Can you help me sell my house - again!?

Guy_Montag

Don't forget to get that fresh coffee on & the bread in the oven when the punters come by

bikerqueen

harlequin flooring is a lovely touch - get a pic of that in.

miniloopie

bikerqueen wrote: »

harlequin flooring is a lovely touch - get a pic of that in.

A very good point - unfortunately it's only in the hall which might be a bit dark for the photo - if we had a proper photographer though rather than the EA it might work - cheers!

dannyboycey

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think '3 bedrooms' is really stretching the truth as it appears that you can only just squeeze a double bed into one of the rooms! Perhaps it's a bad photo though? If the room really is this small (and assuming it's the smallest bedroom) could you not put a single bed in, or a kiddies bunk bed for the purposes of the pic? The double bed really does expose the limitations of the space IMO.

miniloopie

dannyboycey wrote: »

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think '3 bedrooms' is really stretching the truth as it appears that you can only just squeeze a double bed into one of the rooms! Perhaps it's a bad photo though? If the room really is this small (and assuming it's the smallest bedroom) could you not put a single bed in, or a kiddies bunk bed for the purposes of the pic? The double bed really does expose the limitations of the space IMO.

I think its a pretty bad picture... it is definitely a double room, this is the 2nd of the three and I dont think the dimensions are too bad - it does look rather squeezed in on the pic but I thought it was better to move it away from the wall to create a sense of space?
This room also has the computer desk in it and goes a fair way back from where the photo was taken.

The smallest bedroom has two cots in it at the moment (we have twins!) and you could easily put a single bed in there.

Phirefly

Thats probably the kind of house I'd be looking at next. While I can only speak from personal opinion, I think a kitchen tart-up is the best idea. I'd MUCH rather have something I could live with for a year or so until I could afford a new kitchen than feel I've paid extra for a quick-fix kitchen done to someone elses taste.

Also, have any of the properties on your street got loft conversions? It would be an incentive to me as a buyer to know that the house had potential to be converted. Lucky for me, my Dad's a building surveyor so when my sister sold her house, she got him to draft up some blueprints for a loft conversion and that was the real deal clincher for the buyer.

miniloopie

Thanks Phirefly - I think I'll have a proper deep clean of the kitchen tonight and start to de-clutter it some more - there is stuff on top of the cupboards/fridge that needs to go really, I've got a new, smaller microwave on the way etc etc. I think I may well change the light fitting - there is florescent strip lighting at the moment (urgh).

Next door actually has a loft conversion and their house is a mirror image of ours so shouldnt be a problem with that at all... the EA should certainly be aware of it - good point!

Phirefly

miniloopie wrote: »

Next door actually has a loft conversion and their house is a mirror image of ours so shouldnt be a problem with that at all...

Result! Thats added another selling point to your house without you having to spend a cent!

3dsmills

If you could shift it to Northampton i'd make you an offer!

I think it looks really good, yes it needs a new kitchen but the buyer should take that into consideration when making an offer. Perhaps just worth mentioning to the EA that you know it needs a new kitchen and to tell any interested parties that they could come in under the asking price.

Only other thing I would say is on the pic of the lounge it looks as though you couldn't quite fit the chair in the room, perhaps a bit of rearranging would help. I've been to view properties with this problem, I think if they can't fit their furniture in I won't be able to either.

trulysaintly

To be honest with you, I'd steer clear of installing a new kitchen quickly and cheaply.

We bought our present house in 2003 and the previous owners installed a new B&Q kitchen themselves.

Biggest load of codswallop ever, luckily my dad is a Plumber and made all the atrocious plumbing all ok after the previous owner had bodged EVERYTHING!

In the end we replaced almost all of the kitchen units.

One quick change you can make though if you know where the kitchen came from is to just change the fronts of the units.

Have just done this to our house in the New Forest and it looks great! On the market in four weeks!

Property crash?? Nah!!