House listed for three months with no viewing/enquiries

25_Years_On

I clicked the related search for 3 bedroom houses in Huddersfield to see the competition and this property didn't come up. Anyone doing a search for a house won't find it and anyone looking for a bungalow will find it's no longer a bungalow. I think it needs to be described as a house.

Slinky

Fosterdog wrote: »

Childless young professionals are unlikely to go for a three bedroom house unless they have a lot of hobbies, need to work from home, or plan on taking in a lodger, they would be paying more for a house that is too big for their needs.

I disagree. There are plenty of childless/childfree people who live in a property that has more bedrooms than they 'need'. As a single person I bought a 3 bed because I wanted large downstairs rooms and a feeling of space. I could have bought a 1 bed flat for just myself.

AnotherJoe

Slinky wrote: »

I disagree. There are plenty of childless/childfree people who live in a property that has more bedrooms than they 'need'. As a single person I bought a 3 bed because I wanted large downstairs rooms and a feeling of space. I could have bought a 1 bed flat for just myself.

But the reality will be that most wont be looking to purchase 3 bedrooms if they only need 1 because they will think they cant afford it or even if they can will prefer a 2 bed price.

Likewise most wont be looking for bungalows and those who are looking for bungalows most wont like (or be expecting) upstairs bedrooms (eh?in a bungalow???) , steep plots and lots of steps the very opposite of which most people wanting a bungalow will be looking for.

And the proof of that is - zero viewings, rather than "plenty" of viewings from plenty of people who want whats on offer here. Add to that no private parking but having to contend with others in the road for places.

So its really hard to know who this house is aimed at. I'd say a middle aged couple possibly with one child, or a single parent with one or two, moving most likely after a divorce. Preferably with no car. (is this on a bus route? It seems to be on a main road but then thats not often a selling point either)

The pictures dont help, the random order, not starting with pics of exteriorh, picture 10 (currently) showing the house next door looking right into the landing.That window could definitely do with frosted glass for a picture. You can put a plastic film on it dont need a new window.

Too late now but IMHO selling and buying a different house would have been a better use of your money than extending up, and you may not get back what you spent to do it. This has ended up as an even more niche house than it was, with a limited buyer demographic = low price.

Ps first thing thing, as others have said advertise this as a house not a bungalow.

Jenniefour

Huddersfield and surrounding areas have a lot of properties like this where there are more than a few steps up, and where front and/or back gardens have steep slopes. In fact, the trendy and ridiculously expensive Holmfirth is absolutely heaving with them. Probably similar to other very hilly parts of the country. Yes, of course, a lot of steps and/or steeply sloping garden will definitely put off some buyers. But some locals see it as just normal for the area - a friends daughter and husband (with two young children) have just paid a cool £400k plus in Holmfirth for a big end terrace cottage with steep steps up, just like OP's, a sloping garden and no parking.

Pre-Brexit uncertainty is also possibly getting in the way, and some areas are more affected than others - and some not at all. I think timing is an issue, OP, as there are lots of families living up Somerset Road, and they had no difficulty selling the new build town houses at the top - which also have steep steps up and sloping gardens. Yep, they're still building them.

seven-day-weekend

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

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.

I think this may be one reason, I for one would prefer two bedrooms downstairs and one up, rather than vice-versa. But it shouldn't surely stop ANYONE seeing it?

The garden is not very user-friendly for the sort of people who would normally be looking for a bungalow.

AnotherJoe

Jenniefour wrote: »

Huddersfield and surrounding areas have a lot of properties like this where there are more than a few steps up, and where front and/or back gardens have steep slopes. In fact, the trendy and ridiculously expensive Holmfirth is absolutely heaving with them. Probably similar to other very hilly parts of the country. Yes, of course, a lot of steps and/or steeply sloping garden will definitely put off some buyers. But some locals see it as just normal for the area - a friends daughter and husband (with two young children) have just paid a cool £400k plus in Holmfirth for a big end terrace cottage with steep steps up, just like OP's, a sloping garden and no parking.

Some fair points there but in OPs case it seems likely that people like your friend wont have seen it, as its classified as a bungalow, and people looking for a bungalow wont like it for reasons already discussed.



So it might be as simple as getting it classified as a house will at least bring it to the attention of potential buyers.

Cakeguts

Jenniefour wrote: »

Huddersfield and surrounding areas have a lot of properties like this where there are more than a few steps up, and where front and/or back gardens have steep slopes. In fact, the trendy and ridiculously expensive Holmfirth is absolutely heaving with them. Probably similar to other very hilly parts of the country. Yes, of course, a lot of steps and/or steeply sloping garden will definitely put off some buyers. But some locals see it as just normal for the area - a friends daughter and husband (with two young children) have just paid a cool £400k plus in Holmfirth for a big end terrace cottage with steep steps up, just like OP's, a sloping garden and no parking.

Pre-Brexit uncertainty is also possibly getting in the way, and some areas are more affected than others - and some not at all. I think timing is an issue, OP, as there are lots of families living up Somerset Road, and they had no difficulty selling the new build town houses at the top - which also have steep steps up and sloping gardens. Yep, they're still building them.

You have to compare houses in the same area. People will pay a lot to live in Holmefirth because it is seen as a fashionable area. This house is not in a fashionable area. If it was it would have sold by now. The new houses are mostly semis and detached houses and they are in a quiet residential street with their own offstreet parking neither of which this house has. To do a comparison you have to find a dormer bungalow on a busy road with no offstreet parking and very steep steps up to the front door.



When I looked the houses that have sold were all semis or detached with their own offstreet parking. The fact that houses have sold means that the market isn't dead. That means that there is something about this house that no one likes.

Cakeguts

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-54543369.html Here is a house that is vacant and not far away. It has sold. In my opinion you are not going to get anymore for yours than someone would pay for this one. They are always going to look at a property like this before they look at yours because it is in a nicer road and it has offstreet parking as well as a nice big level back garden.



I am using houses as comparisons because what you have is more like a house it isn't what people think of as a bungalow anymore. The description needs to be changed to a dormer bungalow or house because bungalows don't have stairs in them.

lincroft1710

Cakeguts wrote: »

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-54543369.html Here is a house that is vacant and not far away. It has sold.

An avocado bathroom suite!!

SuperMoose

lincroft1710 wrote: »

An avocado bathroom suite!!

I miss my avocado bathroom suite