House been on market for 6 month, no viewings, Desperate to sell

Sarah1Mitty2

bmnsuk said:

Sarah1Mitty2 said:

Hi, the selling price and what you owe are not connected, trying to get the price you paid two years ago won`t work in this market, you need to contact the mortgage company and say you are struggling and also get advice from CAB or similar about the rights she has to stay there rent free if she isn`t on the mortgage.

The house was valued at 20k more than I paid for it 2 years ago. I've dropped the price to close to what I did pay for it now. I took advice from a solicitor about the ex living and he literally told me to "play nice"  in order to get her out

Valued by a potential buyers lender? How long ago, and why didn`t they buy at that price?

YoungBlueEyes

Being realistic - how about bribing her to get her out? £x if you leave soon, it'll go down every month you're still in there.
Or could her ahem 'new friend' take her in? 

Sarah1Mitty2

Sorry I see you have had no viewings, who valued it?

johnhenstock

How do you know there are no viewings? What does your agent say? Also, how much are you asking for and what do similar properties sell for? Maybe you’re not realistic about the price…

Exodi

I don't know, I'd be half tempted to move back in for one reason or another, then after a short while change the locks when her and her child are out, bags on the doorstep for their return. It sounds like she has given no consideration to your well-being, so why should you for hers? Especially given the circumstances of your breakup...

I certainly wouldn't entertain any of the nonsense the OP is engaged in... it's not even their child. Bonkers.

tightauldgit

No viewings whatsoever? And what is the agent saying? Have they had any interest at all? Are other things moving in the area?

If there's no interest then either it looks bad in the ad (have a look at the listing and try to be objective - does it look nice compared to other competitors?) or it's priced too high unless your local happens to be completely dead for some reason.

Reading your OP I think you're being far too nice to her - you're not married, she cheated and you left her in the house, are paying her mortgage and letting her live there with someone else's kid??? 

It's your house unless you feel she somehow gained equity in it? Get her out and tell her she has to fend for herself. Then focus on what needs to be done to get it sold.  

bmnsuk

@Sarah1Mitty2 the estate agent I have it up with valued it
There's nothing wrong with the house. It looks clean and tidy. Granted I've not been back to it in 5 month but she's not the type to have it a mess

Even the estate agents can't figure out why there's no viewings. Its not over priced, it's not a dump......I guess its just because of the current market


Moving back in is not option for me,  i chance. After I found out I couldn't stand being in the place and I didn't know anyone down there as I work away

Grizebeck

Time to get tough and kick her out

bmnsuk

YoungBlueEyes said:

Being realistic - how about bribing her to get her out? £x if you leave soon, it'll go down every month you're still in there.
Or could her ahem 'new friend' take her in? 

Tried that. Said I'll give her half of any profit. Course there doesn't look like there will be any now. And I even said that to her, it didn't go down well as she still thinks it wasn't an affair 🙄

bmnsuk

p00hsticks said:

Brie said:

I think it's a case of getting her evicted possibly but how one does that I don't know as presumably she isn't considered a tenant.

I'm not sure about that, and it's why I asked whose name the property was in.
Presumably when the OP was also living there she was just declared as another occupier for the mortgage application, but now the OP has moved out perhaps she is legally a tenant ? 

I agree the best (but not necessarily the easiest) next step is for the OP to get her to move out - in retrospect it would have been simplest if the OP had chucked her out as soon as the relationship foundered and while he was still living in the property, but I imagine you're not necessarily thinking the most logically in those circumstances....  

I would of if it was just her but wouldn't of made her child homeless. That's the only reason I never threw her straight out