Average time to get an offer.

Marvel1

At the right price it will sell, so drop the price I say.

graphs

Reduced the size of the garage. Would be an instant no from me.

RelievedSheff

The house is beautifully presented and as you are getting viewings I dont think the price can be that far out.

Just be patient. You have not been on the market for long when you consider the Christmas break.

cattie

It's a lovely house & very well presented. It could well be the time of year that's affecting you finding a buyer.
Ive been lucky the past few homes I've owned with getting acceptable offers within a couple of weeks or so. Did once get asking price offer the day it went live with ea!

However once, with my first property I put it up for sale at the end of October & was very demoralised that it hadn't attracted an offer by late January. I was considering changing ea's but had a cluster of viewings in February & got 2 close to asking price offers on the same day! Since then I've only ever marketed in spring. Everything looks better then & I think more people think about moving then, especially if they have children as completion can tie in with the start school summer holidays & of a new school term in September.

pattypan4

6 months, started sale proceedings end of august, had a firm offer in january, completed early may

Skiddaw1

Rivernight, I think the house is very well presented. Tilehurst Village is always a popular area (nice that you're in striking distance of Sulham Wood- I like Sulham Wood ) and I also think it's early days. You're attracting viewings which is the main thing.


I agree with some of the others that only having the one bathroom could be a drawback. Other than that I really can't see anything obvious.


Perhaps wait for a few more weeks? If no offers by late Feb perhaps consider dropping by a little more...



Good luck!

theartfullodger

Average for 2019 (numbers just in) was 137 days. Less in Scotland.

Thrugelmir

Rivernight wrote: »

Our house has been on the market since the 17th December 2019. Granted, not the best time to put it on the market.

Did the EA suggest this? Odd time to first list.

Market will progressively pick up as spring approaches.

welwynrose

Just sold ours & mother in laws house both went on market same day we got an offer after a week mother in laws took 14 weeks and we all thought it would be the other way round

Rivernight

I agree about it being bottom heavy. The house that went for £440k is 4 bedroom but was the design below ours when new and originally a 3 bedroom house. The bedrooms in ours are much bigger as is the lounge, they have no dining room either or conservatory. Plus that house backs onto a main road with buses stopping behind the back garden and overlooking it. Trivial but they still have all the old windows, we had new ones put in two years ago. I also think ours is better maintained than that one.

We're nearly 70 years old but we've made a point of keeping it up to date.I don't think it looks like an old persons home