Please give your opinions on why we have not had any viewings on our flat? Listing included

Bigger?! The front room/kitchen is stupidly small, I shuddered at the thought of it.
The shower room toilet looks like you could barely squeeze both legs in to have a wee.

I would put blinds up on the bedroom windows as the window view looks depressing and maybe even remove the beds if you can, the rooms look cramped
Add loads of tall greenery to the balcony to block out the carpark

I would also remove the two dining chairs from the dining bit near the sofa. Too much going on and looks messy and again cramped .

I live in a similar area and for a two bedroom, two bathroom flat with outside space and good links to London the price is fair.

I would say your furniture layout is really bad! Both beds are behind the window and block the lights. Looking at the floor plan, I would suggest styling the bedrooms better. Put the beds against the right-hand wall if room with wardrobes either side. The colours of the furnishings make the apartment really dull and uninspiring. I also think having a sofa in front of the double doors blocks more light. Whilst you’re selling can you take one sofa away and also buy a small more stylish dining table and two chairs?

Personally I think the bathrooms look nice. You’ve got to think who you’re attracting. A young professional couple/first time buyer! Then showcase the flat accordingly.

💯it’s always this

I live in a 5 bed house and none of the en-suites or the utility room have windows - never had an issue. ( the main bathroom and downstairs toilet do) Modern extractor fans are very efficient!

I live in a flat with two windowless bathrooms. I have never had any problem with damp or condensation. It’s a modern property with great ventilation.

No, but every penny counts when you're looking at nearly a 3kpa service charge!!

Plus, not relevant to this thread, one of the reasons for building such hot and small windowed/heavily insulated/non windowed roomed properties in new builds was for ecological reasons but that is undermined if you need to use electricity to keep it comfortable.

The price is significantly higher than recent sold properties.

They’re not really that expensive to run though.

Also relying on extractor fans and dehumidfiers and the like (also portable aircon) is just more equipment in the house, gadgets and/or electricity and cost.

That’s what I do - neither of my bathrooms have windows
I just open the living room/kitchen windows and the bedroom ones. Mine is blissfully cool though even in summer, it stays around 4-5c cooler than outside

Well technically nothing to do with bathrooms, but I was sort of semi responding to the poster above who said that you're not going to get a bathroom with a window in a flat, otherwise another room would have to be without a window.

That implies that all blocks of flats are built without a back (or a side) ie, there is only one wall or two walls side by side which are outside to have windows.

Its like back to back houses, they only have windows on the front. Perhaps one room on the side will have a window depending on how its been built

But there are many blocks which have windows in the rooms on opposite sides to each other, so when you open the living room window at the front, and then the kitchen or bathroom window at the back of the flat, you have great air flow through which keeps it cool and fresh.

These blocks that are built without that capacity not only have 'internal' kitchens but also bathrooms, not great.

I dunno, can’t you just open the other windows? what does that have to do with bathrooms? (Not being sarky, genuinely confused)

obviously it is designed for a specific market probably young executives not families etc. it is not somewhere I would consider I would hate sitting on the balcony overlooking a carpark. I think your furnishings fit the type of place it could be the price and also appealing to such a limited market

I didnt mention damp or problems in the bathroom, when I talked of air flow (if thats what you're referring to) Im talking about the air flow in the flat, that you have air flowing through the whole flat front to back, or side to side depending on how your block is built. I userd to have front and back windows open in very stuffy London summers.

Thats important in terms of air freshness, particularly in very hot weather.

(theres a long thread at the moment about some poor persons flat which doesnt have a front and back so no air flow)

You need to be mindful of the risk of damp in a bathroom with no windows but it’s not inevitable that there will be problems if you take steps to maintain it - keep the door open after use, extractor fan/dehumidifier.

Last flat I lived in the bathroom had a window but there was mould on the ceiling because the flat had a damp problem due to some issue with the roof 🤷‍♀️ (it was rented so I couldn’t fix it myself)

Of course you can have windows in bathrooms in a block of flats, it simply depends on the design of the block. I have bought flats with windows in because both front and back of the flat, its front and back of the block, great for air flow. I wouldnt buy a property without windows in bathrooms and neither would I buy a property without a proper separated kitchen, with a window.

Why would you have windows in the bathrooms in a block of flats? That would mean another room would have to be windowless. I've looked at a lot of flats online as I'm thinking of downsizing sometime and I haven't seen any with a window in the bathroom. That's why the kitchens are part of the living rooms as otherwise they would need a window.

Does anyone know whether the monthly charges are likely to be around forever? I just can't afford to pay up to £3,000 per year for that, especially as you don't know whether it'll go up at any time.

Edited first line as it didn't make sense.

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I agree - definitely worth a relatively low budget overhaul of the balcony- an outdoor rug, some plants, some sort of screening over the railings, etc.

Also not understanding why it would be considered small. It’s 847 sq ft according to the floor plan which isn’t bad for a 2 bed flat.

You need some of those 'window' panels that they have in IKEA 😁

Most balcony’s overlook a car park or road tbf.

I’ve no idea about the location, but op’s place can’t hold a candle to that one.
She’ll have to decimate the asking price to get any interest at all.

Beaulieu still has a service charge, even in freehold , but agree all round. ( that agent is ace at photos I’ve sold and purchased a few things through them )

It’s in a much more desirable location and it’s freehold.