Desperate for a particular house

AdrianC · 14 October 2017 at 8:14AM

The photos don't make the rooms look massively spacious - and there are no dimensions on the floorplan.

"Gas appliance" in bed 3, but it's not visible in the photo (assuming the cot room is bed 3) - what is it? The boiler?

Wobblydeb · 16 October 2017 at 11:58AM

How did you get on over the weekend, toddler9?

I had a look at your house, and am guessing you bought for £163,500 2 years ago? It looks absolutely lovely now, but is it really worth £56.5k more?

I can see why you would price it at £220k - after all 26 Newlyn Avenue sold for £217.5k. What I'm not sure is how much premium a south facing garden and cul-de-sac location is adding to that house..... [I am among the people who will not buy a house with an East facing garden, so don't discount it as a factor]

My only other thought was whether your house is leasehold? There has been recent press interest in this which was not around a couple of years ago.

toddler9 · 16 October 2017 at 12:20PM

No news yet!

Yes we bought it for £163k 2 years ago, but he house has been completely renovated since then. Garden dig out, central heating, plastron , electrics , kitchen , bathroom, driveway etc. It hadn't been touched since 1974!

No it's freehold . Also appreciate the east garden isn't for everyone - including me 😂

Well looks like we will call it a day , paydown the mortgage and put it back on in the spring 😊

Crashy_Time · 16 October 2017 at 12:45PM

toddler9 wrote: »

Thanks for the support everyone. We have about 10k leeway now we have lowered our price, but considering the other property needs a complete renovation I would feel safer to have it to put towards that.

I think we will see what happens this weekend and then look to go back on the market next year, with an open mind on what we might like to buy instead.

Here is our house - open to feedback! All the feedback we have had so far is that it is too small which is fair enough. Literally everything is new in the house including gutters, boiler, windows, kitchen, bathroom, rewriting, plastering! So you can see why I'm sad it's not sold yet we have put a lot of love into it!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50789421.html#

Well presented, but on the small side, and the price isn`t realistic IMO. Most people now will want to avoid negative equity if they can, the work/love you have put in probably isn`t on their radar.

chappers · 16 October 2017 at 1:07PM

toddler9 wrote: »

Well looks like we will call it a day , paydown the mortgage and put it back on in the spring &#55357;&#56842;

That's not a bad idea, go hell for leather at your mortgage until then and think of it as a savings scheme with perks.
Shame about the house you really liked but others will pop up and the spring usually sees a few more come to market, at least your not in a desperate rush to move and have a lovely house to live in for the meantime

toddler9 · 16 October 2017 at 7:00PM

Well presented, but on the small side, and the price isn`t realistic IMO. Most people now will want to avoid negative equity if they can, the work/love you have put in probably isn`t on their radar.

Thanks for the feedback. If it were you what price would you market for?

AdrianC · 16 October 2017 at 7:04PM

toddler9 wrote: »

Well presented, but on the small side, and the price isn`t realistic IMO. Most people now will want to avoid negative equity if they can, the work/love you have put in probably isn`t on their radar.

Thanks for the feedback. If it were you what price would you market for?

Given that it's Crashy you're talking to, I suspect the answer is "46p, and even that's overpriced..."

Debtslayer · 16 October 2017 at 8:23PM

toddler9 wrote: »

Well presented, but on the small side, and the price isn`t realistic IMO. Most people now will want to avoid negative equity if they can, the work/love you have put in probably isn`t on their radar.

Thanks for the feedback. If it were you what price would you market for?

Best bit of advice anyone on here will give you is don't take any notice of anything Crashy says

jimbog · 16 October 2017 at 8:47PM

toddler9 wrote: »

Well presented, but on the small side, and the price isn`t realistic IMO. Most people now will want to avoid negative equity if they can, the work/love you have put in probably isn`t on their radar.

Thanks for the feedback. If it were you what price would you market for?

Seriously, please do not ask Crashy for valuations. Look up his posts over the last few months. If other vendors had followed his advice you will see that they would have been tens of thousands of pounds out of pocket. He never once said 'sorry'.

catshark88 · 16 October 2017 at 10:44PM

I don't know the area and prices there but have a couple of thoughts.

Photos 2 and 3 look really dark. I would get them redone on a brighter day or with better lighting. The sitting room and kitchen are so key, they need to stand out well.

Can you move the strings in the garden? I can't tell if it's a harmless (but cluttery) washing line or something more significant.

Good luck!

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