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  • BrOz
    BrOz Posts: 96 Forumite
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    I think the trees need a trim, looks like they will be pushing your fence down soon. That was what came to my mind. Otherwise it was nice inside! 
  • It is slightly unorthodox that the garage belongs to the neighbours..... I presumed on first look that this was part of the house. 

    I would be concerned about having a bedroom above someone else's garage, in case they made a lot of noise. Even if it doesn't happen now, neighbours can change.

    So I guess this may be a source of disappointment, the downstairs is way smaller than the expectation looking from the outside. 
    I think when viewers say too small, it just means too small for the money. If it were priced lower I'm sure there would be bids.

    There is a new build genuine detached house for £289k nearby, this might be more attractive for FTB with incentives and potential HTB bonus.

    Do you have planning permission for the extension? Actually getting it would do more for the value than anything else.
  • LittleMax said:
    Yes this is how the house was built.  We moved because the downstairs is too small!  We had intended to extend the downstairs out to the side, and forward onto the useless verge, and would then have a good sized downstairs to match the upstairs, so our dilemma was whether to have the upheaval of builders or to move.  In the end we were able to afford something bigger than the extended house would be and still scope to add value.  That's why we have moved.  Once the road is adopted there will also be the option to have a dropped kerb and put extra parking on the useless verge.

    I think you have summed up what your viewers are also thinking.

    *  downstairs is too small for a 3 bed house
    *  extending adds extra £££ and hassle to the asking price
    *  the piece of land at the front is currently useless and will remain so until/unless the road is adopted
    *  bigger houses with scope to add value are available

    The same reasons you wanted to move are the same reasons nobody wants to buy it.
  • LittleMax
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    edited 14 October 2020 at 11:29PM
    The garage doesn't belong to the neighbours.  The bedroom and bathroom sit over our own carport which you drive through to get to our garage.
    Our neighbours have their drive and garage to the right hand side of their house.
  • OK, I misunderstood that. 
    Maybe the garage and carport could be reflected on the floorplan? It says detached garage, so I presumed it was somewhere else.
  • LittleMax
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    edited 14 October 2020 at 11:38PM
    NinjaTune said:
    LittleMax said:
    Yes this is how the house was built.  We moved because the downstairs is too small!  We had intended to extend the downstairs out to the side, and forward onto the useless verge, and would then have a good sized downstairs to match the upstairs, so our dilemma was whether to have the upheaval of builders or to move.  In the end we were able to afford something bigger than the extended house would be and still scope to add value.  That's why we have moved.  Once the road is adopted there will also be the option to have a dropped kerb and put extra parking on the useless verge.

    I think you have summed up what your viewers are also thinking.

    *  downstairs is too small for a 3 bed house
    *  extending adds extra £££ and hassle to the asking price
    *  the piece of land at the front is currently useless and will remain so until/unless the road is adopted
    *  bigger houses with scope to add value are available

    The same reasons you wanted to move are the same reasons nobody wants to buy it.
    I know - we are hoping for someone the same as us 8 years ago!  I think this means our market is very limited.
    Thanks NinjaTune, that helps. 
    I think we new we were pushing it at £290k, but everyone says if you are too high people won't view and then you drop the price.  What's thrown us is the fairly constant stream to view.
  • NinjaTune
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    edited 14 October 2020 at 11:52PM
    LittleMax said:
    The garage doesn't belong to the neighbours.  The bedroom and bathroom sit over our own carport which you drive through to get to our garage.

    Nobody has suggested the carport/garage belongs to the neighbours (EDIT: just seen that somebody did!).  Your house attaches to the neighbour's house by virtue of the bathroom and bedroom.  That is not what people generally consider to be a link detached, they will see it as a semi.  Our property was advertised as link detached - the 'link' is the garages, not actual rooms adjoining the other house.





  • theoretica
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    LittleMax said:
    staffie1 said:
    Too expensive. Nearest comparable property (No 59) sold for 215 twelve months ago.
    Err there's only 20 houses in the Close.  Next door but one is the nearest comparable sold for £295k 12 months ago and similar sq meterage, but they are detached.
     No 59 would be round the corner on the main road, terraced and much smaller.  It's not the same house.
    If I'm looking at the right properties, the one that sold for 295k was sold for about 10% more than yours when they were newbuilds?
    I think your change of the WC into a utility room made a lot of sense - why does that house need three toilets? Is there water in/near the garage?  That is the other place I would think to put a washing machine.
    Amused at the different reactions to the trees - mine was that the fence hiding them would want shortening! Which I think illustrates the issues of trying to be all things to all people - the house is what it is, with a small downstairs and an extra room upstairs, but it should suit someone very well who either needs extra bedrooms for occasional use, or wants to use them as office space and is happy with them being upstairs. 

    But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
    Had the whole of their cash in his care.
    Lewis Carroll
  • LittleMax
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    NinjaTune said:
    LittleMax said:
    The garage doesn't belong to the neighbours.  The bedroom and bathroom sit over our own carport which you drive through to get to our garage.

    Nobody has suggested the carport/garage belongs to the neighbours.  Your house attaches to the neighbour's house by virtue of the bathroom and bedroom.  That is not what people generally consider to be a link detached, they will see it as a semi.  Our property was advertised as link detached - the 'link' is the garages, not actual rooms adjoining the other house.





    I was responding to Numbercruncher who thought our bedroom was over the neighbour's garage.
  • Looking at Rightmove though, the nearby houses are also modern houses - seems like a reasonable sized development. 

    Anyone looking at any of these may find it quite efficient to squeeze in a viewing of yours because it is closeby, even though they may have mentally prioritised something else. That might also explain the no bids.

    Clearly it isn't going to have a problem selling IMO, just a question of what price.
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