Advice needed on Selling Bungalow

tarsh

We're obviously monitoring what's happening around us & also where we want to move, so we can drop to match drops on what we are looking at.

It doesn't look like much is moving at the moment anywhere & places are coming back on that have previously sold.

Who knows where it will end up, but it looks like people are being very cautious.

youth_leader

Don't lose hope tarsh.  Whatever you do, don't be talked into going to auction.

markin

It seems every house on the road has had the loft done, so instantly it must be the lowest valued house? Is the street full of young or old? I thought the young were snapping up all the bungalows to add that loft bedroom and have a large garden?

Parking seems a problem to me, stacking cars is a real pain and the street looks a little tight for parking on, A 2 car parking space on the grass would solve that and less garden to look after.

I wonder if you could get planning for a 2 car Garage? Is the plot wide enough for my plans? And i mean at 90°not head on for both options.




 

sheramber

If you are going to market it as 33 bedrooms then I would expect there to be 3 rooms not 2/3 rooms.

Someone who needs 3 rooms may not be in a position to wait for a stud wall to be put up. I would go ahead and put up that wall and sort out the decoration needed as a result. That way a buyer can see the finished product rather than trusting you will do a good job.   Also, many people have no imagination as to what something could look like.

Can you get one or more quotes to redo the bathroom. with a drawing of the proposed changes done?   That way a buyer would know what was required but the option to leave it as is, is there for anybody who  needs it.  Again it gives an idea of what the finished product would look like. 

The kitchen- can you spruce up the cupboard doors with a good clean. I had a similar kitchen in my last house and couldn't afford to replace, but a good clean brought back the original bright colour to the doors, making them look much better.

greenhill

I suggest to have the front photo redone. Take it from lower down and slightly turned to your right.
The present photo is accentuating the local authority houses that look over the bungalow.
However we may feel about that being 'snobby', some people will be really put off by that.

tarsh

markin said:

It seems every house on the road has had the loft done, so instantly it must be the lowest valued house? Is the street full of young or old? I thought the young were snapping up all the bungalows to add that loft bedroom and have a large garden?

Parking seems a problem to me, stacking cars is a real pain and the street looks a little tight for parking on, A 2 car parking space on the grass would solve that and less garden to look after.

I wonder if you could get planning for a 2 car Garage? Is the plot wide enough for my plans? And i mean at 90°not head on for both options.

A lot of the houses in our road are chalet bungalows, built that way & a few have had the rooms added.

There's a lot of scope for building out of the front as we're quite a way behind the building line & up into the roof. We had planned on extending before finally deciding to move & thought prospective purchasers would see the potential too. In fact most of the viewers have talked about extending, but none have put in offers (yet :-)).

I don't see why you couldn't get permission to put a garage in the front garden. It would'nt be blocking anyone's view as it would be against the 6' fence. The front is 12.3m wide, so there should be room

tarsh

youth_leader said:

Don't lose hope tarsh.  Whatever you do, don't be talked into going to auction.

Thanks, it's frustrating, but we're not giving up.

No chance of going to auction. Lot's of nice companies have written & offered to buy it for a very generous cash offer ..................., I don't think we'll be taking them up on their offer though ;o)

tarsh

sheramber said:

If you are going to market it as 3 bedrooms then I would expect there to be 3 rooms not 2/3 rooms.

Someone who needs 3 rooms may not be in a position to wait for a stud wall to be put up. I would go ahead and put up that wall and sort out the decoration needed as a result. That way a buyer can see the finished product rather than trusting you will do a good job.   Also, many people have no imagination as to what something could look like.

Can you get one or more quotes to redo the bathroom. with a drawing of the proposed changes done?   That way a buyer would know what was required but the option to leave it as is, is there for anybody who  needs it.  Again it gives an idea of what the finished product would look like. 

The kitchen- can you spruce up the cupboard doors with a good clean. I had a similar kitchen in my last house and couldn't afford to replace, but a good clean brought back the original bright colour to the doors, making them look much better.

We've told the Estate Agents to tell people that we are willing to put the wall back; a couple of people said they would leave it as is anyway. Perhaps we need to add that to the on-line description.

We looking at what we can do about the kitchen. We have cleaned the cupboard doors & they are the original colour, so might need new doors, or something.

tarsh

greenhill said:

I suggest to have the front photo redone. Take it from lower down and slightly turned to your right.
The present photo is accentuating the local authority houses that look over the bungalow.
However we may feel about that being 'snobby', some people will be really put off by that.

Thanks, we are looking at making a few changes, then getting the Estate Agents back to take new photos. Will take your point into account.

youth_leader

Don't do anything to the kitchen tarsh, spend the least possible and keep the money for your ongoing purchase. 

I'm on a Frenchic paint facebook page, and lots of people are painting their kitchens, as well as 'vinyl' wrapping the worktops.  When I viewed this bungalow the vendor was very Covid nervous and rushed me around.  I didn't want to distress her further with a pre exchange viewing but wish I hadn't been as considerate.  First night here I 'melted' the bottom of the kitchen cupboard with the toaster!  I'd left a solid oak kitchen at my previous house and hadn't realised this was MDF with plastic. Worktop is MDF with plastic on it too.   I'll be Frenchic-ing it when the weather is warmer