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

With all those services gym etc the monthly charge must be high ?

you say it’s in the listing but I couldn’t see it and if I had, it would put me off having to pay for stuff I would never use

Get some plants on the balcony. A tall one, 2 or 3 medium height and a few smaller ones.

am a Londoner and young people I know are paying between 1100 to 1400 for a room in London. I bought my 2 bed flat in London in 2019 and the price is still roughly the same at 400k but near good schools. I wanted to spend closer to 300k but found nowhere with sufficiently good schools and I understand Chelmsford has decent schools and a grammar plus it's a city with John lewis and direct train link to the city (season ticket is v expensive though).

So yeah given therr are londoners willing to pay 1400 for a room why not a mortgage for your own place with 2 bedrooms though I would try for an older period flat where residents own freehold. There aren't many like this, I looked for ages before finding my 1930s flat and they are more common in London (but London flats are more expensive)

It’s has a 999 year lease but does it also contain a doubling ground rent clause, say every 10 years? £250 per annum is a lot of money for something with a 999 year lease

Gosh so many people finding other properties to try and prove the point that it is over priced

@ImFckingMattDamon there is only 1 bathroom, no en-suite and no laundry room

@HumanRightsAreHumanRights god what an awful view from this balcony a great big Bellway sign and the bedrooms are odd shapes and no laundry

I know many people don't think the laundry is an asset but it is storage space if nothing else. If I was to live there permanently I would swap the bathroom and the laundry around and tack the laundry onto the kitchen - you might then be able to separate the lounge and kitchen but if you're spending that kind of money you would have to stay for a very long time and its probably not worth it

The schools don't have " catchment" My DD travelled 7 miles each way. A friend of hers family moved in from Bedfordshire after she was offered a place

I imagine it will be similar to mine
i pay £220pm no gym, lift, concierge

buildings insurance usually a big chunk of it
repairs to shared areas
cleaners for share areas
gardeners for any grass areas
sinking fund (or whatever the actual name is!)

As others have said, the price seems punchy. Also “offers in excess of” is off putting - you should clearly state the price the flat is on at then prospective buyers can put a clear offer in which can be countered if necessary.

The photos could be better - could they redo with a fish lens?

It's a nice enough flat but first time buyer property.

The service charge is high for a FTB.

Also if you look at the bottom of the listing of properties recently sold by your agent there is a 2 bed flat that was £218k and 3 bed houses for not much more.

Therefore I suspect it is very much a pricing issue.

Thete’s no reason for that sort of bleak hardscaping if not for use as a car park

Maybe it’s the angle of the photo, but it looks like the space couldn’t take a proper sized table.

What is it if it is not a car park? Unfortunately the pictures certainly make it look like a car park.

Despite long lease I wouldn't touch any property with one, even if it's 999 years

I think it’s gorgeous inside but the view from balcony not so much can that be removed from the listing ? Maybe make the balcony look a bit more inviting plants screening lights and seating maybe ?

If you are retaking photos, I would put back out the other 2 chairs. Hope you sell soon

If you don’t use the second bedroom I would maybe get rid of the bed and set it up as a home office space.
It may make the room look less cramped and make the flat look less like a very cramped family home and more like a cozy home for a single person or couple.

Has it always been a 2 bed? The floor plan looks.like ot may have been a spacious 1 bed at somempoint as it seems odd that the en suite is on the smaller bedroom?

The annual service charge is over £2k it's buried in the small print!

I know that area and it's not bad and has decent amenities. Very commutable for London. However, the things that put me off:

The balcony looks really soul-less. And looking over a car park. I'd put some big plants out there to soften the view. And introduce a bit of colour.

Double beds blocking both windows is a real turnoff. Makes the bedrooms look boxy and inconvenient. Is there any other way of configuring the space? If not, can you at least put the space bed in storage and arrange the room so the window isn't obscured. Maybe a home office?

Well it looks a little overpriced to me - and yes I dont know the area, just looked at what that price would buy nearby.

The first photo would be better dropped. It gives the impression of a dark flat and while the second photo is brighter that first impression means you are looking for dark thereafter.

The service charge is very high and I know that's for the concierge and gym so wont look so high to anyone already paying for a gym but then some gyms have a better look that that one.

It's all a bit beige and industrial for me but i'm not your target market. I'm not usually a fan of red but I'd be tempted to swap kettles and toaster in the kitchen for something a lot brighter - but not yellow - and brighter towels in the bathroom. Even your clock and chairs are dark. Perhaps a flowering plant like an orchid in the bathroom. I'd have some screening on the balcony for more privacy - maybe this one https://www.micasia.co.uk/p/TEXBS_1282 No picture of the second bedroom?

Worth mentioning the grammar schools, you might get someone with just one teenager wanting to be in catchment.

The photos are nice, it's well presented but just too expensive.

The rooms are small, especially the bedrooms, the service charge is pure extortion and the price is a good 100k over what I would be willing to pay for it, even without the service charge.

You haven’t even had it listed for a fortnight year, I think you’re panicking. Presumably the EA suggested pricing it at that level? It looks to be in a good condition, although I don’t think the photos are brilliant tbh. They do make the bedrooms look very small. I think that by including a photo of the gym and communal area, you are only appealing to a young professional demographic, so that might limit interest. But I wouldn’t panic just yet, give it another week or so and then discuss with the EA.

High service charge would put me off.

Sorry if this has already been said but the first photo of the bedroom I thought, Uh oh, no room for a wardrobe, so would have skipped by, when actually the wardrobe is there but out of shot.
I think the price for a 2 bed with easy access to London seems about right (I'm also a similar distance from London but in another direction) and the service charge is high, but for a young couple who could cancel their gym membership as a result of having access to their own gym just downstairs I think it isn't horrendous.
Good luck @househelp2025 ! A few tweaks to the photos and a bit more time might be all it needs.

If people are parking their cars there, it’s to all intents and purposes a car park 🤷🏻‍♀️
Even if it was empty of cars, it looks pretty brutal, tbh.