Why Has Nobody Made An Offer On My Property

Dan-Dan wrote: »

The best thing for cats , is a shotgun

They'd never get a licence

I'm pretty sure I'm not going to tell you anything most others haven't already, but here goes anyway!

Firstly I agree re getting better pictures. Have you got any friends with a decent SLR and a fish eye lens? They do distort the walls a little by adding a gentle curve but not too badly and does help to fit much more of the room into the shot. Here are some examples of pictures I took of our rental property. Both pic's are from the same room using a fish eye lens. For perspective I'd estimate that the room is approximately 5m x 3.5m but in my opinion the room looks so much bigger than any of those close in size from your listing.




Picture 1 - Personally I don't think this one looks so bad. Yes the gravel is a little overrun with weeds, but other than this it looks fairly presentable & tidy & the building itself looks quite tidy. It's not got any particularly appealing qualities though.

Picture 2 - I also agree that emptying the room of all furniture would leave a blank canvas for viewers to work from and imagine how they might use the room. That said, I actually think that just losing the sofa in the window would make a huge impact. If keeping the furniture where it is, I'd be inclined to pop a TV of some description on the bracket which is mounted on the wall & over the strange brickwork feature (get a broken spares or repair one on ebay as there's no need to spend a fortune on a working one). It would do a lot to hide an ugly looking mount and also identify a purpose for said brickwork ledge. It's a shame there aren't curtains in the bay window as I think that would do a lot to soften it's appearance while also dressing it up to look like more of a feature in it's own right. Take down the shelves - it's draws your eye to one of the darkest corners of the room unnecessarily and makes it worse because of the colour of the shelving.

Picture 3 - Again removing just the sofa in the window would make a huge improvement. It would also be far better to use flash photography as it does make you think it's a very dark room to need the light on during the day; if taken from the right angles the flash would also brighten up those shadowy area's.

Picture 4 - Remove the shelving unit to the immediate left of the picture, it's distracting and appears to be an unnecessary obstruction. It's also not clear that there is space for white goods here - I can spot a ?dishwasher near the sink, but from the photo's I'd be wondering where the fridge/freezer, washing machine etc would fit. It's also really cold looking. Adding some magnolia to the paintable wall surfaces would be a cheap way to add some warmth. The huge gap to the left of the left hand wall cupboard is also a bit unsightly. I'd be looking at ways of filling that if it were me.

Picture 5 - A really dark looking space again. Not helped by the glare from the light shining through from the bathroom. I'd be inclined to photograph this with that door closed (not necessarily fully, but enough to reduce the glare and hide the waste bin!). Or maybe take from the other end of the hall. Having the door on the left open like it is looks untidy. As others have mentioned, the first thing I saw were the dehumidifiers. 1 would be worrying enough, but 2?! This question is just curiosity - why is there a loft hatch if it's a basement flat?!

Picture 6 - I'm not sure what's going on with the flooring here but it looks really uneven - is that a floor mat that's ruffled up perhaps? If not, why is it so uneven? As others have mentioned, the shower curtain is quite unsightly, there really isn't anything appealing about this room to warrant needing a photograph on the listing. What is it that appears to be stacked in the corner by the radiator?

Picture 7 - Again, nothing appealing about the toilet to warrant it featuring in the listing pictures. Are those water stains running down the wall from the bottom right corner of the window ledge? A spot of magnolia paint in here could make it a more appealing to the eye and much warmer feeling.

To repeat what others have said, a floorplan is an absolute must have for property listings. How a property is laid out is all part of the checklist when browsing through listings and trying to get a feel of a property and how it might work for you.

You definitely ought to have pictures of at least one of the bedrooms and the communal garden.

I keep bleating on about a splash of magnolia paint and know it can be a real turn off to some, but in this case I think it would really help and would turn bright light coming in through windows into a warm glow.

Cat food stinks, as do litter trays (although that's preferable to them going outside in my opinion).

Your flat looks like it needs a huge amount spending on it. It's not a good conversion - humongous hallway and tiny kitchen and bathroom. Why?

The photos are terrible, there's no features worth saving, no way of working out what is where.

I'd give it a huge swerve.

75% in the last 5 years. Statistics show the market has been flat for 4 and about a 10% rise this last year. Just looking at the land reg stats.