I sunk £50k into an unsellable flat.

elsien

And because some of the posts with helpful suggestions as to how to address the selling issues have been romoved, even though they didn’t quote any other posts. 

Sarah1Mitty2

Muttleythefrog said:

gwynlas said:

I was going to respond to the OP but I see they have not replied to any of the advice expressed by others. Whilst they might not hve daily access to the net I would have expected anyone seeking advice to have given us an update by now

They did make one reply but it seemed to fall foul of moderation and got removed.... along with rather more useful posts that quoted it. Doesn't look much like they'll meaningfully engage.

A lot of the advice about changing photos and doing "work" on the flat are not really relevant though, people will view based on location, size and whether they think they can afford it, they will then decide for themselves how much work might need done.

Muttleythefrog

Sarah1Mitty2 said:

Muttleythefrog said:

gwynlas said:

I was going to respond to the OP but I see they have not replied to any of the advice expressed by others. Whilst they might not hve daily access to the net I would have expected anyone seeking advice to have given us an update by now

They did make one reply but it seemed to fall foul of moderation and got removed.... along with rather more useful posts that quoted it. Doesn't look much like they'll meaningfully engage.

A lot of the advice about changing photos and doing "work" on the flat are not really relevant though, people will view based on location, size and whether they think they can afford it, they will then decide for themselves how much work might need done.

Photographs are relevant.... this is what is going to be significant in attracting interest in the first place (or putting people off!) which leads to viewing and/or offers... and quite often on these portals I imagine people look at what is coming onto the market as it comes onto the market so first impression quite valuable. I agree on work... in this case it doesn't sound like doing any works (barring basic cosmetics) is really going be relevant due to the apparent urgency to sell and move on. The estate agent has let them down.. it's a really poor effort and with 2 massive price reductions just days after marketing that also seems unprofessional unless it was the client insisting an apparent overvaluation to that level.

For the record.... I recently moved to Cornwall from other end of country... All offers we made on properties was without in person viewings (in a couple of cases we did have videos taken by estate agents) and the property we eventually bought (that at first we'd ignored due to ambitious overpricing to the point it ended up in local press - Op note!) we saw in person for the first time when we moved in on completion day. Most people of course will view if interested and our issue was hot market and distance as well as disability.. but photographs and any information we could get up front were massive factors in whether we pursued and I imagine similar for many. In reflection.... also the sale of our property which we completed in advance of a purchase... while we sold it to someone who viewed very quickly we did get later offers that were higher from people who did not view and quite frankly sounded as desperate as we must've when trying to buy..lol.. but I can only assume the information from Estate Agent and the listing with images (which were good and of all rooms and gardens including an honest reflection of where updating would be likely desired) was sufficient for them to be sure it was a sound purchase pre survey.

EssexHebridean

I do wonder how the OP feels about having their home put on the internet like this  though - although they have said they are no longer living there, we don’t know if they are still using it to house personal belongings, and we also don’t know whether their circumstances might make them quite identifiable to anyone who knows them, simply from what is posted here. They didn’t post a link to the property that I have seen, nor did they give agreement for anyone else to do so - again so far as I have seen. Personally I think there should be a forum rule that in this circumstance ONLY the OP can post a link to a property that they are currently selling. It feels rather intrusive to me that others have done this.  

RedFraggle

EssexHebridean said:

I do wonder how the OP feels about having their home put on the internet like this  though - although they have said they are no longer living there, we don’t know if they are still using it to house personal belongings, and we also don’t know whether their circumstances might make them quite identifiable to anyone who knows them, simply from what is posted here. They didn’t post a link to the property that I have seen, nor did they give agreement for anyone else to do so - again so far as I have seen. Personally I think there should be a forum rule that in this circumstance ONLY the OP can post a link to a property that they are currently selling. It feels rather intrusive to me that others have done this.  

Fair point. I've deleted it.

User36750

EssexHebridean said:

I do wonder how the OP feels about having their home put on the internet like this  though.  They didn’t post a link to the property that I have seen, nor did they give agreement for anyone else to do so.

They identified the location, so anyone could look and find it with little effort.
Person who posted a link has just done people a favour.

If the OP wants advice, they have to give some information - thats the compromise.

silvercar

EssexHebridean said:

I do wonder how the OP feels about having their home put on the internet like this  though - although they have said they are no longer living there, we don’t know if they are still using it to house personal belongings, and we also don’t know whether their circumstances might make them quite identifiable to anyone who knows them, simply from what is posted here. They didn’t post a link to the property that I have seen, nor did they give agreement for anyone else to do so - again so far as I have seen. Personally I think there should be a forum rule that in this circumstance ONLY the OP can post a link to a property that they are currently selling. It feels rather intrusive to me that others have done this.  

This is an open forum. Starting a thread is inviting comments, with an acceptance that you have no control over those comments. If OP, or anyone else, feels that any comments are out of order then can click on the report button and the MSE forum team will take a look. They can also use their “right to be forgotten” if they want to disappear by contacting the forum team.

That said, I would delete a link I personally had posted, if someone messaged me requesting it.

EssexHebridean

I thnk comments are fair enough - basically posting someone’s home address though really doesn’t feel right to me. 

@RedFraggle - fair play. 👍🏼

diystarter7

silvercar said:

EssexHebridean said:

I do wonder how the OP feels about having their home put on the internet like this  though - although they have said they are no longer living there, we don’t know if they are still using it to house personal belongings, and we also don’t know whether their circumstances might make them quite identifiable to anyone who knows them, simply from what is posted here. They didn’t post a link to the property that I have seen, nor did they give agreement for anyone else to do so - again so far as I have seen. Personally I think there should be a forum rule that in this circumstance ONLY the OP can post a link to a property that they are currently selling. It feels rather intrusive to me that others have done this.  

This is an open forum. Starting a thread is inviting comments, with an acceptance that you have no control over those comments. If OP, or anyone else, feels that any comments are out of order then can click on the report button and the MSE forum team will take a look. They can also use their “right to be forgotten” if they want to disappear by contacting the forum team.

That said, I would delete a link I personally had posted, if someone messaged me requesting it.

Exactly that.
Post of the week IMO
The vast majority of posts here are very helpful and I for one learn from posts by various other people.

The highlighted bit, totally agree with that but we are all different,

Thanks

diystarter7

Hi

What I find staggering is the fact that there appear to be a couple of 'concerned posters.' Why not report it and let MSE Mods decide?  Trust me, if I felt like some here, rather than argue with others, I'd alert the Mods and they are the ones that are experienced in this area.


Thanks