House Viewings Gone Stale - Opinions Please

korabiowski

Starting to wish I'd done my own photos now.
To be fair, it shows the difference with a bit of sun!!

korabiowski

phoebe1989seb said:

korabiowski said:

UnderOffer said:

Layout, I was wondering if the floor plan was incorrect or I think I may not have the diagram the correct way up. There are some French doors on floor plan and no indication of front door. 

Ahh, I see.

I mentioned this several pages back.

The Lounge door is being replaced by a full height window, and the Dining Room window is being replaced by French Doors (all with Georgian Bars to match rest of house.)

We were holding off doing this due to the house going on the market, however we have decided to go ahead as it would either be how we wanted it (if we remain,) or improve sellability.

This was changed on the floor plans when we reduced the price.

This work is being done in next week or two, regardless of what happens.

Thanks again

Does that mean you're replacing the 'front' door with a window? If so, will the access point into the property be the French doors.....or am I missing another door somewhere?

Sorry, not meaning to sound stupid, lol - I'm speaking as someone whose last house had six external doors (including a set French doors) plus the 'front' door was actually at the back so I get how complicated layouts can confuse!

As you've stated that the house is actually considerably older than it appears, I agree with the previous poster who mentioned including a pic of the old external wall if it still exists. Being someone who likes their properties to have as much character/period features as possible - and I'm sure I'm not alone there 😉 - this would be a positive for me.....

Hope your viewing(s) go well - please come back and update the thread, we're all pretty invested in knowing how this pans out for you now!

Of course I'll let you know what happens.
I think some people are more interested in if it sells or not then we are!! Haha

korabiowski

[Deleted User] said:

We spend at least £50000 on our house renovating it but surveyor only deducted £15000 from the valuation when we were paying off our equity loan. Even he said he appreciated that we spent so much more but can't value the house more than houses  sold in the area. You  need to bring down your price reflecting other house prices in your area.

I get that completely, but there are 3 bed semis and detached houses in the area selling for £280k+
And they really aren't anything like ours.

I'm not even considering what we paid for it, or what we've spent on it. As that wouldn't bother me personally if I really liked a house I saw.

Thanks for the comments 

ladysummerisle

The pressure washer is definitely needed - patio, walls, driveway to remove the moss. I’d be putting pots out plus hanging baskets to soften the blue fence, which at first glance looks like an industrial
unit. If you rearrange the kids toys it’ll make a massive difference.

Move the boots from outside, which just highlight that any dirt will be walked straight into the lounge. A couple of accent cushions might draw the eye away from the lounge flaws. The smaller bedrooms do give the impression that the furniture is clustered together to try and get more floor space.

If you can’t get rid of the extra couch, is there room to swap the dining table next to the window instead? Agree the white drawers in the master bedroom would be less obtrusive in front of the bed. 

korabiowski

ladysummerisle said:

The pressure washer is definitely needed - patio, walls, driveway to remove the moss. I’d be putting pots out plus hanging baskets to soften the blue fence, which at first glance looks like an industrial
unit. If you rearrange the kids toys it’ll make a massive difference.

Move the boots from outside, which just highlight that any dirt will be walked straight into the lounge. A couple of accent cushions might draw the eye away from the lounge flaws. The smaller bedrooms do give the impression that the furniture is clustered together to try and get more floor space.

If you can’t get rid of the extra couch, is there room to swap the dining table next to the window instead? Agree the white drawers in the master bedroom would be less obtrusive in front of the bed. 

We can't win!! 
Gone from a prison to an industrial unit ha ha

Thanks for the comments 🙂

getmore4less

Great the drive pics are there now,


Not sure why they were not there in the first place

Some people just assume no parking if not in the pics (they don't go any further than floor plan and pics)

If it can be seen on streetview or maps  you have to have a recent picture or people just go to streetview and that can be quite old.
(unless streetview looks better than it does now).


What's behind the new blue stuff that is attached to the kitchen.
can't decide if it just poorly fitted fence panels or has a gate on one or both sided for access.


Streetview had a caravan there so the seems to be a lot of space in that area and down the side from the gate to the bus stop

That is a significant chunk of the plot just not presented in any photo?

where not obvious sometime a plot plan is useful.



That 2016 street view looks to the lens  that makes wall look off which got mentioned.


The previous one 2015 is from the other side of the road and makes that wall look a lot better.

again a photo of that side of the house with the new gate into the garden might look better that streetview.


interesting you pick this point on that Fairfield house.

And the main dual carriageway is a stones throw away.

its 180m away and protected by houses yours is 200m line of sight to an elevated section of the same road..
 

poolboy

Hi I know the area as am looking to buy.  Sorry I haven't read all the posts but for me it's the area, if you were in torrisholme or bare proper you would have sold by now.  I think your comparable sold prices should be morecambe, not torrisholme, you are on the wrong side of the main road.  Look at the effect of sold prices for bare once you cross Broadway towards morecambe, buyers are big location snobs.  Also, first thing I look at after location is the vendors buy price, if they are taking the p... I am not interested. 

korabiowski

poolboy said:

Hi I know the area as am looking to buy.  Sorry I haven't read all the posts but for me it's the area, if you were in torrisholme or bare proper you would have sold by now.  I think your comparable sold prices should be morecambe, not torrisholme, you are on the wrong side of the main road.  Look at the effect of sold prices for bare once you cross Broadway towards morecambe, buyers are big location snobs.  Also, first thing I look at after location is the vendors buy price, if they are taking the p... I am not interested. 

Now I'm really confused, we are 50 metres from Torrisholme square, so couldnt be anywhere but Torrisholme.

Are you looking at the right house?

And reading between the lines, I assume you think we are taking the P?

korabiowski

korabiowski said:

poolboy said:

Hi I know the area as am looking to buy.  Sorry I haven't read all the posts but for me it's the area, if you were in torrisholme or bare proper you would have sold by now.  I think your comparable sold prices should be morecambe, not torrisholme, you are on the wrong side of the main road.  Look at the effect of sold prices for bare once you cross Broadway towards morecambe, buyers are big location snobs.  Also, first thing I look at after location is the vendors buy price, if they are taking the p... I am not interested. 

Now I'm really confused, we are 50 metres from Torrisholme square, so couldnt be anywhere but Torrisholme.

Are you looking at the right house?

And reading between the lines, I assume you think we are taking the P?

Blue dot is us. I'll let you decide.

Good luck with finding somewhere you like

korabiowski

FaceHead said:

Long thread which I haven't read, so this point may have been made: there are no dimensions on your floorplan. 

For me, perhaps as an engineer, the dimensions are vital to understanding what I'm getting. I assume if you haven't dimensioned it, it's because those rooms are tiny. Which they might not be. 

Thanks for the comment, yes it has been briefly discussed.

The dimensions of rooms are in the main description of the house.
I fully agree it would be better to have them on the floor plan though