Critique our house please

Cheeky_Monkey

Smodlet wrote: »

I still want to know where the sixth bedroom is. Can only dead people see it?

I think the EA is saying that the ground floor sitting room can be used as a bedroom although the OP considers it to be a 5 bed so not sure why they let the EA market it as a 6 bed.

rebs

According to the floorplan, there are 4 bedrooms on the first floor. Three of the bedrooms have the labels inside the rooms and the fourth (next to the bathroom) has a line going out to a label at the bottom.

Then there are 2 further bedrooms on the second floor - that's the 6 bedrooms.

peachyprice

Cheeky_Monkey wrote: »

I think the EA is saying that the ground floor sitting room can be used as a bedroom although the OP considers it to be a 5 bed so not sure why they let the EA market it as a 6 bed.

The EA could be including the 'Store' on the 2nd floor as a bedroom, which seems such a wasted space when it could accommodate a shower room for the two bedrooms up there.

Or there is a small room on the first floor next to the bathroom that has no title or dimensions. Is that a bedroom, if not what is it? Again another space that could accommodate a shower room.

Both seem more likely to be counted by the EA as a sixth bedroom than the sitting room.

franklee

rebs wrote: »

According to the floorplan, there are 4 bedrooms on the first floor. Three of the bedrooms have the labels inside the rooms and the fourth (next to the bathroom) has a line going out to a label at the bottom.

Then there are 2 further bedrooms on the second floor - that's the 6 bedrooms.

Yes but for some reason it isn't drawn with a door on the plan which a bedroom would require, perhaps that's why it's getting overlooked as a possible bedroom? Dunno if that's a mistake on the plan or if there is no door.

rebs

franklee wrote: »

Yes but for some reason it isn't drawn with a door on the plan which a bedroom would require, perhaps that's why it's getting overlooked as a possible bedroom? Dunno if that's a mistake on the plan or if there is no door.

Door or not, they have labelled it as a bedroom :rotfl:

Robin9

Your EA has done you no favours. Reduce the photo's to 10 or 12 and get fresh ones done to the rear garden and to the front of the house (I'm sure you can park 2/3 cars on there)

OP just how do you manage with just one bathroom - you appear to have a young family. Imagine the same house with 3 teenagers.

lincroft1710

I am old enough to remember when most house particulars didn't even have a single photo, yet houses still got viewers

TBagpuss

lincroft1710 wrote: »

I am old enough to remember when most house particulars didn't even have a single photo, yet houses still got viewers

yes, but that';s no longer how it works.
People sold and bought houses before the internet, too, but you'd get a lot fewer viewers if you chose not to have your home advertised on line, these days.

getmore4less

if we do this search of just Wallasey 5 bed +
5bed+ inc SSTC

There are 47 houses for sale and 31 SSTC(total 78)

yours is 14th out of 47 if you take out the obviously better/expensive ones and investments 3rd. so right at the top of what is available.

of the 31 SSTC there are only 3 above your price and this was the closest at £381k



There is a lot of house but the balance is wrong for a lot of people which as others have said may explain the lack of viewings

Think target markets.

For larger families that need the rooms they will want/need more bathrooms.


For a house this size there should also be a utility/laundry room taking the clothes washing away from the kitchen.

The attic rooms are dormers so not as spacious as they look on the plan.
That 2nd floor would have been better developed as a master suite with bed/bath/dressing/nursery room, or hide away for kids.


For smaller families there are plenty of properties big enough but much cheaper, even with 2 kids you start to rattle around with rooms in your place, you would soon be wanting to change them to something else like bathrooms ensuites.

lots of rooms in a house lend themselves to shares but again the bathrooms are an issue.

Couples just too big and if you have family/friends stay again you want bathrooms.


The place is nice and it looks like a lot of thought and maybe money has been spent making it look good but we a drifting into style/look over function.

Take the cloak room it is in the middle of the house where you really need this near one of the entrances for taking off clothes boots shoes.

Another niggle is the second sitting room you have the TV in front of the door which says the room can't be set up any other way and can't be used with garden access.

The kitchen design does not lend itself to families and the long run breaks the triangle rule, the room is screaming for the kitchen being at one end with breakfast bar island and dining/family at the other end.

How old is that extension?


here is a link to the sold prices in Wallasey in the last year highest price first

Look how many have sold above £350k

lincroft1710

TBagpuss wrote: »

yes, but that';s no longer how it works.
People sold and bought houses before the internet, too, but you'd get a lot fewer viewers if you chose not to have your home advertised on line, these days.

I never said it was!

It was a comment pointing out how house selling has changed in the past 50 or so yrs!