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Why is this house not selling
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BarelySentientAI said:moneysaver12 said:MeteredOut said:moneysaver12 said:ReadingTim said:daveyjp said:
If the price doesn't reflect those costs a further price adjustment may be needed, but better photos may be a cheaper option.
Looks like the extension was building on top of the garage?Three bed a mile away 315000
Three bed up the road from us. £277500 Our house does have 4 bathrooms, two are en-suite, main bathroom and down stair toilet
Problem is, you have 2 rooms that look like they couldn't possibly be bedrooms, 1 that seems to have a very slim single bed in, and one where it's hard to tell the room size because it's children's furniture.
That 315k seems to have been built as a 4-bed, bedroom sizes 4.2m x 2.9m, 5.3m x 3.6m and 3.4m x 3.0m
You have 3.1m x 2.9m as the biggest, then 3.1m x 2.6m and 4.3m x 2.2m (so a bit smaller but still 'bedrooms') - followed by 2.4m x 2.2m and 2.3m x 1.7m.
If people come to yours expecting 5 bedrooms (or maybe even 4 + office), they will be instantly disappointed - unless they are a niche viewer who wants many smaller rooms because they have a lot of young children.
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BarelySentientAI said:moneysaver12 said:MeteredOut said:moneysaver12 said:ReadingTim said:daveyjp said:
If the price doesn't reflect those costs a further price adjustment may be needed, but better photos may be a cheaper option.
Looks like the extension was building on top of the garage?Three bed a mile away 315000
Three bed up the road from us. £277500 Our house does have 4 bathrooms, two are en-suite, main bathroom and down stair toilet
Problem is, you have 2 rooms that look like they couldn't possibly be bedrooms, 1 that seems to have a very slim single bed in, and one where it's hard to tell the room size because it's children's furniture.
That 315k seems to have been built as a 4-bed, bedroom sizes 4.2m x 2.9m, 5.3m x 3.6m and 3.4m x 3.0m
You have 3.1m x 2.9m as the biggest, then 3.1m x 2.6m and 4.3m x 2.2m (so a bit smaller but still 'bedrooms') - followed by 2.4m x 2.2m and 2.3m x 1.7m.
If people come to yours expecting 5 bedrooms (or maybe even 4 + office), they will be instantly disappointed - unless they are a niche viewer who wants many smaller rooms because they have a lot of young children.Married 09/09/090 -
Also to add a much smaller three bedroom than our house, sold for 232000 2 years ago. This particular house was built smaller than this house I’m living in, for example it has stairs in living room, kitchen is very small. Compared to next door neighbours both sides our back garden is much biggerMarried 09/09/090
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Also thank you to everyone for your help.Married 09/09/091
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moneysaver12 said:BarelySentientAI said:moneysaver12 said:MeteredOut said:moneysaver12 said:ReadingTim said:daveyjp said:
If the price doesn't reflect those costs a further price adjustment may be needed, but better photos may be a cheaper option.
Looks like the extension was building on top of the garage?Three bed a mile away 315000
Three bed up the road from us. £277500 Our house does have 4 bathrooms, two are en-suite, main bathroom and down stair toilet
Problem is, you have 2 rooms that look like they couldn't possibly be bedrooms, 1 that seems to have a very slim single bed in, and one where it's hard to tell the room size because it's children's furniture.
That 315k seems to have been built as a 4-bed, bedroom sizes 4.2m x 2.9m, 5.3m x 3.6m and 3.4m x 3.0m
You have 3.1m x 2.9m as the biggest, then 3.1m x 2.6m and 4.3m x 2.2m (so a bit smaller but still 'bedrooms') - followed by 2.4m x 2.2m and 2.3m x 1.7m.
If people come to yours expecting 5 bedrooms (or maybe even 4 + office), they will be instantly disappointed - unless they are a niche viewer who wants many smaller rooms because they have a lot of young children.1 -
I initially viewed my current house out of curiosity because the location was good but it was being marketed as a 5 bedroom townhouse and I just could not visualise the reality. It does have 3 decent size bedrooms, the fourth could only be a baby's room but it's not on the same floor as where parents would sleep - it is now my office. The fifth "bedroom" was just a ground floor storage room built into the hillside behind the garage with no windows and no means of escape in case of fire. I refused to let the EA who sold my previous house market the tiny boxroom as a bedroom. I will sell this on as 3 bedrooms with an office and storage.
Estate agents like to "big up" properties. All they do is make for disappointed viewers so definitely revise your spec to 4 bedrooms and office/study or even 3 bedrooms and 2 offices for that professional family where more than one person works from home. Or hobbies rooms, sewing rooms, TV snug for the kids & their mates etc etc. 5 bedrooms is aiming at big families, 3 + 2 is a different market.1 -
Now you say it was a 3 bed I can see it. It has the typically 3 bed downstairs layout, which is fine for a family buying a 3 bed, but a family buying a 5 bed might find the downstairs space and the garden too small.
I think most people expect a master you can get a king sized bed in. You are probably best of pricing and marketing it as a small 4 bed with an office and at least it's setting expectations.
4/5 beds that are built to be that normally have hallways, larger bedrooms and just more sqf as a matter of course. You can't change that, so I think it's a matter of getting better pictures, reducing the price and setting expectations. Get the agent to put the room sizes on the floorplan because that's the first place I looked for them before having to go through the description, which I actually don't think that many people bother with.
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The link has been removed, but I agree with the comments about making sure the description prepares potential viewers for the reality of the property. Can you reword the blurb to sound more like a 3 bedroom with useful and versatile extension? It sounds like it might better be marketed to a small household which would like some extra rooms and space rather than to a family that would fill out all five rooms with beds and maybe adult children who also wanted parking.
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If the house has the footprint of a 3-bed then it needs to be priced as a 3-bed, but towards the top of that range to account for the versatility offered by the internal division of space. That'll likely sell it.1
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Obviously the link was removed but as I was an Estate Agent in Wakefield for a lot of years - I guessed where it could be and had a look. If I am right it is in C.......n? Unfortunately that area was always priced slightly lower than some more desirable parts of the location. The photos are terrible. The house looks very cluttered and the garden doesn't look appealing either. The large pool is not really a positive selling feature. I think you really need to have a concerted effort to de-clutter (hard I know when you have kids) but necessary. The room sizes are very small so clearing a lot of the stuff will at least make them seem a bit more useable. The conservatory just looks like a dumping ground and not appealing at all. I know it sound harsh but if you really want to sell then something has to be done. I think realistically the price should be no more than £275k and possibly less. A hard pill to swallow but if you want to sell then you have to be realistic and comparable. It is in the price bracket for a lot of first time buyers or young couples, but if they come to look around it as it looks on the pics, they will immediately be put off as most younger buyers would want it to look modern, fresh and clutter free. They don't necessarily have the vision to see what it could become. Just trying to give constructive help.6
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