House not selling (with listing)

If a house doesn’t sell it is not the right price.
personally I’d rather have a 3 bed with decent sized rooms - this house is too small for a family.

I paid £258k for my house in 2016 and it has just gone on for £350k That's how much the market has increased.

I think it looks nice, but it looks as though it needs new windows

It really bemuses me that house buyers can't see past the belongings of a family. Their stuff will be gone when you move in! The bathrooms and kitchen all look new and in good condition, the rest is decorative preference and most people want to decorate when they move anyway. I am another one who would get rid of the brickwork/fireplace as is but you're not going to change that before selling

I am selling a similiar priced property on a popular street where i live...been on 3weeks and not a peep. But estate agents told me loads in the 300-400 range are sitting for months at the moment, as a heads up when I listed it, and I amnot in a rush to move, so happy to wait for the right person to come along. Load shave dropped their prices and yet still for sale.
People in "first time buyer" houses and upgrading to bigger ones at the mo, because of numerous factors. Lots are downsizing. So I guess it depends if you are happy to drop it even further below what it is "worth" (without all the insecurity) or wait it out til people are buying again.

PS i think its lovely and some of these comments are really pedantic/personal taste...but then you did ask on mumsnet.
It would easily be £400000 where i live...if you could sell it of course!

Some change of paint colour would work wonders. The blue in the kitchen does not say "I want to eat in here". I think colour studies have shown that warmer colours, say soft terracotta would work better and be more inviting in rooms connected with food.
The blue in the sitting room looks quite harsh and unrelaxing. In that room I would paint the walls a softer colour and paint the grey bricks cream. It also looks quite sterile, so a large patterned rug in nice warm colours would really work to introduce some sensual texture to the room. You could also have a large green plant in a pot somewhere to bring in a bit of life. Hope your sale goes well OP.

It’s a lovely house, if I was moving to that area I would definitely view it. The market is just a bit crap at the moment, houses are taking longer to sell. We have a few up for sale near us and they have been on the market for ages.

It’s really nice on the inside. I’d be put off by the outside, which looks a bit unloved and doesn’t do the inside justice. No curb appeal.
I’d give the gravel area neat, sharp edges (not the big stones of varying shapes and sizes you have now) put something flowering in the borders, trim the plants and at least have the cable for the satellite dish going down the wall straight. Then get the photo of the front taken again.
Good luck. It’s a nice house 🍀

The best way to do photos is to put everything you don’t want pet run bean bag toys etc in the hall or landing for the pic . then you can move the essentials like pet stuff back in. You can move into the garden for viewings and open windows get a good quality room spray . Not fabreeze type. I like it . I’m not offended by colour or the dining photo.
i would look at it if i was in the area . Most of it well presented . Just a few issues . I think the garden is fine showing space for children to play .

might be the price .

the market is dead !
important to really be realistic as to comparisons in your area.
i am an ex estate agent . People really cannot see through other peoples ideas and stuff it’s bonkers .

I think it’s the price. 4 bed (with 3 very small and odd shaped rooms) at around 1200sq ft doesn’t map to the original 400k pricetag and probably not to 375k either. For 400-440 there are some properly 4 bed properties of 1600sqm and larger gardens; and for £350k there are some comparable 1200sqm properties, better appointed as 3 beds. It looks cluttered because it, well, it is - there is little room in those tiny upstairs rooms. I’d definitely declutter but I actually think it’s overpriced vis a vis what else is on the market. At the right price, though, it’s a lovely property - the kitchen/lounge area is gorgeous.

The photos make the furniture look massive which makes the rooms look small. Maybe worth reshooting. Animal cage is off putting. Also the Man Utd sign - and I know that sounds ridiculous! But you need to depersonalise

The bedrooms are quite small, nicely decorated but there is a lot of clutter in the little kids bedroom, maybe clear that to give the room a less box size appearance.

The garden is very open and small.

Is there a downstairs cloakroom/cupboard for shoes and jackets? I couldn’t move somewhere without that or a dumping ground is forged in the hallway.

it’s a nice house. What’s the estate agent send of viewers feedback? Is it priced right for the area in Swindon?

It definitely worked better when it was a three bed back in 2017 when the OP purchased.

I can't believe (well, I can 🙄) that an estate agent on this thread would advise not to move the guinea pig/rabbit cage from the snug for new photos! What terrible advice...

I think it mostly looks well presented and a perfectly nice family home. The only things I would suggest are:

1. plant some greenery in the garden - the lack of privacy as it is very overlooked would bother me. Can you put trellis up on top of the fence, or add some taller planting at all?
2. put a single bed or day bed with trundle into the spare room- by the measurements it’s a single room, but there is a double bed wedged in there.
3. Take out the big rabbit / Guinea pig cage for the photos.
4. i’m a bit confused by the kitchen photos as the kitchen itself looks lovely but there is a big table pushed up against the wall. When I looked at the floor plan, there’s no obvious place for the table to be. Would you be better off setting up the snug as a little dining room just for viewings & photos?

everything else is just decor preferences which would be easy for a buyer to change if they wanted to. The bathrooms & kitchen look very nicely done. Hopefully things will pick up again now it’s spring.

Not a fan of modern houses but I think it's quite nice actually.You've got decent accommodation imo. The decor's a bit grey and the photos are rubbish - flat, drab and very obviously stretched - maybe redo? Might restage the "snug" as a dining room. Your biggest problem is the global political/economic situation though. Do you need to move now? If you absolutely do, you may need to take a hit on the price. Agree that "guide price" makes it look like it's a method of modern auction sale and personally I don't even look at those because they mostly involve the dreadful iamsold.com.

Caveat: I don't know the market in that area at all.

It’s just a rubbish market right now and things are taking a very long time to sell. Your house is perfectly fine

Economic issues aside, I would discount it purely because of the windows. Would look a lot nicer with different, plainer windows and shutters. I'd change the fireplace and present the garden with more pots and greenery in the garden. There's some nice colour schemes in some of your rooms. Good luck!

Guide price makes it sound like an auction. That definitely needs changed. And not to "offers over" - that's annoying enough in a sellers market but in the current market it's just going to discount a bunch of users that will feel restricted on being able to make offers.

Also, wide angle lenses fool no one. I know why estate agents do it. It gets more room in a photo whilst making the room look bigger. But everyone knows TVs aren't as wide as they are in your photo so they'll wonder what else isn't accurately represented.

Honestly? 4 bed is aimed at a family, but the family space is cluttered and looks unusable. The table pushed up against the wall tells me that the kitchen is too small. The bedrooms are definitely too small and the overall look is a bit tired.
It isn't the greatest area and if I wanted to spend that and have similar sized bedrooms/low living space I'd go new build.
I wouldn't, personally, I'd go for more character and better proportioned rooms.
You need to drop the price, to around £335k max, more like £325k

I think it’s a lovely house, sorry dont know prices your way but it looks good to me as a southerner 😄

What’s the issue as others have asked, are u getting viewings? Have you had offers?

yes price is always the main issue but I don’t know demand and prices for your area so I can’t comment on that. I’m an estate agent so I’ve seen much much worse and much smaller sell for ridiculous pricing 🤣

There is nothing wrong with the house itself, photos could be a bit better. I feel the external photo isn’t very inviting, I personally wouldn’t click on the listing based on that photo, might be worth getting the agent out to do another one on a nicer day from a better angle maybe?

I wouldn’t move the cages or things to make it look less cluttered if that’s how your house normally is as when people view it they will complain it’s nothing like the photos (they always do)

The lounge is a mess it really needs sorted out and looks really small. Maybe put the TV on the wall above the fireplace, get rid of the TV stand there isnt enough room for it and that giant round sofa which is too big for the room. The other rooms are too cluttered. It's a very small space it really needs tidied first and to be honest it needs work done. Also needs better photos it doesn't look great to be honest

The bedrooms are way too small.

That's just a rude and pointless dig. It doesn't help the OP sell her house.

Its a great house and great price but for me its all about curb appeal when looking at houses. Maybe tidy up a bit at the front, pop some plants of flowers in, a link of paint etc makes a difference! Ive just painted my front door as couldn't afford a new one and it looks 10x better! Otherwise great pics.

P.s to the person who said rooms a mess and grass is a mess - Rude!