: »

Exactly. Japan has had sub 1% rates for over 20 years.

Yes, they have ..






:rotfl:

Thrugelmir

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Yes, they have ..






:rotfl:

Please post your comments on relevant threads. Not spoil others.

AnotherJoe

Only one toilet will be a showstopper for many. I would seriously consider putting one in if you can grab some space somewhere. Under the stairs, or in that entrance hall where there's plenty of space for a small cloakroom. I think you'd get back more than it cost given what you might have to drop in price.