Why is my house not selling?

davidmcn

Markneath said:

The pricing history looks desperate, I know some agents manage to remove a lot of that history from Zoopla , see if yours can? 

Even if they did, it's on here now! 

RelievedSheff

I agree with the others that your constant price changes make you look desperate to sell. I would remove it from the market for a month or so and then remarket it afresh with a local agent.

Spend sometime making the bedrooms look more appealing for the new pictures. The rest of the property presents really well.

moneysavinghero

Too close to a school and a football pitch for me. But if i was interested, i would look at the pricing history and decide to wait it out a few months and see where the price is then.

Doozergirl

RelievedSheff said:

I agree with the others that your constant price changes make you look desperate to sell. I would remove it from the market for a month or so and then remarket it afresh with a local agent.

Spend sometime making the bedrooms look more appealing for the new pictures. The rest of the property presents really well.

I don't think there's anything wrong with being desperate to sell if it reflects in the asking price.  

Before I even looked at any other reason, I'd be talking to other estate agents.  

I just tried to view a property in London with Purple Bricks.  Any other flat I can view with a day or two's notice, or even same day in some cases.  

 

Purple Bricks?  In 13 days time at precisely 11.30am on a Monday.  Next option was the Thursday after.   You can't speak to a human to gather the reason either, but I'm guessing it's to do with representative availability and not some weird vendor request.  

It's ridiculous. 

Aside from that, how many valuations did you get?  What is going under offer?  

Your house and garden look nice enough that I'd view it on first glances if it met my criteria. 

comeandgo

Does the WC have a sink and is there a toilet in the bathroom or just the individual WC?  Only one bathroom is where I get out, with the capability of 6 people in the house I would be looking for at least two bathrooms, shower rooms.  Also, I never look at properties using purple bricks.

theoretica

Now it is on with a different agent, who is getting you viewings, could you just get it removed from purple bricks?

AdrianC

Compare the two sets of photos in the two listings...

The EA's aren't perfect... (12 adds nothing over 13, 5-8 are just different angles on the same thing, 3 and 4 are pretty much duplicates) but they're a world ahead of the ones on the PB listing.

The PB price mess has already been mentioned - but look, too, at the EA listing. 
26/6 - initial entry
6/7 - £214,950 -> £203,000
25/7 - £203,000 -> £199,950

Given that that last £3,050 reduction happened on PB on the 9th...

Sack PB completely. Go to the EA alone. But ask for some dimensions on the floorplans...

Crashy_Time

Just take the 190k, if it is even still available? That will be a lot less of a headache than holding out for a few thousand and doing the photo/EA/ shuffle. Plenty of threads on here with dozens of pages of "There could be more light in photo three" etc. In this economic climate it isn`t going to make any difference TBH.

twoLou

kinger101 said:

This one.
You have two problems.  I wouldn't have any confidence with you as a vendor.  The price has been up and down like a yoyo.  You moved it twice in one day .  Secondly, you're using Rightmove.  Unless you're doing your own viewings, potential buyers find it practically impossible to book viewings with them.

I'd delist, wait a few months, then relist with a proper estate agent who'll save you from yourself.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-90862280.html

09/07/2020	Price Changed: £203,000  to £199,950
06/07/2020	Price Changed: £214,950  to £203,000
22/06/2020	Price Changed: £229,995  to £214,950
14/04/2020	Price Changed: £220,000 to £229,995
06/04/2020	Price Changed: £215,000 to £220,000
03/04/2020	Price Changed: £210,000  to £215,000
03/04/2020	Price Changed: £225,000 to £210,000
27/03/2020	Initial entry found.

@kinger101 I wonder if you’d mind letting me know how to find the price change information on Rightmove listings like you have above.
I have tried every which way to find a way on Rightmove to get this but have had no success (it’s probably really obvious and I can’t see for looking!)
 I used Property Bee the last time we moved years ago but that is no more unfortunately.
Many thanks

Crashy_Time

twoLou said:

kinger101 said:

This one.
You have two problems.  I wouldn't have any confidence with you as a vendor.  The price has been up and down like a yoyo.  You moved it twice in one day .  Secondly, you're using Rightmove.  Unless you're doing your own viewings, potential buyers find it practically impossible to book viewings with them.

I'd delist, wait a few months, then relist with a proper estate agent who'll save you from yourself.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-90862280.html

09/07/2020	Price Changed: £203,000  to £199,950
06/07/2020	Price Changed: £214,950  to £203,000
22/06/2020	Price Changed: £229,995  to £214,950
14/04/2020	Price Changed: £220,000 to £229,995
06/04/2020	Price Changed: £215,000 to £220,000
03/04/2020	Price Changed: £210,000  to £215,000
03/04/2020	Price Changed: £225,000 to £210,000
27/03/2020	Initial entry found.

@kinger101 I wonder if you’d mind letting me know how to find the price change information on Rightmove listings like you have above.
I have tried every which way to find a way on Rightmove to get this but have had no success (it’s probably really obvious and I can’t see for looking!)
 I used Property Bee the last time we moved years ago but that is no more unfortunately.
Many thanks

https://www.propertylog.net/