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

Not an inch of green or a tree in sight. The inside looks fine but the outside is sterile and would make me very unhappy. Sorry OP not much you can do about that.

You can buy a terraced house for that price.

I found this property on the Rightmove Android app and wanted you to see it: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/162706061

As this pp says listed for less than a fortnight is not panic stage by a long shot. Give it 6 months then review.

For the next six weeks make them do some work, OP. They are working for you and will be paid well if they achieve a sale.

Agree with this!

It’s a laundry room in the flat.

I doubt you iron down there and it doesn't help with all the other detritus homes need

"The price is fair for the area. Ignore people balking at the price, who don’t know the local market. There are plenty of other 2 bed modern flats for sale in Chelmsford at the moment at the exact same price. The ones listed lower at £300k are not as nice as yours or don’t have a parking space."

But why are they still for sale and not been snapped up? You need to look at sold prices. For sale prices are no good unless they're selling...
You need to have an honest chat with your agent to find out what they think the price should be to bring in competing buyers and lower it to that ,otherwise you're wasting your time. I say this as someone who's house last year was hugely overpriced by the first agent I went with and if you have to do little price drops your flat will seem less and less appealing. Also your agent will not let you leave an 8 week contract (which is a pretty good short term one compared to others, ours was a 16 week contract and I hugely regret signing that). I know it's hard to drop the price when you've been lured in with the (unrealistic) initial valuation but if they had been honest with their valuation in the first place you wouldn't be in this situation.

£325k for two tiny bedrooms and not a very nice view, it’s not really a luxury flat either

For the next six weeks make them do some work, OP. They are working for you and will be paid well if they achieve a sale.

Dress the balcony, it will make a huge difference. IKEA for artificial plants if you want a quick win, be generous as you want to really enclose that space with greenery and decorative touches. Don’t forget lighting.

On windowless bathrooms, it’s common in flats, they are equipped with suitable
ventilation, damp is never a problem where an internal bathroom has been designed into the build. It’s conversions and older buildings that have this problem. Continental flats almost always have internal bathrooms.

Looks like quite a few in the block have resold for less than they paid for it, which would worry me.

www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/cm1-1au.html

The flat is lovely I don't think there's anything u couldn't possibly change, as others have said it's the price, but if that's the going rate round there then that's what it is. I live in Bedford and I can get a large 3 bed semi with a garden and a drive for that price x

Ah ok! I’m in central Scotland (as you can probably tell) we don’t pay that for 4 bed detached houses!

It’s a nice flat, I’d just struggle to give meaningful feedback because I can’t see past the amount of money for the amount of space! No separate kitchen could also be putting people off and the service charge on top of what would be a phenomenal mortgage.

What did you pay for the property initially, @househelp2025?

Plus £250 ground rent?

Ive only read a couple of pages in so suspect most people will say the same as me

I wouldnt buy a flat with no separation of kitchen
I wouldnt buy a flat with no outside window for all of the bathrooms , I might tolerate one of them being windowless
The beds shouldnt be up against the window like that, turn them round
Service charge is way too high, wouldnt be interested in that
Balcony overlooks car park

I live nearby @househelp2025 and I know the local property market well (I own BTL properties).

The price is fair for the area. Ignore people balking at the price, who don’t know the local market. There are plenty of other 2 bed modern flats for sale in Chelmsford at the moment at the exact same price. The ones listed lower at £300k are not as nice as yours or don’t have a parking space.

I note that you have only been listed for less than a fortnight. I think you just need to wait a little while. The market isn’t moving at a fast pace at the moment. I am selling a 1 bed at the moment and it is getting around 1 viewing a week on average, has been 4 weeks now. So hold tight for a bit.

Does the flat have its own designated parking space? It isn’t clear in the listing. It just says “resident parking” but it’s not clear what that means. I would get the agent to make that much clearer, as it’s a selling point for your flat.

Service charge is high, that's what would put me off.
The no windows in the bathroom wouldn't bother me, i didn't have a window in my previous bathroom and it was fine.
The flat on a whole looks nice. The balcony could with more plants to block the view of the car park a bit more. That's easily solvable.

Dont understand the comments about eating space? The current table can easily be swapped for a bigger one, to seat 4-6 people.

Also not sure about the bathrooms, is it usual to have bathrooms with windows in a flat like this? European flats would be just like this, for a family of 4 /likely with one bathroom only though/.

I’m up north so don’t know your local market. I have looked on rightmove at other two bed apartments in the area. It’s the price. Other flats look over green space and seem a lot brighter. For just a bit more there are better flats and you are on offers over. So I’m thinking I might as well get the nicer flat at 345 because the original flat isn’t actually on for 325. They want more.