6 weeks on the market

-taff

Period semis generally have bigger rooms than new builds so I can see why someone would choose bigger rooms over yours [no, it's not a new build now but....]
It's immaterial what you want to sell the house for, it's what people want to offer, there's no magic bullet to make them offer what you want, so your options are [if it's not selling, it's not being viewed in person etc] is to drop the price or hold on until someone wants to offer you what you want.
The improvements you talk about don't measurably add value, because they are cosmetic [ new boilers are not something thatsomeone will say, oh, I'd better pay another 5 grand then], nor are more contemporary toilets and tiles. Decking, personally, I hate it, so would be looking to rip it out.
Your problem is two fold, you're asking too much if it's not selling [although 6 weeks isn't that long it just feels like double when you're trying to sell] and you can't adapt to everyones taste. Personally, I wouldn't buy yours because the garden is overlooked in all directions, there's no privacy, and the house feels like it's exposed on it's own little island.
Might be worth watching a bit of garden rescue for help in reducing the overlooked aspect.

Fire_Fox

Massive TV blocking the window and radiator (photo 3). Bed blocking the radiator, shelf unit crammed in at the foot (photo 5). Difficult to get to the far side of the bed (photo 7). Desk blocking the window and radiator (photo 13).

All make the rooms look small or awkward to live in. In a double room you need to be able to walk around the bed, use the radiator and open the window without playing furniture tetris.

You have lovely bifold doors, but they lead onto a bare back yard.

davidmcn

Halfie wrote: »

The kitchen and bathroom in here previously were 30 years old so needed replacing and surely the fact they are similar to the old ones doesn't make a difference?

Are you sure they were 30 years old? They don't look anywhere near that old to me, and seem perfectly serviceable. Replacing a reasonably modern kitchen/bathroom with something almost identical but slightly newer really isn't going to enhance the value of the house significantly.

ReadingTim

Halfie wrote: »

Completely agree, just explaining why we won't drop below £240k. Everyone has their rock bottom price, and that's ours.

Then like that rock, you're not going to move.

Choice is yours. £240k or move house, but you won't get both. If that means you can't afford the new place, then find somewhere cheaper or take your place off the market as you're just wasting everyone's time.

Halfie

davidmcn wrote: »

Are you sure they were 30 years old? They don't look anywhere near that old to me, and seem perfectly serviceable. Replacing a reasonably modern kitchen/bathroom with something almost identical but slightly newer really isn't going to enhance the value of the house significantly.

Yep, AFAIK originals from when the house was built (1990 ish) and you could certainly tell in person. They were very "tired"

Halfie

-taff wrote: »

Period semis generally have bigger rooms than new builds so I can see why someone would choose bigger rooms over yours [no, it's not a new build now but....]
It's immaterial what you want to sell the house for, it's what people want to offer, there's no magic bullet to make them offer what you want, so your options are [if it's not selling, it's not being viewed in person etc] is to drop the price or hold on until someone wants to offer you what you want.
The improvements you talk about don't measurably add value, because they are cosmetic [ new boilers are not something thatsomeone will say, oh, I'd better pay another 5 grand then], nor are more contemporary toilets and tiles. Decking, personally, I hate it, so would be looking to rip it out.
Your problem is two fold, you're asking too much if it's not selling [although 6 weeks isn't that long it just feels like double when you're trying to sell] and you can't adapt to everyones taste. Personally, I wouldn't buy yours because the garden is overlooked in all directions, there's no privacy, and the house feels like it's exposed on it's own little island.
Might be worth watching a bit of garden rescue for help in reducing the overlooked aspect.

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Massive TV blocking the window and radiator (photo 3). Bed blocking the radiator, shelf unit crammed in at the foot (photo 5). Difficult to get to the far side of the bed (photo 7). Desk blocking the window and radiator (photo 13).

All make the rooms look small or awkward to live in. In a double room you need to be able to walk around the bed, use the radiator and open the window without playing furniture tetris.

You have lovely bifold doors, but they lead onto a bare back yard.

Thank you. We're not really green fingered but have added loads of pots (Which are now flowering) in the garden and will look at adding something to increase privacy.

Halfie

ReadingTim wrote: »

Then like that rock, you're not going to move.

Choice is yours. £240k or move house, but you won't get both. If that means you can't afford the new place, then find somewhere cheaper or take your place off the market as you're just wasting everyone's time.

It's an option we may consider....

fairy_lights

Honestly the house looks better in the 2016 listing. None of the improvements you've made make a noticeable difference, the old kitchen and bathroom looked fine so I wouldn't consider their replacements anything worth paying extra for.

babyblade41

Lack of detailed floorpan will not get me through any door . I can see the decor and garden from the pics but I have to have room dimensions in metric and imperial so I can really visualise the house and what I can possibly move or change well before viewing.

The viewing is the last bit of the puzzle as I absolutely hate viewing houses

If you can't drop the price anymore then you will have to wait until that person who simply has to have yours at an over inflated price

It might be next week or next year for that person to come along, but as everyone says if very few viewings with no offers it's a lot more than a 10k price drop

People sometimes won't tell the truth on feedback so stating " the bedrooms are too small" could mean " I'm not paying that sort of money for a shoebox"

As for bi-fold doors , for me I hate them along with open plan but that is purely my opinion

I honestly don't think just changing the rooms and adding a bit of colour in the garden , although helps, won't make a difference when price is a big issue

lisyloo

Halfie wrote: »

Yep, AFAIK originals from when the house was built (1990 ish) and you could certainly tell in person. They were very "tired"

I think you are overestimating the impact this has on the price.

Many people will put their own choice in straight away, so it doesn’t matter.
Other people might take a bit longer but would not have had an issue with the tired stuff short term.
Another category have no issue at all with tired fittings/decor and would prefer to spend their money on something else (like holidays for example).

I’ve heard it said that it wouldn’t affect the price but might make the property more appealing and therefore easier to sell.
The reason why your newer fittings are not of much value to anyone is because it’s not their choice/taste so however new/old it is they are still buying something they didn’t choose.
It betters to buy something newer and it might remove some objections but not to the point that people would add on £5k.

I recently sold a flat that was yellow after heavy smoking.
We painted it magnolia for minimum cost.
Not so that anyone would love it as we can’t second guess a buyers tastes, but to simply remove any objections as it looked and felt fresh and clean. We spent the minimum as we knew we couldn’t charge more, but it might help sell it. It sold before going to market.