House on the market for 5 weeks but only 1 viewing

Shandz

ReadingTim wrote: »

Maybe I've inadvertently stumbled across a reason then...even if your is bigger, the other one looks bigger! They might be disappointed with the 2nd place when viewing it in person, but you're not even getting people in the door to appreciate the space.

However, this place is bigger and cheaper, so the point still stands....

Hmm, so why do you think the other house looks bigger than ours, do you think our pictures are not showing the best of our house?


Hehe, okay, okay, I concede the point, that place is bigger and cheaper. I have to say that I also tend look at how much house I am getting for my money so I get where you are coming from, that said location will surely make some difference. Our house is located in a separate village and is off the main road over-looking fields - that may be positive or negative depending on who is looking but could make a difference don't you think?

Shandz

fatrab wrote: »

We are currently in the process of selling my wife's flat. Its a 3 bedroom in a decent area and is in walk-in condition. It was advertised £6k under home report valuation. 3 months it took for an offer and to agree a sale, and we had only 5 viewings in that time.


It was very frustrating for us as we know of folk who sold smaller properties in worse condition and in not-great areas within weeks of them going up for sale.


Personally I wouldn't say the market is "slow" more that it's "weird"!


It just takes the right person to come along so hang on in there and I hope you have good luck selling soon! Our buyers should be getting the keys a week from today so fingers crossed

Thanks for the support . Yes, that sounds similar to our situation - we find it difficult to compare our house to others that have sold because I think we value different things to other people.



That's why it's useful to see what other people think of our house and the price. We are wondering if we might be better off taking if off the market if it doesn't get interest in the next couple of weeks or so and try again in the spring.

Shandz

mistertea wrote: »

It's a lovely family home, clean, bright and neutrally decorated. Love the shower room but no bath may put some families off. Although the agent listed it as semi-detached people will notice it's end of terrace and factor that in too.

Thanks for the feedback, we had wondered if the lack of bath may be an issue. In your opinion, do you think it would be worth getting one put in to make the house more appealing to families?

hb2

Shandz wrote: »

There isn't a business unit next door, just more houses and it is a quiet, peaceful village, which photo were you looking at out of interest though?

What is no. 15? It looks like some kind of office.

Shandz

Cakeguts wrote: »

It is too expensive for a 3 bed semi. The ones that have sold have nearly all sold in the £250k to £260k price bracket. The market is not slow if you extend the Rightmove search to with 1/2 mile there are plenty of houses marked sold.


No viewings means very very overpriced.


Viewings but no offers means a bit overpriced


Viewings and offers mean you have got the price into about the right place for people to think you are serious about selling.



The value of the house is what someone will pay you for it not a value that an estate agent gives you to get your business.

Yeah take the point you make in the last sentence - I think we need to go away and think about this. The valuations we had were in the range £300-325k; I get that estate agents will over-value a bit to get your business but is it normal for them to over-value by about £50k/20%?

Shandz

Cakeguts wrote: »

The other problem it has is the carpark over the back fence and the car park for the local pub at the end of the row. Not everyone wants a house where there is a carpark behind their house. So in a better position it might fetch closer to £300k but won't in that position.


You say that you bought the house for a good price. The reason that you bought it for a good price is because it was difficult to sell when you bought it so they had to sell it cheaper. That isn't a problem but you will just have to do the same if you want to sell it.

Interesting - I hadn't considered that that car park would be an issue.


Yeah, your thoughts regarding the price had occurred to me. It was only that the agent had said that just indexing up the price we bought it for got us close to £300k that gave me hope we could sell it for that. (Well that and the fact that none of the agents valued it lower than £300k).

Shandz

quantumlobster wrote: »

This thing:

https://goo.gl/maps/xE4vrZCNPr52

Hehe, yes I can why you think it might look like a business unit but it is just a house with people living in it.

Shandz

hb2 wrote: »

What is no. 15? It looks like some kind of office.

No it really is just a house - I know from walking past it.

yoshiyella

Shandz wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback, we had wondered if the lack of bath may be an issue. In your opinion, do you think it would be worth getting one put in to make the house more appealing to families?

For my family it would indeed be a lack of a bath - could you get one in?


Reason being is that we have an 8 month old and a 2 year old - clearly not going to be showering for a few years yet.

Laurence_Harvey

Shandz wrote: »

Yeah take the point you make in the last sentence - I think we need to go away and think about this. The valuations we had were in the range £300-325k; I get that estate agents will over-value a bit to get your business but is it normal for them to over-value by about £50k/20%?

I’ve been looking to move to a much larger property (Cheshire) for quite a while and I scour Rightmove avidly as well as receiving myriad email alerts.

However, the number of property alerts that I receive which say ‘price reduced’ has become a veritable avalanche in recent months. It certainly seems to be a indicator of how the market is going at the moment.

It also indicates that my own property will probably join the ranks of the ‘price reduced’ houses, which is not good news.

However, the house I’m looking to purchase, with a bit of luck, will (when I actually find it!) be ‘price reduced’ as well,...which is very good news...potentially!

P.S. my daughter lives in York (north side) and she is thinking about moving to larger home, but still in York.;...great place to live by the way. imo:)