No viewing help - Selling

Cakeguts

Did it start out in life as a 2 bed?  There seems to be another one sold in the row as a 2 bed? 

What you have now is a family house that is not suitable for a family because of the downstairs bathroom.  Your market is going to be people who want a 2 bed because for your price someone can get a 3 bed somewhere else with a bathroom upstairs.

The pricing needs to be nearer to a 2 bed house than a 3 bed one because if the bathroom was in the normal place on the 1st floor the house would only be a 2 bed. Find out what 2 bed houses sell for and make your price closer to them.

Splatfoot

missdzhang said:

Hi. I am afraid to say, the poor decor makes your property look more like a grubby student let rather than a family home. It may be worth investing in a lick of paint, some nice furniture, and a gardener, then getting new pictures taken.

Are you looking at the right house? 

getmore4less

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-82797859.html
previous history
sold data for the street.

Adding 1/4 mile for more recent sales.
April 2020 £427,500 3bed semi upstairs bathroom nice garden
April 2020 £424 3bed semi no info
Dec 2019 £425 3bed semi no info

On line agent may not be helping.

more like this 1/2 mile
price....2b......3b
0-375 21/32 04/04
0-400 24/34 05/09 
0-425 24/35 08/11 
0-450 24/36 12/29
0-500 24/36 12/29
if you filter out the 3bed semis there are 4 up to £400k they have all sold 
if you then go upto £425 2 get added(including yours) neither  sold 

These are the 4 £400k SSTC, if not as good as those then that is why you are not getting the viewings.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-72250575.html
that one  is just round the corner and look like a similar layout  as yours with an upstairs bathroom.

the other 3
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71528448.html
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-80920261.html
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-65346237.html

but then this was on at £450

Falafels

Splatfoot said:

missdzhang said:

Hi. I am afraid to say, the poor decor makes your property look more like a grubby student let rather than a family home. It may be worth investing in a lick of paint, some nice furniture, and a gardener, then getting new pictures taken.

Are you looking at the right house? 

Yes, quite! This poster has clearly never seen a 'grubby student let' !!!

diggingdude

numbercruncher8 said:

It's probably price. Sure, you may have some people who specifically want to stay in that specific location, but I bet a lot of people aren't going to care too much as long as they are close to the train station.

Some of the very concrete downsides to the place you can do nothing about, the downstairs bathroom is about the worst location it could be. No allocated parking, and also near commercial premises. On the good side, there is a lot of space.

But at the £450k level you are up against stuff like this, which seems to be considerably better in every way, closer to station, extra bedrooms, garage and parking, upstairs bathroom etc. 

At the lower end there are houses for almost £100k less offering upstairs bathroom and off-street parking and in a quieter cul-de-sac. This is probably a slightly longer walk to the train station - perhaps 4-5 minutes extra.

I have to agree with this comment.  i also think the property is looking a little tired.  That may be the pictures tbf, but it seems to lack a wow factor.  Is it worth spending any money tarting it up?  i don't know, probably not. Obviously the bathroom is an issue but guessing that will be the same for most local buildings

Edited to add it doesn't look grubby

Tiglet2

missdzhang said:

Hi. I am afraid to say, the poor decor makes your property look more like a grubby student let rather than a family home. It may be worth investing in a lick of paint, some nice furniture, and a gardener, then getting new pictures taken.

I believe this poster recently started a thread regarding giving her tenant notice because she wanted to sell the property to be nearer her work.  Her understanding of the process to serve notice/evict was, ahem, non-existent and she had threatened the tenant with a bad reference if he didn't go.  Her buy to let was high end with quality furniture,  not the usual type of tenanted property.  Don't think she took on board any of the advice given.  Suffice it to say, just ignore her remarks.

bouicca21

If I were thinking of spending that kind of money on a house in that bit of Bexleyheath, I would not be looking at this one.  The downstairs bathroom makes it a no no straight away.  What with the nursery, the dentist, and the gym I’d be suspecting major parking problems before I even noticed the need for a resident’s permit.  There are much nicer houses for the same money just a few streets away - and better streets at that.

Scotbot

Falafels said:

Splatfoot said:

missdzhang said:

Hi. I am afraid to say, the poor decor makes your property look more like a grubby student let rather than a family home. It may be worth investing in a lick of paint, some nice furniture, and a gardener, then getting new pictures taken.

Are you looking at the right house? 

Yes, quite! This poster has clearly never seen a 'grubby student let' !!!

It isn't grubby but it's not high end wow either which it needs to be to sell at the top of the price range.

Splatfoot

numbercruncher8 said:

It's probably price. Sure, you may have some people who specifically want to stay in that specific location, but I bet a lot of people aren't going to care too much as long as they are close to the train station.

Some of the very concrete downsides to the place you can do nothing about, the downstairs bathroom is about the worst location it could be. No allocated parking, and also near commercial premises. On the good side, there is a lot of space.

But at the £450k level you are up against stuff like this, which seems to be considerably better in every way, closer to station, extra bedrooms, garage and parking, upstairs bathroom etc. 

At the lower end there are houses for almost £100k less offering upstairs bathroom and off-street parking and in a quieter cul-de-sac. This is probably a slightly longer walk to the train station - perhaps 4-5 minutes extra.

That first one for 450k is horrific 😮😮😮

Scotbot

Splatfoot said:

numbercruncher8 said:

It's probably price. Sure, you may have some people who specifically want to stay in that specific location, but I bet a lot of people aren't going to care too much as long as they are close to the train station.

Some of the very concrete downsides to the place you can do nothing about, the downstairs bathroom is about the worst location it could be. No allocated parking, and also near commercial premises. On the good side, there is a lot of space.

But at the £450k level you are up against stuff like this, which seems to be considerably better in every way, closer to station, extra bedrooms, garage and parking, upstairs bathroom etc. 

At the lower end there are houses for almost £100k less offering upstairs bathroom and off-street parking and in a quieter cul-de-sac. This is probably a slightly longer walk to the train station - perhaps 4-5 minutes extra.

That first one for 450k is horrific 😮😮😮

Bloody hell that lounge carpet would have to go.