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

Also, get a distinctive plant for the balcony.

Beds under a window tends to indicate a small room with limited scope to move furniture about so that would immediately put me off.

Also for that budget I would want a separate kitchen and living space. I appreciate that this is the style of these flats (I have rented several like this in London myself) but if I was buying somewhere I wouldn’t choose that open style

Mortgages won’t cover the cost of the service charge so people will have to budget for that. In this market it could be the deciding factor between one place and another

It's a lovely flat! Hope you get some viewings soon. I would remove the sofa by the balcony if you can, to make the room look more spacious (and showcase the balcony outside space).

The sq footage is clearly shown on the floorplan - 847 sq ft.

Put a proper mirror up in the bathroom without one - will make a world of difference!

Internal bathrooms? Definite immediate no when we made our 'must have, would like' etc lists internal bathrooms were immediate no

What she should do is to wait longer than twelve days before worrying about the price.

This flat will sell to a couple, most likely commuting into central London (it’s a couple of minutes walk from the station and it’s a very popular commuter belt). There are plenty of FTB in this area able to afford £300k. It’s a cheap price for this area. Family homes sell for around £500k-£1.2m and £300k is very standard for a FTB flat.

The market is slower at the moment than it has been in previous years, for a variety of reasons…… so it will likely take a couple of months to sell, rather than a couple of weeks.

So unless the seller is in a desperate rush to sell and is willing to sell the flat for less than it’s worth, it’s crazy to suggest dropping the price after 12 days.

Give it a few more weeks @househelp2025 and think about some of the great suggestions people have made already on this post. Personally I would work on making the balcony more appealing, creating a bit more privacy with plants. Plus make the parking space more obvious in the listing.

Not read the thread but looked at listing, for me the bedrooms look tiny but may be the excess of furniture, the internal kitchen immediately a no for us as we cook a lot and the view onto the narrow built up street. I'd quickly move on from the listing.

Service charge looks to be standard however when’s the rent review due to kick in? And what’s the review based on - RPI? Doubling? Is it outer London or inner?

Forgot to say, best of luck OP

I like it and it's a bonus having 2 bathrooms.

▪︎Advertise that you have a guest room for visitors or for children with their own bathroom.

▪︎I would open the table out, put the 4 chairs around and put a vase on table, wine glasses, cutlery, etc.

▪︎ Hide the view from balcony. Make it cosy with cushions, lights and a couple of big plants. Just one photo of balcony to the left not right.

▪︎Remove picture of sitting area in gym, looks a bit grim and unfriendly.

▪︎Promote that you have your own parking space and that it is on view from the apartment (if it is)

▪︎change one of the beds to sideways on so it looks like 2 different sizes, even though they're similar.

▪︎keep the price the same for now, see how it goes.

I personally think the photos are better for this one too. They make the rooms look more spacious.

Granted I'm from a cheap part of the UK but prices like this for a flat seem mad, it seems tiny and overlooked for that price.

Honestly I would assume it was a shared student halls type place for a university (backed up by the photo of the 'power house' hang out area). Doesn't seem like somewhere for an adult couple/family to buy to live.

Just a suggestion but can you remove 1 of the couches? I wouldn’t block up the doorway as it possibly makes it look cramped and blocks the light. The same goes for the bedrooms.

For me it's:
Price (main reason)
Windowless bathrooms
Dark kitchen
Lack of storage
The sterile area outside

The large bedside tables make the bedrooms look much narrower than they are. In one photo the table is pushed up against the radiator. I'd remove them and also add plants everywhere.

Oh and the yellow velvet sofa doesn’t need changing as that’s still a very in colour, just not with the grey/yellow cushions (I’d remove the rug too and replace with a cheap neutral sisal or beige rug). Ditto the yellow bedding in the spare room, replace with white, remove the accent cushions etc.

In the kitchen - take up that floor mat and remove everything off the counters apart from a coffee pot, coffee cups, some cookbooks and a plant. When I see a floor mat in a kitchen, I automatically think there is a problem with leaks or drips under the sink/oven/issue with the floor sealant.

The look for staging properties at the moment is as empty as possible, so shove all your toiletries etc. under the bed and have empty countertops, nothing out in bathroom apart from a plant, and so on.

Are you saying this based on prices in Chelmsford or prices in some other part of the country

My uncle was a real estate agent and he always said if there is no interest in a property it is simply overpriced.

I don’t know the area all that well, but I’m currently trying to sell our 2019 built flat in Hertfordshire in a similar type development with a similar commute time to London. I am having viewings, but a lot of the feedback I’m getting is that people are currently stretching themselves and upgrading to two bed houses rather than two bed flats. Frustrating but as we’re desperate to move (relocating to Yorkshire), I think we’re going to have to reduce to get serious interest from the people who are looking at one bed flats and might consider stretching to a two bed. Sorry I don’t have anything positive to add, but wanted to share what we’ve been seeing.

Is that opposite geek retreat? We were there last week and my son said he wanted an egg chair like the one on your balcony 😄 we'll be renting forever so I can't buy it, but hope you sell it soon. A 3 bed end of terrace on our road has recently reduced their asking price to 350k - so maybe things are generally slow at the moment.

It's hidden under the "leasehold" section at the bottom of the listing. Nearly £2400 service charge and £250 ground rent per year so an additional £200 per month plus band D council tax, which is likely to be similar to the service charge. That's quite a bit extra to pay in addition to a mortgage.

Dress it for lifestyle. Focus on your prospective purchasers and imagine what they’d want. Glam up the patio and dining area. Imo it’s too bare. I’d love those large windows in the bedrooms but they’re obscured by beds.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/158969876?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

This one is the same size, in the same building and considerably cheaper?

Agree
Its the warmer colours here.
Perhaps OP cover over more of that grey floor with a rug in a warmer colour
Ikea do sisal rugs you could put down to then overlay with your existing rug for example,
Similar for bedrooms.

Price, location, view, style of the flats.
Also if I wanted a new build flat I’d prefer to buy new and get the ten year warranty.