I hate selling my house.

lazarou_true

Fingers and toes crossed for you! We've got somewhere to go and we're not in an enormous rush as we're doing up the new house but I'm eager for at least some viewings. We're five grand cheaper than 3 similar properties in area, market only seems to be just waking up round here. XX

ronaldmacdonald

I would say there is something very wrong if a house is taking a year to sell.
Consider:

Advertised House Price - too much?
Unrealistic expectation of value?
State of disrepair/a lot needs doing?
Crap neighbourhood/close by chav houses?
Main roads/road noise?
Busy area (school road)?
Train lines running past/close proximity?
Student accomodation hell road?

There will be a reason why no one is viewing.
There will be a reason why no one is offering if they are viewing.
There will be a reason why no one is offering what YOU want if they are offering.

Re-examine yourself again. There is somethig not right. Which one is it? Adjust the factor accordingly and your house will sell. And in a lot less than a year.

Jorgan_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Especially if you're at the seaside or in another top spot. Especially if it's raining. A lot of holidaymakers on a week away will actually schedule in a day's looking at houses in the area. It's free entertainment.

Go into any estate agents in a seaside town on a wet,summers day and look at the trails of ice cream across the floor.

Stevie1

Bf109 wrote: »

Think about what you are saying.

Do you really think prospective buyers enjoy giving up their precious saturdays travelling - sometime for hours and at great expense - trapesing around other people's houses making "hmm thats nice" noises when its just another overpriced, smelly, small, tastelesly decorated and generaly misdescribed shiathole of a disappontment... again!

Do you really think that people do this for shiats and giggles? really?

:rotfl: mmmmm, obviously!!
As a seller I have seen quite a few of them and although I sympathise with your true comments above, some people have no shame.

consumerpower

Just to all the people commenting about my house, yes we had numerous valuation they were between 430 - 390.

We decided to put it on for £410 since two doors up got 390 (on for 399) just before christmas and ours is more modern than their (had new kitchen and bathroom a year ago)

Like I said we accepted 397 as an offer which we got in the first week but chain fell through, so we know we wont get 410 but looking for somewhere between 390 - 399.

My questions wasnt is my house worth it, my point was will it make any difference to drop it 10K.

So if we could keep all the your house isnt worth it comments, and back to the subject of estate agents that would be great.

Doozergirl

consumerpower wrote: »

Like I said we accepted 397 as an offer which we got in the first week but chain fell through, so we know we wont get 410 but looking for somewhere between 390 - 399.

My questions wasnt is my house worth it, my point was will it make any difference to drop it 10K.

If you are prepared to accept 390 and expecting 399 as top end offer then market the house at 399,950. You will bring in the people only looking up to £400,000 - if you are prepared to accept an offer at that level, then market it so!

It is possible to get asking price for a property. Don't exclude potential buyers because you expect everyone to try to knock you down on price.

And if you hate the EA, then change

player

I hate the way I can't afford my first home

ValuableYouth

We's avin trubble sellin our donkys for £35,000 each. We named em and hav even died there hair and put lovly neclices on em. Nobody's lookin. We's goin to buy a coupla lucki charms tomorra. Then theyll sell 4 shuah.

ronaldmacdonald

ValuableYouth wrote: »

We's avin trubble sellin our donkys for £35,000 each. We named em and hav even died there hair and put lovly neclices on em. Nobody's lookin. We's goin to buy a coupla lucki charms tomorra. Then theyll sell 4 shuah.

:rotfl: :cheesy:

happinessfactory

Stevie1 wrote: »

I think there are a lot of time-wasting-house-browsers out there at the moment just viewing with no intention to buy

People don't usually give up a precious Saturday morning to go and look round houses they have no intention of buying...they are misled by lazy estate agents into looking at houses which don't fit their brief, and as vendors seem to judge the skill of their agent on the numbers of viewers, you can see why they do it