Can't sell home. Anyone sold to we buy and home type places?

[Rainingdogsandcats]

We want to sell our house. We've tried to sell previously and had an offer but the wife changed her mind.

We have 2 problems that we can't change.

Our house is on a dual carriageway, fairly close to the road.
There is a barn conversation across our drive that's not finished. It's been in its current u finished state for the whole 7 years that we've lived here. Chap comes a couple of times a year and maybe does a bit of painting. The garden is a mess and not fenced off and building materials are at the top of his drive. It looks a mess.

Our house is large, 5 bed, 2 ensuites, extra loos and bathrooms, 3 receptions. An acre of garden. It needs some cosmetic work, not too much though.

Every one has said the same thing. Too close to the road. Don't like the barn.

We've approached WBAH and they've offered us somewhere between 325 and 350. They don't buy it off us themselves but use a different website to find a buyer. They reckon 30 days max.

This house had been on the market 3 years when we bought it. We didn't know that. Bought in a hurry, didn't check properly as we were relocating quickly.

I'm torn. An agent said he could get 400 for it but obviously we don't know how long that will take.

I just feel 325 is a piss take.

Thanks if you got this far.

Unless you desperately need to sell in a hurry, why would you accept £75,000 less than what your house is worth? That’s a massive amount of money and a really significant proportion of the valuation. Obviously the house is only worth what someone is willing to buy but I personally would still hang on. How long has it actually been on the market? Have you considered dropping the price/making it clear to prospective buyers that you would accept a lower offer for a quick sale?

How long has it been on the market?

How much did you purchase it for?

Understand if you don't want to but a right move link would let you have some independent opinions.

Can you get planning permission to knock it down and build loads of houses on it and then sell with pp.?

Following with interest

It's green belt so can't build in the garden.

We did approach planning with a view to knocking this one down and building a new one further away from the road and the barn. We're only allowed one house on the plot at any one time. Planning is not guaranteed to go through.

It's not on the market at the moment but we really want to move. I just want to walk to a shop.

I'll post the link of it when we had it on before. Nothing has changed in the house, the trees have gone in the garden .

How about lowering the price by say 15-20k and see if that gets you anywhere first?

Then as your very last option when you know you cant get any more anyway, look at selling to Wbah?

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64643510.html

Hope the link works

I've seen this house somewhere before!

I was just thinking that!

It is lovely mind

Ok so just looked at those pics.

Both ensuites shower rooms have been refitted with larger showers with big rain style heads.

Carpet in sitting room has been replaced.

I've posted about it before when we were trying to sell.

Stunning house. I’d drop the price by £40K myself first and see if that shifts it.
But yes, I’d take any price if I desperately wanted to move and it was ruining my life.
Can you afford to though?

I see why you want to move, op. It seems very isolated.

If you sold at the lesser price what would that mean financial? Do they take a percentage.

Love it. From looking at the house prices of the only locally sold one the area hasn't recovered from the financial crash (unless something else changed significantly since 07?)
The previous owners had a heafty loss as did the neighboring property.
Personally I would market it at 399K if you really want the sale the 375k, it does feel like the broker would be taking the piss at 325/350. Is there commission on top?

I know the area. I think £400k is too expensive. Not that it’s not a nice house, but if you had 400k you wouldn’t spend it near brownhills, just off the M6 toll. If it were me I would try and sell it below the price you would usually pay for that much house - because it is a good size - and hope that the size/niceness of the house offset the location. I think I would start off at £375k if it was mine and then drop to £350k if there wasn’t any interest fairly quickly.

If we sold at that, that's what we'd get in our hand. No fees or costs to us.

I have 4 school aged DC, 2 adult DC. Dd is expecting and is with us whilst they find their own house.

I am in the car constantly. We've seen a house near to younger dd's school, they could walk there. There's a lovely park across the road to take younger home schooled dd. We could walk to the shops, to the cinema, everywhere. It would improve our lives in that way. When DC were younger this was great and we've had some amazing parties here but now the kids are "can I have a lift here, there etc.

We can afford to take the hit but it's me that's dragging my feet.

Having said that, I understand a house is only worth what someone will pay for it.

We paid 400 in 2012

It needs to be better presented. Some of the photos are terrible.

These we buy any house type places will knock a massive amount off your price.

We had a house that had a busy A road slip road at the bottom of the garden. It was awful. Took us ages to sell. We took a financial hit in the end.

My concern is that we do need a large house and the choice in our budget (400) are limited. The house I've found is lovely and would be perfect with a couple of tweaks. I'm worried I'll miss this house if we end up being on the market 6 months plus

An agent said he could get 400 for it

Tell him he's got two months to get an offer in of this number or you will sell to the WBH.

It's not an easy house to sell by all accounts and something is only worth what someone will pay for it.

How much did you pay for it?

Those photos are really poor.

If you can afford to make your house a bargain then I'd do that. Whatever you "lose" now could be offset by a future gain in the next house. It sounds like your current house needs to be priced low to encourage someone to choose it.
How long have you wanted to move for? Can you put a put a price on what is worth for you to move, e.g. "I like the other house I recently saw £25k / £50k... more than our current house". Do the sums and reduce yours by that amount if you can afford the hit.

How would you guys style the house for pictures?

The room with the black small sofa is now a bedroom for pregnant dd and her chap and the play room is now a home Ed book/ ironing room.