House has had no viewings - input much appreciated

suki1964

My own feeling is that the house needs a LOT of money spent on it to bring it up to the 21st century. That beam, exposed pipes, that fireplace , new kitchen and bathrooms - then the decor

I personally wouldn't be wanting to spend that sort of money on a house only to have to spend 50k more on it

peachyprice

+ The garden is lovely.

- The house is dated and needs a lot of money spent on it to make it more modern while all the other houses in your price range/area are ready to move in to. I would expect to pay £100k less than you are expecting.

Green_hopeful

Cakeguts wrote: »

This one puts a new interpretation on moving house.

The stairlift features in three photos. I think this should be on the funny houses seen on the Internet. Where are the white goods trying to escape to in the kitchen. Why no beds in the bedrooms. And many more.

markin

Move the cabinet on the landing, If you have the money remove the fireplace/wall, Then do the bathroom. And do the kitchen if its still on the market in a years time.

Cakeguts

Green_hopeful wrote: »

The stairlift features in three photos. I think this should be on the funny houses seen on the Internet. Where are the white goods trying to escape to in the kitchen. Why no beds in the bedrooms. And many more.

It isn't the stair lift. The house has been moved in pieces from one location to where it is now.

AdrianC

Cakeguts wrote: »

It isn't the stair lift. The house has been moved in pieces from one location to where it is now.

Not that hard with timber frames, and definitely better than demolishing it back in the 30s.

It's bloody gorgeous.

Be even more gorgeous if it was moved again, so it wasn't 100m from services and a travelodge on the A12.

parking_question_chap

House needs a lot of updating
Large house with big garden but only three bedrooms would probably only appeal to a small number of people.
And that conservatory, if I owned the house first thing I would do is level that and have a lovely patio.
Not really a fan of offers in excess of, it gives the impression you dont really know what you want. As a buyer I would much rather see a fixed price.
Perhaps to get some more interest you could change "snug" to a fourth bedroom and market accordingly. Some people are not be intelligent enough to realise that it could easily be a 4 bed. Snug is just a bs "trendy" phrase.

getmore4less

Snug was what my grand parents had in their house where they camped out in the winter because it cost a fortune to heat the much larger living room.
In the summer it was my grandads retreat.

Slinky

getmore4less wrote: »

Snug was what my grand parents had in their house where they camped out in the winter because it cost a fortune to heat the much larger living room.
In the summer it was my grandads retreat.

My neighbour told me that the previous owners of my house used to use the 3rd bedroom, which is a small single, as a sitting room in the winter!

Bossypants

I get the impression older people prefer smaller rooms sometimes. The previous elderly owner of my house apparently used the small second bedroom as her sitting room, completely ignoring the lovely well-proportioned lounge two doors down. My grandmother too preferred to sit in her tiny kitchen, rather than use her very pleasant large lounge. Perhaps when I am 80 I will understand.