Bright/unique colours on ad for house

VelvetKao

Skiddaw1 wrote: »

Not bothered by the flag next door or the colour scheme but I think you could definitely make more of the garden. A bit of wood-staining on the fence, some nice pots and a garden table and chairs would look lovely.


Early days however and it certainly isn't a very active time of year so don't worry unduly. Good luck!!

I have some wood stain in the shed so going to do that ASAP. Thank you!

VelvetKao

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

This ^

Whilst the colours are definitely not to my taste, I agree they are better than magnolia, although that's probably the minority view

It's not my kind of house, but if it were I certainly wouldn't be deterred from viewing because of the colours. Our current house (admittedly a repossession that had been rented out for the last few years of the previous owners' tenure) had some interesting paint shades (Barney purple and pooh brown to name but two!), but these were *relatively* easily painted over. The rooms in question are now India Yellow and Oval Room Blue (both F&B) which I'm sure wouldn't be to many buyers' tastes either..... although we're not planning on selling so that's a academic

I do know that when we were selling our large family home a few years back our EA advised us to do the following - repaint the main family bathroom cream (it was Laura Ashley 'Raspberry') and change the green Turkey rug style fitted carpet for something more neutral. We did both - reusing the expensive carpet in our new home. When we mentioned to our buyers what we'd done they told us they'd have preferred it left as it was - but like us they were fairly bohemian, lol!

Imho, OP, looking at previous sold prices, price is your main issue, coupled with some pretty poor photos......

A hanging basket with colourful planting would definitely brighten up the frontage.

Sounds like you like your house colourful too I do agree about the photos, I think they need a re-do. And a few people have mentioned the price seeming a little high - we're going to have a good research and see if we can come up with a better figure for it. Thank you!

VelvetKao

Mutton_Geoff wrote: »

OP, take a lot of the posts on this forum with a pinch of salt. There are hundreds of armchair house doctors here who think that a potted plant, bit of paint, a shuffle of furniture and "declutter" will magically sell a house.


Those issues are important to sort out, preferably before the agent photographs it, but there is only one thing that determines whether a house will sell and that is the price. Another analogy is people that assume a carefully crafted CV gets you a job. It doesn't. A good CV gets you an interview. The interview gets you the job.


You need viewers through the door and it's location and price that are the main factors. You can dress and declutter all you like but if it's overpriced for the area, it ain't going to sell.


My other comment is some agents blitz their RM listings with dozens of photos. This leaves nothing to the imagination and may put some viewers off on the basis they think they've seen it all already. Human nature is curious, give your prospects a reason why they must come and view. For that, you need a good agent but sadly most of them are inexperienced in the "marketing" part of sales and marketing.

Sound advice, thank you so much. If I followed everything that's been suggested I think I'd be changing the whole house :rotfl: I feel our EA has not done the best marketing for us...heading down tomorrow to see if we can get the photos re-done

VelvetKao

Fosterdog wrote: »

The front garden needs weeding, fences painted and some nice plant pots added to stop it looking so desolate, maybe even get a car parked to show how big it is as a driveway. Same really for the back garden, tidy up, paint the fancies, add some colour.

Kitchen needs the bin moving and the random basket on the worktop moved.

Dining room could really do with a square or rectangle table but I agree with the suggestion of moving the chairs out and adding a fruit bowl or vase to the table.

The bluey green bedroom could do with being dressed as an actual bedroom so people get an idea of the layout. Also the random avocado cushion and vase? in front of the radiator need moving.

Bathroom needs the blue basket (what I'm assuming is a laundry hamper) moved/packed away for the photos. The mirror needs to be put up on the wall not just leaning behind the taps. If you don't want to do anything permanent just use sticky pads to hold if if it's not too heavy.

Photos 11,12,13 are not needed and are just repeats of previous photos.

Is the floor plan wrong? It shows the lounge with the patio doors opening to the front but the photos show the lounge as just a window and the dining room as having the patio doors and what's with the small fenced off bit at the front? No photos to show if it's a nice seating area, or if it's where bins are stored, or flowerbeds, and how is it accessed if it is off the lounge with no patio doors?

The welsh flag, is it a permanent fixture or was it just put up during a rugby match? I know lots of homes that have them displayed just for match days but a permanent display would make me wonder if the neighbours are nationalists which is obviously offputting to anyone except other nationalists.

Thank you for the advice! Going to be asking tomorrow about getting the pictures re-done for the ad.

I have fence paint in the shed ready to go so I'll be doing that soon. My car was on the drive when the EA came for the photos but he told me it was best to move it, which tbh did confuse me. But we're new to this so I didn't argue.

We can't afford a new table, but I will definitely pull the chairs out and add a bowl as suggested. We have put up a new mirror for the bathroom - it's a little larger and fits the space better and is fixed to the wall. The laundry bin I agree I'll move for the new photos and probably the cushion and blue vase also.

The floor plan and pictures - They didn't include a pic of the lounge. I don't know why. The red lounge shown on the ad is actually one of the 3 bedrooms. We use it as a lounge as seen in pics. But technically the lounge is on the ground floor and that's the room with the french doors you were saying about.

As for the neighbours - not it's not for match day It's there all the time...it looks gross. I don't think they're nationalists, just people with no sense of what looks good and what doesn't. They have kids so wondering if it was their idea.

VelvetKao

pinkteapot wrote: »

Is the lounge the red room?

On a first flick through I thought there was no picture of the lounge - I thought that red room was the second bedroom as the pic came after the master and it looks (on a glance) like a teenager’s room.

Lounge pic needs to be before/after kitchen and agree that’s the one room I’d consider re-painting.

Dining room - pull the chairs out a bit and borrow some ‘standard’ dining chairs from friends/family if you can. It makes it look like you can only fit a space-saving type dining set in there.

Also agree with those saying next door would put me off. Take a fresh pic of the front on a sunny day and crop it down.

Yeah the red room is the one we use as the lounge. But technically it's one of the 3 bedrooms. The lounge is on the bottom floor (it's split level). The EA hasn't included a pic of the lounge at all - we're going to change the pics and include it.

VelvetKao

pinkteapot wrote: »

p.s. Floor plan makes it look like the first floor is split level or something... it looks like from beds 2 and 3 you’d have to go up or down some stairs to get to the bathroom. Is that right?

Yeah it's a split level house, it backs onto a hill.

Top floor - bathroom and 1 bedroom
Third floor - 2 bedrooms
Second floor - kitchen, dining room and garden
Ground floor - Lounge, hallway and front door

It is confusing on the floor plan isn't it? I thought the same and I know the layout :rotfl:

sheepy21

I’d paint the living room something more neutral, the rest I could live with. Must say the thing that hit me is the outside, it’s looking unloved. Even just giving the fence a lick of paint and some pot plants would make it look more appealing

Norman_Castle

VelvetKao wrote: »

As for the neighbours - not it's not for match day It's there all the time...it looks gross. I don't think they're nationalists, just people with no sense of what looks good and what doesn't. They have kids so wondering if it was their idea.

Unfortunately it suggests they don't care what people think which also suggests they might be a problem. It probably is just a teenager but it is off putting for potential buyers.
On the image of the front I was unsure if it was a maisonette due to the high fence across part of the property. Presumably it separates a small area from the parking space.

Davesnave

No one's mentioned one positive, and that's the removal of the Severn Bridge charges that might make Cwmbran commutable to places on the outskirts of Bristol.


Just try getting a 3 bed end terrace there for around £120k!

t0rt0ise

People here often have strange ideas so I wouldn't take everything they say as typical. For example the bin in the kitchen and the clothes basket in the bathroom are fine and just make me think that it shows there is room for them. I like the basket on the kitchen top, makes me wonder what it's used for.

I don't like the orange room but it lets me use my imagination as to how I'd change it and makes me get enthusiastic about what I could do to make it perfect. Same with the garden. I just look and think "that would look nice with a tub of flowers". A blank canvas gives me room for my imagination.

So change things by all means but don't go overboard, it really isn't necessary.