House listed for three months with no viewing/enquiries

DaveLePen

Dear all,

I have my house listed on Rightmove since the beginning of July, and there is absolutely 0 viewings/enquiries.

I have already dropped the price once at the beginning of September.

The ad on Rightmove gets clicked around 10-20 times a day, despite hiked to 160 the day after the price drop.

It is a semi-detached house/bungalow at HD58HZ, currently priced at £195k. Any advice/comments are much appreciated.

Regards,

Dave

DaveLePen

The agent first blamed that people were on holiday during the summer, and now blaming that people are unsure about the whole Brexit thing. I guess they have a long list of excuses/hypothesis but it does appear nobody is buying any house there.

I do not know what is wrong with the postcode, it is definitely one of the least dodgy areas near Huddersfield town.

Grumpelstiltskin

I wonder if some people who are looking for single storey living find it as it is described as a bungalow and realise it is a Dormer only when looking at the description.

bertiewhite

DaveLePen wrote: »

The agent first blamed that people were on holiday during the summer, and now blaming that people are unsure about the whole Brexit thing.

Properties appear to be moving as fast as ever in Lincolnshire at the moment.

Cakeguts

It is very very overpriced for the disadvantages it has.



1 Main road not a residential side road.

2 No off street parking and no way of making any.


3 Steps up to the front door from parking the car in the road.




You can only sell a house with these types of disadvantages if it is a lot cheaper than a house that doesn't have them. Your buyer is not interested in how much you spent on the house.

DaveLePen

Cakeguts wrote: »

It is very very overpriced for the disadvantages it has.



1 Main road not a residential side road.

2 No off street parking and no way of making any.


3 Steps up to the front door from parking the car in the road.




You can only sell a house with these types of disadvantages if it is a lot cheaper than a house that doesn't have them. Your buyer is not interested in how much you spent on the house.

Thanks for your comments. I am not sure about the very very overpriced bit. How much would you reckon it should be?

Cakeguts

I don't know who added the loft conversion but it is probably the worst positioned house that you could add a loft conversion to. It is now a family sized home but there aren't many families who want to carry prams and pushchairs up all those steps. Never mind bags of shopping with small children in tow.



A family will only buy that house if it is much cheaper than anything else they can get at the size.

Crashy_Time

Looks OK but demand is falling away as Brexit looms, there is no guarantee that a house will sell for a price you like, or even sell at all.

DaveLePen

There was a loft when I bought it, though it does not meet the building regulation in so many ways that it is not useful nor can be listed as a bedroom. I made the conversion so it is now a three bedroom house, instead of a one bedroom bungalow. It is not such a ridiculous decision given the situation then.

I agree that the steps are making things more tricky for families with very small kids.

franklee

Picture 1 is nice enough but why do we then go straight to a bedroom in picture 2? The pictures seems to be in a strange order. I would start with the front. Then proceed through downstairs rooms, then the beds/baths etc.

Some of the rooms, like picture 4, I haven't the foggiest which room that is, why can't it be labelled bedroom 2 or whatever to match the floor plan? Whereas now the bedrooms aren't even numbered on the plan or in the full description. As it is someone has be be really keen to try and piece it all together, so see which room is where and of which size.

Dislike the 3-d floor plans, prefer the traditional type.

Dislike random words IN capitals. e.g. "a very SPACIOUS and FLEXIBLE accommodation of a WELL PRESENTED NATURE."

No mention of parking?

Garden photos are washed out due to sun/shade contrast. Can you retake your own when there is better lighting?

Garden so steep guess that rules out a lot of people but I would still try to take better photos. They do not show the usable flat areas, can't figure how how many tiers there are or how big they are.

Cakeguts

DaveLePen wrote: »

Thanks for your comments. I am not sure about the very very overpriced bit. How much would you reckon it should be?

The no viewings tells you it is overpriced.



If you don't get any viewing it is very overpriced.


If you get viewings but no offers it is getting nearer to the price people will pay you for it.


A house is not worth what you think it is worth. It is only worth what someone will pay you for it.



https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64031371.html This is the type of property that people are looking for with the drive that goes down the side.