House selling

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We have a stunning 5 bed house in a family village in Hampshire on the south coast. It has lots of character built in 1900 and all upgraded with modern fixtures and fittings. Aga, wood burning stove, granite worktops, underfloor heating, detached, big garden, drive and close to schools, shops and transport! and an annex that we rent out! It’s been on the market for two years now and we have since dropped the price from £575k to offers over £500k. Which is a bargain !!!! The market is dead ! We have no viewings this weekend . Last week we had an offer of £470k ! What an insult . Last year we had full asking but they couldn’t sell. There are characterless new builds up the road going for more. What I’m asking is would it be worth contacting a London agent ? Are there families looking to move out of the big smoke that would be interested in our house? If so, what agent could I use? If anyone could help I’d be very very grateful :)

I need to know what paint you used in the dining room, the periwinkle blue, please??

People seem to prefer new build for some reason

Where I live, people will pay a premium for period properties.

Agree that 470k is a good deal for this house. If I were you I would take it, unless you can wait a few years for the market to warm back up again.
It's always hard accepting less, especially if it was your beloved family home where you have so many memories. We put ours on for 900k and accepted 860k. Apartments of the same spec in the same block were going for 1.15m in 2014/2015 so we accepted 290k less than the market value a few years ago. But that's just the economy at the moment, and we need to move into a house as we are having baby so can't take it off and wait a few years. It's just bad timing.

I would be put off by:

• no garage which means the shed is the only storage for gardening, car stuff etc
• having a tenant in situ, regardless of how much you assured me they would be gone
• no loft space (and the bedroom there doesn't look legit, more like you did it yourself on a weekend)
• the front of the house which I think looks cold, hard and basic
• the bathrooms which all seem a bit old fashioned, to me.

It also doesn't help that Rightmove lists 'houses like this' all in the 450-475 range. I suspect £470k is a fair price for your house.

Sorry, OP. You asked