Bad time of year or rubbish photos?

Crashy_Time

The sitting room with the guitars looks pretty cool IMO, but for the overall size of the house, and the fact it is not detached (you can`t really crank the amps up?) it should be starting at 200k IMO.

Halfie

I would definitely be more concerned why there’s no pics of bedroom 2 and 3 more than there being a pet cage in the lounge.

If there’s similar properties up in the same area for less money then you’ll need to make your pics show why yours is worth the additional money

Good luck!

neneromanova

ummm, the Delorean pictures are actually mine, a woman. We're just massive geeks.


Like I said earlier. The house is priced right for the area. 3 estate agents valued it at 230-240k so we went in the middle.



I'll take all points on board and see what the estate agents say tomorrow. Tomorrow is our deadline to cease contract with them or we'll be tied in until 3rd November.

Morbier

I'll second the removal of animal cages. Did you say 'rat'? !!!!! Wouldn't get me within 5 miles. Wouldn't live in it either, knowing there'd been a rat indoors.

tori.k

You used to have a lovely back garden why did you rip it out.
We actually keep an eye on your area as its on our list for our final home, At your price we wouldn't view not that there is anything wrong with the house but there are plenty of box houses in the same price range around the Barnstaple area that are slightly bigger or detached or have little something else like added conservatory, better views.

luvchocolate

Too many pictures of outside and not very good at all , not enough inside, I would think the inside must be lacking due to lack of photos, therefore would not book a viewing.

Ms_Chocaholic

The pictures are in a terrible order, jumping from the lounge to the bathroom and back to the lounge.


I'm unsure what purpose pic 10 serves.


Paint the green fence.


Have the front of the property as the main pic.


Bathroom pic is terrible.

neneromanova

tori.k wrote: »

You used to have a lovely back garden why did you rip it out.
We actually keep an eye on your area as its on our list for our final home, At your price we wouldn't view not that there is anything wrong with the house but there are plenty of box houses in the same price range around the Barnstaple area that are slightly bigger or detached or have little something else like added conservatory, better views.

Because the hedge was 4ft deep so we gained that in garden space. We have started doing the garden now, making the beds nicer, painting the end wall.



You say the Barnstaple area, but Barnstaple and Fremington are two different areas really. and it also depends where in Barnstaple you are looking. I can get a house pretty much twice the size of mine in barnstaple for the same price, but on the Forches estate and you couildn't pay me to live there!

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

The pictures are in a terrible order, jumping from the lounge to the bathroom and back to the lounge.


I'm unsure what purpose pic 10 serves.


Paint the green fence.


Have the front of the property as the main pic.


Bathroom pic is terrible.

Because they've put the contrast up in the garden photos, the fences look green. They are actually brown. This is what I mean by the photos being rubbish.


I think i'll sit down tonight and do a list of photos I want and in which order then either do them myself or get them to do it. It's just annoying that we'll be paying £3k when we sell and I'll have done most of the ideas.

antilles

Don't know the area and only had a quick look but:

Your house looks tiny compared to the other one on the street, which is ten grand cheaper. Maybe it does need some updating but it still looks bigger, and it's much cheaper.

No. 15 sold for 199 2 years ago - can't really compare as no photos, but that's a 35K jump - seems large.

Estate agents may well be overpricing to get your business - common tactic.

Not sure why the front of the house isn't the first photo - having sold a few it usually indicates the agent is being desperate by swapping the photos round - so I tend to think 'overpriced' in that situation.

Bottom line is that if you have significant views and no interest then your price is probably too high. You can either wait for someone who will fall in love with the house, which may take ages. or drop the price to encourage more interest.

StumpyPumpy

neneromanova wrote: »

I'll take all points on board and see what the estate agents say tomorrow. Tomorrow is our deadline to cease contract with them or we'll be tied in until 3rd November.

If it were me I'd be waiting on their doorstep tomorrow morning and cancelling the contract. Not because the pictures are rubbish (though they are) and not because the listing is poor and shows lack of care (though it does) I'd be cancelling it because of what the EA emailed you. Specifically "we have also emailed and called your home round to our database which included 186 applicants that match requirements with your home." None of the people in their database seem interested in your house, at least not enough to book a quick viewing. The EA has cast their net and come up empty so all they've got left to do is wait until someone comes through the door or finds it on Rightmove.

You want to get the listing changed to something more professional so you can either argue it out with your current agent until November or ditch them and engage a different agent with whom you can be more explicit about the quality of work you expect from them (check their other properties on Rightmove to get an idea of their quality before engaging BTW). But, most importantly, you will get your property marketed to a new database of people who are interested in houses like yours. Walk-ins and Rightmove browsers will still be available and at least some of the people in the second database will be different to those in the first so you are increasing your market reach. It is a win/win for you even if the current agent won't see it that way.


SP