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

housebuyer143

I imagine your ex even if you did get a viewing would make every effort to put them off. I think you need to get rid of her. Give her a few weeks warning telling her you will be moving back in as you can't afford rent and mortgage and she needs to leave. 
Then go up there and change the locks. It's your house and you have every right to exclude occupiers of your property. 
Maybe you rent it then if you can't sell it? I wouldn't worry about the bills as generally you will get free council tax for a period (check with the council) if it's empty, water isn't normally charged and you only need to pay standing charge on the gas and electric.

CSI_Yorkshire

johnhenstock said:.

OP, can you post a link to your property or is that too sensitive?

That would be against the forum rules according to the big yellow box.

user1977

CSI_Yorkshire said:

johnhenstock said:.

OP, can you post a link to your property or is that too sensitive?

That would be against the forum rules according to the big yellow box.

I'm not entirely sure why they've made that recent change - it has been useful in the past. And strictly speaking, it wouldn't even reveal the OP's address, merely the address of a property they own...

daveyjp

Sounds harsh but its time to change the locks.  All property will sell if it is priced right.

Sarah1Mitty2

johnhenstock said:

Sarah1Mitty2 said:

turnitround said:

I suspect the reason it isn't selling is because your ex is still living there. Anyone looking to buy a property doesn't want the prospect of someone refusing to leave and delaying completion. 

You are not responsible for her or the child and have given her every chance to sort out future accommodation. Perhaps it's time to look after your own interest, its crazy to be paying for 2 houses. 

I strongly believe that it is because the OP is trying to get the price they paid two years ago, the economic landscape has changed way beyond that being a credible goal now, the best route is to drop the price to a point where serious viewings start turning up.

Are you making up stuff again? Over the last two years, most properties went up in value between 5 and 40%, rightly or wrongly.

No one sells at those prices, they’d be stupid to do so. Yes, the “market” changed, but no in the way you think.

OP, can you post a link to your property or is that too sensitive?

Can you mention an area that went up 40%, I would like to take a look with PropertyLog as I don`t believe that is remotely sustainable in this market, the OP has been told that their property "went up in value" by 20k, but they have knocked 20k off the price and it still isn`t selling! Something doesn`t add up so please don`t take it the wrong way but I am going to take your valuations as not reflective of the reality of the wider market.

lookstraightahead

I once tried to look round a property where a couple had split and the one in the house quite obviously didn't want to sell as they had their huge barking dog growling in the hallway when they said 'come in'. 

Schwarzwald

haven't read all comments
but dont think that is even necessary
just reading your opening post, you are TOO NICE and potentially also too naive.

you get cheated on, you levae the house you own, you let her live there with her offspring without paying rent while trusting her to be supportive to get a sale done?

tell me, which incentive does your ex have to get the house sold? 
it doesnt seem there is any

the kid is not your responsibility, you might like the kid and that speaks to your character, but the kid is HER responsibility, so are HER finances and HER life.

speak to your solicitor again, if that person says "play nice", change solicitor and find one that represent YOUR interests, not HERS.

Get her OUT, then sell or move in temporarily, even if you dont like it.

Herzlos

You need to file to evict her, or tell her you're moving back in on x date and that she needs to vacate.

But you can guarantee that she'll change the locks as soon as you make any plans known to her, so you'd no doubt end up having to get bailiffs to force entry and remove her.

You could try to enter when she's not there to change the locks, but I'm not sure how legal that'd be and it'd almost certainly be messy.

Brie

I like the idea someone suggested about going there for a week with a mate to help force the issue.  And make the mate the best looking person imaginable and ensure that there's lots of snuggling, hand holding, giggling when the ex is in the room and lots of noisy sex sounds when she's not.  

But that' probably just me being petty.

Slinky

Is she living in your house with her new love interest? Can you be sure that she isn't?  You could be paying for their love nest and they are laughing at you about it all.

Of course she's not going to be available at any time that's convenient for anybody who wants to view. Do the agents have keys so they can show people round?

Time to harden your heart and get them out.