Struggling to Sell - Hints and Tips

Crashy_Time

AdrianC wrote: »

Well done. You missed my actual point by a country mile.

Was that deliberate, I wonder?

So you don`t think that banks have any bearing on what people can "afford"?

-taff

Crashy_Time wrote: »

So you don`t think that banks have any bearing on what people can "afford"?

Their pay packet usually does that.
Why do you try to derail every thread with this stuff? What bearing does it have on someone trying to sell their house? Are you actually making any suggestions for the OP or is it another go at banging your drum?

Crashy_Time

-taff wrote: »

Their pay packet usually does that.
Why do you try to derail every thread with this stuff? What bearing does it have on someone trying to sell their house? Are you actually making any suggestions for the OP or is it another go at banging your drum?

What bearing does bank mortgage lending appetite have on people selling their house? Are you being serious? Would you say that house prices in say London, or pick another place if you want, are broadly in line with local "pay packets"?

getmore4less

A quick more like this to get samples.

Numbers are "for sale/SSTC"

0-£475k 4bed + 1mile inc SSTC

0-475 15/6
0-450 13/3
0-425 10/3
0-400 8/2
0-375 6/0

going out to 3 miles.

0-475 82/54
0-450 69/46
0-425 51/35
0-400 35/25
0-375 27/15
0-350 24/10

Stuff is moving and more than 1/2 the SSTC are over 400 upto 3 miles out
This won't count the new build sales which may be mopping up buyers.

This is only slightly bigger than our house design

numbers have it quite a lot bigger

A chunk of your lounge is really hall.
no access to the kitchen from outside

your ground floor is 40sqm

the kitchen and living room on the bigger place are 45sqm then there is the hall and utility to add.

upstairs yours is 55sqm the other one is over 72sqm(8.5mx8.5m)

Ground Floor
Living Room - 4.58 x 3.49 metres / 15' 0'' x 11' 5''
Kitchen/Dining/Family Room - 8.55 x 3.43 metres / 28' 1'' x 11' 3''
Utility - 2.4 x 1.69 metres / 7' 10'' x 5' 7''
First Floor
Bedroom One - 3.95 x 3.49 metres / 12' 12'' x 11' 5''
Bedroom Two - 3.84 x 2.58 metres / 12' 7'' x 8' 6''
Bedroom Three - 3.73 x 2.82 metres / 12' 3'' x 9' 3''
Bedroom Four - 3.6 x 2.53 metres / 11' 10'' x 8' 4''
Bedroom Five - 2.58 x 2.01 metres / 8' 6'' x 6' 7''
Bathroom - 2.82 x 2.17 metres / 9' 3'' x 7' 1''

GROUND FLOOR
Entrance Hall
Cloakroom
Kitchen/Diner: 16'3 x 10'3 (4.96m x 3.13m)
Lounge: 16'1 x 13'1 (4.91m x 3.99m)
FIRST FLOOR
Landing
Bedroom 1: 16'6 x 12'3 (5.03m x 3.74m)
En Suite Shower Room
Bedroom 2: 10'8 x 9'8 (3.25m x 2.95m)
Bedroom 3: 9'9 x 7'10 (2.97m x 2.39m)
Bedroom 4: 9'9 x 8'0 (2.97m x 2.44m)

-taff

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Would you say that house prices in say London, or pick another place if you want, are broadly in line with local "pay packets"?

If you can't afford it, you can't buy it.....And I don't care what prices are in London. I don't care what prices are anywhere to be truthful. I have a house, I don't want another one.

Crashy_Time

-taff wrote: »

If you can't afford it, you can't buy it.....And I don't care what prices are in London. I don't care what prices are anywhere to be truthful. I have a house, I don't want another one.

Many people in London certainly can`t afford their house if rates rise IMO. Whether you care or not, what people spend on houses is more or less decided by banks, because as well as lending they also create a baseline for valuation.

quantumlobster

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Many people in London certainly can`t afford their house if rates rise IMO. Whether you care or not, what people spend on houses is more or less decided by banks, because as well as lending they also create a baseline for valuation.

When did you last buy or sell property, CT?

billy2shots

quantumlobster wrote: »

When did you last buy or sell property, CT?

I don't think 15 year olds are legally allowed to. CT is not a buyer or a seller, just someone stuck in limbo parallelised by fear of making a decision.

-taff

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Many people in London certainly can`t afford their house if rates rise IMO. Whether you care or not, what people spend on houses is more or less decided by banks, because as well as lending they also create a baseline for valuation.

Nope, still don't care.
I don't live in London. Do you? Are you not able to buy? Kinda sounds like it.....Kinda sounds a bit bitter and twisted....

ExNicotineQueen

I have recently bought in the area and sorry OP, your asking price is way off.

Also your EA is rubbish. When I was house hunting I found C&W Crawley the worst for rubbish listings full of nonsense gibberish in the listing and they also try to hard sell buyers as well. I remember they would always try and make me come into the office for their in-house buyer pre-requisite (as in show us your mortgage deposit/offer proof) and even when I tried to put an offer in on a property refused to allow me to do so unless I did! The 10 or so properties I viewed through them there was an 18 year old doing the viewings on the weekends who had no idea about any details.

For those that don’t know the area – Crawley is an anomaly in that the area has definitely experienced a boom/a seller’s market. The house prices I have been monitoring for at least 18 months the sold prices have all sold for over the asking prices or at the very least, asking price. That is, assuming you live in one of the other known neighbourhoods and not Forge Wood.

Ironically the other new build estate, Buchans Mead, those properties have ALL sold for more than what the owners paid for them 3 years ago. There is a few more to add to that list of £340k and £350k that I had on my watch list.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/RH11-8WA.html?backListLink=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DPOSTCODE%255E3641854%26minPrice%3D290000%26maxPrice%3D375000%26minBedrooms%3D3%26radius%3D0.5

1. Location, location, location! The biggest turn-off you will find is that Forge Wood is in the a*se end of nowhere. When I was house hunting I remember driving past and thinking what a silly place they chose to build houses. You are too near Gatwick despite what you may think and the bus service is barely hourly so unless you drive, you are pretty much stuck. Not to mention with all the Gatwick expansion talk, a lot of people will be worried about noise. http://www.crawley.gov.uk/pw/web/PUB243240
2. Because it is still a new development you won’t see any major improvements for at least a few years still
3. You have small rooms for a 4 bed house – your master bedroom isn’t even true to size.
4. The problem I found when I viewed all the new builds was they were all overlooked. Literally like from all 3 sides. It felt very Big Brother-esque to me. Your garden is massively overlooked.


Here is an example of a house which sold for £332k. It was originally marketed at £320k so sold for £12k over the asking price. This property is in the much, much more desirable area of Three Bridges. It also has a much better uniform size for bedrooms.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=72391286&sale=7263574&country=england

Just because you have a garage doesn’t really count for much. If I was still viewing I would have not looked at yours because I could get more house for my money even looking in Three Bridges either by buying a 3 bed semi with a driveway which would allow for scope to extend out the back or in the loft and also the garden would be longer and not overlooked. Not to mention the room sizes would have been bigger and the house would have been built many years ago so no snagging issues. I think you are placing far too much emphasis on your garage being worth more.