No interest in our property after 4 weeks

bex2012

missdzhang said:

Hi. Unfortunately the living room is very limited, no room for a proper Tv stand or nice shelving unit. And also, I have family living in Stanford-le-hope. Sadly, it is not a nice place to live.

Oh believe me, theres room for a tv stand, the whole wall to the right of the door into the lounge is one large unit/tv stand.

Also I dont know how well you know the area, but Orsett isn’t Stanford-Le-Hope. Stanford is a small town that neighbours with another small town, both with good and bad sides. Orsett is a very nice, quintessential country village.

kasqueak

I think the pictures don’t show your house very well. The picture of the outside taken at an angle means I initially go “which house am I looking at here” as it’s a terraced. 

Then the strange 2 pictures of bedroom 2, just use the picture with the bed showing it’s a bedroom. I also think having a fridge in the conservatory says the kitchen is too small. 

I think your agent could do much better pictures and that would really help. 

Your ad also just says “Orsett”. I find it better when the ad mentions the road name as most people looking locally know the roads and areas and it helps paint a picture. 

I live in Essex and I would look at that area and think it’s very near the a13! Which can be a good thing for some and not for others . 

I think first step would be new photos and take it from there. The price is also a bit high. Think 280 would be more realistic. 

Good luck with the sale!
All constructive criticism I’d like to add - nothing personal towards your home  

Thrugelmir

If you are keen to sell. Reduce the price. Otherwise sit it out and be patient. Transactions will be down for very obvious reasons. The economic impact of Covid has yet to be fully felt. 

coachman12

Sorry, but I agree with the posters who have suggested that your asking price is set too high. No offence but it's not the most desirable area in Britain, so it's not the sort of area to overprice your property.
With winter coming ( and possible flu and corona doom ), it may be a really good idea to cut your asking price very quickly; otherwise you may want to take off market until Spring, get a better idea of the overall selling situation then, and in the meantime get better pics or better EA. 
As with other posters, I hasten to add that I mean nothing but constructive criticism and I wish you all the very best with your plans.

bex2012

kasqueak said:

I think the pictures don’t show your house very well. The picture of the outside taken at an angle means I initially go “which house am I looking at here” as it’s a terraced. 

Then the strange 2 pictures of bedroom 2, just use the picture with the bed showing it’s a bedroom. I also think having a fridge in the conservatory says the kitchen is too small. 

I think your agent could do much better pictures and that would really help. 

Your ad also just says “Orsett”. I find it better when the ad mentions the road name as most people looking locally know the roads and areas and it helps paint a picture. 

I live in Essex and I would look at that area and think it’s very near the a13! Which can be a good thing for some and not for others . 

I think first step would be new photos and take it from there. The price is also a bit high. Think 280 would be more realistic. 

Good luck with the sale!
All constructive criticism I’d like to add - nothing personal towards your home  

Thank you, I deliberately included two pics of bedroom 2 as a bedroom and office, as im currently working from home permanently, so I wanted to show it could get a bed in there, as I know buyers dont always have an imagination 🤣

The fridge in the conservatory is actually the second fridge (drinks fridge), theres a fully integrated one in the kitchen.

NameUnavailable

The trampoline will put people off - I can imagine their screaming brats making the garden a no go area for someone like me!!

OTOH if it's someone with young kids they might be happy that there's potential friends next door so who knows.

getmore4less

more like this forsale/SSTC.  3 miles to get a sample.
price  2b...........3b
0-250 05/08 03/14
0-260 09/13 06/17
0-270 12/19 12/31
0-280 12/25 23/40
0-290 17/31 37/65
0-300 22/35 78/85
0-max 26/38 329/375
I suspect people are getting the 3beds for under £300k if they are knocking some of those then they are into your range.

Also I feel you have convinced yourself its a 

a secluded new build development (about 25yrs old), built on the outskirts of a ‘chocolate box’ village.

but it is on the other side of the bypass with no village amenities built on an old container site next to a  quarry and a land fill.
Just another modern pack em in estate

https://regs.thurrock.gov.uk/online-applications/spatialDisplay.do?action=display&searchType=Application

good for finding planning in the area.

TBagpuss

I think you could do with getting better pictures:
- Have the first photo of the front of the house, and take it so it shows your house, not next door - when I first saw the pictures I thought yours was the end one.
- The photo of the conservatory is very dark - I would open the curtain over the door and take the photo in daylight on a sunny day, when it is looking it's best.
- lose the photos of the 2nd bedroom set up as an office. Keep the one of it set up as a bedroom - as you say, it shows people that there is room for a bed, then it won't matter so much if it is set up as an office when they view
- Include a second photo of the living room from the opposite end 
- get the agents to add the measurements to the floor plan.
All that said, although your photos are not great there is nothing hugely off-putting in the pictures, so if you are not getting much interest it is almost certainly down to price. 

RelievedSheff

bex2012 said:

So like lots of people on here, our property has been on the market four weeks now without a single viewing! I know its early days and a lot of the mortgages have been pulled from the market, but i would have thought there would have been at least one viewing. The agent says all viewings (not just ours) are down, and that’s quite normal for august. It just makes me think that our house is awful. Its on a secluded new build development (about 25yrs old), built on the outskirts of a ‘chocolate box’ village. The price is in the middle of what these usually sell for (between £270k and £300k according to Land Registry sold prices).
Could you take a look and give us any pointers on things we may be missing?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-95974574.html

I know the first picture shows the garden instead of the front of the house, Rightmove has swapped the pics around for some reason!

To me that living room is more like a hallway. It has the stairs off it and to sit down and eat you have to take your food from the front kitchen through the living room into the conservatory. That would be a big no no for us.

I also wouldn't say it is a "new build" at 25 years old!!

Crashy_Time

Not bad, but it is overpriced IMO.