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To think that it’s odd no one has come to look?

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Onwayto50 · 01/07/2025 13:13

I wasn’t sure how to title this - but we put our house on the market 3 weeks ago and have had utter tumbleweed. I’m including a link - am I missing something? I think it’s priced right for the market and I think the photos are lovely but maybe I’m too close to it?? AIBU to think we should have had a least a little interest? Or am I missing something glaring??

Check out this 4 bedroom terraced house for sale on Rightmove

4 bedroom terraced house for sale in Harrowby Road, Grantham, NG31 for £390,000. Marketed by Newton Fallowell, Grantham

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/163176548?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY

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Zoono · 01/07/2025 14:41

That price sounds way too high for a terraced home, that isn't in a capital city or the south east.

saraclara · 01/07/2025 14:41

alexalisten · 01/07/2025 14:12

The whole house looks so much nicer in these pictures

Wow. The angles on those photos are SO much better!

I'd definitely get the agent back to get photos taken on the same way. The house doesn't look anywhere near as thin in those, and the garden looks so much better (is that an outbuilding at the end?)

I can't comment on the price, but your agent's photographer has really let you down

partyboat356 · 01/07/2025 14:40

I love it, OP. At the risk of being predictable, it must be the price.

Squirrelsnut · 01/07/2025 14:38

It's a stylish and attractive house for sure, but I know that area and it seems too much for what it is.

Snoken · 01/07/2025 14:37

MarilynSays · 01/07/2025 14:32

If you don't need to sell urgently, I would take it off the market, then put back on in September for offers in excess of £385,000
July/August is a notoriously bad time to sell as everyone is on holiday/occupied with childcare etc. I have over 7 years experience in this industry. Just some pointers, all the best for your house sale.🙂

Most people hate offers in excess of. I think it's definitely overpriced and should be on with an asking price of 349K max so it stays within the max 350K on rightmove.

Messycoo · 01/07/2025 14:37

The market is really slow at the moment.
we sold our house they day of moving the buyer pulled out !! That was March and we’ve only had 6 viewings in this time.
Very frustrating ! I think your kitchen is fine it shows space and let’s be honest most people, do it up as they want .

LightDrizzle · 01/07/2025 14:36

Also I’d be worried about the property/ neighbours adjoining to the left as it looks completely uncared for.

The garage at the bottom of the garden isn’t ideal, I know because I had one, so you are carrying shopping and car eats and shepherding children through the garden in the drizzle or parking on the street. I think most people spending that money want a better layout, easy off-street parking and less work to do. The garden needs a lot of love and a fair bit of money.

Sillysaussicon · 01/07/2025 14:34

Opposite crematorium? That would be off putting for me

BunnyLake · 01/07/2025 14:34

MarilynSays · 01/07/2025 14:32

If you don't need to sell urgently, I would take it off the market, then put back on in September for offers in excess of £385,000
July/August is a notoriously bad time to sell as everyone is on holiday/occupied with childcare etc. I have over 7 years experience in this industry. Just some pointers, all the best for your house sale.🙂

I’m really put off by ‘in excess of’, it irritates me.

Wot23 · 01/07/2025 14:33

don't know the area but coming to Rightmove cold if you are not even getting viewers then it is, as others have said, THE PRICE as yours is very poor value for money on a search for 4 bed 2 bath houses...

  • you are single frontage mid terrace with attic conversion (& double garage at end of garden)
  • your price competitor is a double frontage detached property with beds all on one floor (& double garage near front door)

I would not even consider yours until I fully research the competitor in terms of whose its competitors are, and that does not include a single front mid terrace with inevitably corridor like rooms

To think that it’s odd no one has come to look?
MarilynSays · 01/07/2025 14:32

If you don't need to sell urgently, I would take it off the market, then put back on in September for offers in excess of £385,000
July/August is a notoriously bad time to sell as everyone is on holiday/occupied with childcare etc. I have over 7 years experience in this industry. Just some pointers, all the best for your house sale.🙂

New2you · 01/07/2025 14:32

The kitchen layout is really unusual, would need to be re thought I think for most buyers

BunnyLake · 01/07/2025 14:32

alexalisten · 01/07/2025 13:24

Im so confused by the photo of your kitchen like where's your fridge freezer, microwave, washing machine etc

I saw a washing machine but I’ve got to be honest, it’s the strangest looking kitchen I’ve ever seen. Absolutely love the outside front though.

RedToothBrush · 01/07/2025 14:31

The above comment: a project house at a renovated price is bang on the money.

The only way to undo this on the cheap, is to revert to trying to look minimal / appeal to a couple rather than a family.

NomNomNominativeDeterminism · 01/07/2025 14:31

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TheCountessofLocksley · 01/07/2025 14:31

Tje kerb appeal is great, I love the path and front garden. However, I agree with others, I was mentally calculating the cost of a new kitchen and family bathroom, replacing the carpets (they look like thin office carpets) and wondering whether you could extend in the side return for a utility/boot room. That alone could make me query if almost £400k was too much.

Access to the garage concerns me - why hasn’t the agent shown it. This immediately makes me think that access can be difficult. I’d be concerned about maintenance of the access road and any costs associated with it.

The kitchen - where do you put stuff? There don’t appear to be any wall cupboards/larder/tall storage units - which you could use looking at the side of the fridge!

The basement - all looks to be properly converted, but what is the flood risk? The details say “ask the agent”- if there is no flood risk say so. I’d never view a flood risk property.

Why is your agent scared of the bottom of the garden? They do t go down there….why? What is that building? Is that the garage? Is that door in the building the only rear access for the house (that would slightly concern me as it doesn’t look very secure and could be a potential weak spot for burglars).

Being opposite a cemetery - not an issue for me, at least you know it’s unlikely to be developed anytime soon. What would concern me would parking for funersls/mourners - might not be an issue, but I’d still wonder if it was problematical.

I’d agree it’s the price and the things that look
like they need upgrading/changing coupled with the quality of the photos/video. Get better photos/video tour

Mumontherunn · 01/07/2025 14:30

I don't think the pics are very good - the dimensions look warped, the rooms look long and thin and lifeless. We need to see the actual kitchen. It's decorated lovely but I really don't think the pics are great at all.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 01/07/2025 14:30

Tidy up the rooms upstairs! I hate messy bedrooms
The bathroom could be made much more appealing. It's also messy.
I don't actually think the photos do your house justice.
Agree with everyone else that you need to show better pictures of the kitchen.
The garden is not appealing at all.

MidnightPatrol · 01/07/2025 14:29

House looks fine - but overpriced compared to others locally.

I mean - 30% more expensive, that’s significant.

Gloriia · 01/07/2025 14:29

It looks like a lovely home op. As others have said though it always comes down to price.

There was a thread a few weeks ago and posters were suggesting plants on a balcony and a nice rug.

It's always price, so look around your area and be realistic with an asking price.

PonkyPonky · 01/07/2025 14:29

The kitchen would put me off even going to view it to be honest. I’m not sure anyone would choose just one massive island and nothing else. The rest of it is nice but agree with everyone else saying it seems very expensive for the area. Did you buy it when the market was going mad and prices were mega high and interest rates low and everything was selling within a couple of days? Because things have changed. Houses where I live are now sitting on the market for months and being reduced by A LOT to get people interested

Greeneyegirl · 01/07/2025 14:29

I also can't work the kitchen out. Do you have no kitchen cupboards / sides? All I can make out is an island and then a single little square cupboard which I assume has the sink in it? And then a fridge/freezer at the back. I would assume you had got halfway through putting it in and sold up so I'd need to finish it

LightDrizzle · 01/07/2025 14:28

It’s too expensive for a mid terrace in Grantham. It has all the disadvantages that come with it, - long and thin with a long thin garden and a terrible energy rating which means it it hard and expensive to keep warm in winter.

Leading with those kitchen photos is a mistake as the sitting room looks much more inviting.

Brooklyn70 · 01/07/2025 14:28

sorry but i don’t understand how the kitchen works either and i would definitely remove than hanging board.

CheeseFiend40 · 01/07/2025 14:27

Sorry, but what the hell is going on with that kitchen?!!
I carried on flicking through the photos for info, but in all honesty I would have stopped at the kitchen one and not bothered looking at the rest. The video tour just makes it worse.

The reason for no interest will be the price for what you’re getting, it always is. No idea how it compares locally, but it needs a lot of work. New kitchen for starters! Also zero period features, it feels cold and bare.

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