Please critique my house...

Brackenfield

Clutter free you could be right, I see exactly what you are saying. And you are correct about the bedrooms, we did them up to match the house so to speak and then I started with my preferred style.

Davidmcn you are psychic. We moved here knowing hubby could travel south and I got a job locally! #impressed.

Smodlet

I completely agree with Clutterfree's assessment in #30; the one word that echoed around my brain cell, looking through those pictures, was "Stepford". It is a great house, layout I could live with and think I would soon get used to. The one thing that screams is it is just too white (= cold) and too bare. It says to me, "No pets, no children and no men unless they are house-trained to the point of obsession", hence my Stepford crack.

I am not suggesting you make it messy but surely a couple of books on a coffee table, some pictures and a calendar on the kitchen wall, something to make it look lived in. That bowl of fruit just emphasises the bareness and the whiteness. How about some nice place settings and a runner?

I would be afraid to breathe loudly in there in case I disturbed the perfection vibe. That's what it is; it's too perfect, too tidy. It needs a little warmth, a little life to bring it alive and let people (assuming any think like me) imagine themselves living there instead of feeling they need to apologise for being there. Other than that it's great, lovely garden.

Brackenfield

Thanks for your comments Smodlet, I appreciate your input. The stepford comment made me :rotfl: as I am always aspiring to be tidy as I am a messy person at heart! It's why I like less clutter.

Of course I decorated, tidied and cleaned for the photos, everything I read said let a viewer imagine there own things there. (Calendar is in the utility) and I love white walls though I appreciate not everyone will.

Maybe the estate agent should have left my two cats in the pics

DCFC79

alexanderdewar wrote: »

£330 is rather cheap.

For that price it should fly off the shelves.

getmore4less

Brackenfield wrote: »

Maybe the estate agent should have left my two cats in the pics

have a browse of the have you seen this thread.

marliepanda

My only issue looking at is is all the colour is focussed on the flooring, be it coloured carpets or the fancy kitchen floor, and all the walls are white.

Whilst it looks fine, floors are harder and more expensive to change than walls, so buyers may feel they are ‘stuck’ with your decor more so than someone where every room has hot pink walls but the floors are all neutral.

Fosterdog

marliepanda wrote: »

My only issue looking at is is all the colour is focussed on the flooring, be it coloured carpets or the fancy kitchen floor, and all the walls are white.

Whilst it looks fine, floors are harder and more expensive to change than walls, so buyers may feel they are ‘stuck’ with your decor more so than someone where every room has hot pink walls but the floors are all neutral.

This is exactly what I meant when I said it would be a project house, I quite like most of the furniture and fittings but the white is just too overbearing (and my house is almost all white so I do like white) it looks like the really harsh trade brilliant white rather than a softer white that is more homely. Based on the walls I would happily move in there tomorrow but the flooring is what puts me off and that's what would cost more to "fix".that and the lack of shower in the family bathroom, most people looking at 3-4 bedroom homes will want it as a family home and will want the family bathroom to have a shower. The bath itself is lovely though, maybe that would have been better in the master en-suit and the family bathroom done suitably for a family.

Brackenfield

In fairness, the flooring is shades of grey through all the bedrooms and bathrooms. The sunroom, utility and back hall are laminate. Only the living room and kitchen have 'full on' coloured floors.

The white is pure brilliant white bog standard dulux. I like my white pure white.

ProDave

I really don't think it is the house condition or presentation that is putting people off. If it is "too white" a pot of magnolia will sort that.

I would have a FRANK discussion with your agent about the state of the market for houses of this size / price in your area. I am sure many will lie to you to get your business when you are looking for an agent. It is far better to have someone who is honest and can tell you really what sectors of the market are selling, and what are not. Then at least you will have a realistic expectation.

katejo

davidmcn wrote: »

Yes, even for those of us generally comfortable with metric, most listings have imperial measurements and it's just lazy not to have both.

Only other comment I would have is that the first photo looks a bit too...garagey. I would have taken it from the other end of the house.

For property descriptions I still MUCH prefer imperial!