Advice on Selling My House

Slinky

Ribena1987 wrote: »

Any suggestions on how I make the living room less like a hallway?

I'd get rid of picture 2 and make sure any new ones you have taken don't show the stairs from that angle. The view down the lounge towards the window shows people the stairs rise from the lounge, without them being quite so in your face as picture 2 shows.

Ribena1987

Slinky wrote: »

She's not the one wanting to sell her house. Whilst it's annoying spending money like this, if it gets you a better offer on the house it will be worth while.


Agree the patio looks a bit wierd, could you try turning the furniture around so you're not looking at the back of the wide one and see if that improves things. A BBQ stood on that odd slab at the front would give it some purpose.


Definitely could do with some colour adding to the garden and getting rid of that conifer out the front.


ETA agree with the person who suggested getting your computer out of the lounge.

We do now have the wider patio sofa the other way round as I realised after the photo was published that it wasn't the best. I need to get EA to take new photos any so this will be one of them. I may do new patio, unsure at the moment but I do take your point.
The conifer is going and we will look at jazzing up the back garden.

dibblersan

Ribena1987 wrote: »

The patio was like that when we bought the house. The garden (and house) was a state when we bought it and we have done the best with what little money we have. I agree it’s not the best so will have a think on how to make it better.

try turning the seating by 90 degrees maybe? then the picture isn't just the solid dark back of the bench. then i agree a pot of bedding plants or something - or the candlestick from the lav?

Crashy_Time

I would leave the tree, it isn`t about the tree, let any buyer decide if it stays or goes. The foliage gives a bit of privacy from people in the neighbouring drive and walking down the street IMO, and the totally bare look isn`t good on the front of a house, people visualise cars up on bricks, dumped rubbish, that sort of thing.

Oxid8uk

I live not far from Nottingham and I have never heard of Hempshill Vale! Looking at the map I would have classed it as Bulwell.

sammyjammy

Ribena1987 wrote: »

Hazyjo:
The grass is now greener thanks to the much needed rain. I’ll look at making the front better.

Is it the bookcases that are making it look overfilled. I did wonder. Shall I get bookcases that hide the books? I might get rid of CD/DVD cases as they don’t serve a purpose anymore. We are really struggling for space (hence moving)

The EA called it a kitchen/diner because we have a breakfast bar (no picture). I ordered bar stools which are being delivered today so I’ll ask EA for an updated picture.

Candle stick is to the right of the loo. I can get rid.

The patio was like that when we bought the house. The garden (and house) was a state when we bought it and we have done the best with what little money we have. I agree it’s not the best so will have a think on how to make it better.

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

I'm a single woman living in a small three bed Victorian terrace, if I ever move I will have to move at least half of my belongings into storage before I invite buyers round:rotfl: If I didn't any viewers would have a fit and think its not big enough for a single woman how would a family live here!

Can you pack up the book shelves and the contents and store them elsewhere, I think your house is really well presented but second the idea of second sofa (if you remove the bookshelves) and a table and chairs in the kitchen, some people just can't see the empty space beyond what you show them.

TBagpuss

Is your living room large enough that you can put the sofa at right angles to where it is now, to divide the spare into a hall area immediately inside the front door, and then a lounge area .Of not, maybe put it at a slight angle so it's less like a corridor.

I personally wouldn't have an issue with the bookshelves, but then I have a lot of books, so it doesn't look like a lot to me! That said, I would remove the things on top of the bookshelves, and consider moving one of them into the main bedroom, and getting rid of the CD shelves.It might also make sense to get tried of the big pictures behind the TV and the mirror and snapshots on the end wall, so the place feels a bit less cluttered.

I'd also get the fence fixed and get rid of the the concrete pot by the front door, even if that's difficult.

Is there anything you could do to make the bathroom look a bit warmer and less clinical?

Overall, I think it seems well presented, and you seem to be getting viewings, so don' t give up.

gettingtheresometime

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Actual sales have been stalling for some time, banks are lending less, a potentially very messy Brexit is upon us, and globally interest rates are rising. IMO you should think carefully before letting this buyer slip away.

So why did a house near me sell in less than a fortnight, bearing in mind I live in part of the country that's not considered to be particularly wealthy?

Hoploz

Is there much else similar on the market at the moment? And at what sort of price? (You don't have to answer my question directly - it's food for thought for you really)

Just that if you've had people look but not buy, it might just be that they didn't have anything against your house, but something else attracted them more and they bought that instead.

hb2

OP, I would like to congratulate you on asking for advice and actually taking on board what other posters say! It is common to get people on here who ask the same question but get upset and defensive when they hear the answers . . .

I hope you soon get a buyer who will pay your price so that you can move on.