Would *you* view this house? And if not, why not?

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Name changed as this is outing, but I'd really like to know what you think about this property and the way it's being marketed please.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-92534111.html

What’s with all the chairs and seating? I like the outside and garden, but all the seating makes it feel like a nursing home.

@PickAChew

Except when they have to traipse upstairs for a bath.

They don't, though. There is a downstairs bathroom. With a bath.

But they have to go past their toilet, through the utility room and kitchen and hall to get to it. That's far from ideal.

Also could’ve at least put the ironing board down for the photos

I think it looks ok, if you are not happy with picture/ write up ask the estate agent to re do them. You are paying them a lot of money.
We have use that estate agent twice before and always got over the asking price.

Why are people saying cluttered? It’s tidy, they have possessions in some rooms. Hi the dining room is empty and looks like an interrogation room and the bedroom look like cells because they have nothing in them. It’s an old person’s house that someone has put a bit of modern stuff in. Imagine it with stuff in and less bare. I say again, why are people saying clutter as the owners don’t seem to have much stif at all?

Yes, if I could afford it. Who cares about kitchen size, it's big enough for a room that we don't spend much time in or want to sit in all day. Also, don't know why people comment on furniture, it's not like it comes with the house when you move in. I honestly think it all looks like something I would be happy with, without having to change anything.

Not everyone has vision though and can’t picture past the furniture. It’s very dated, sort of student furniture or old people’s home. I look at it and think how much would it cost to make a big family kitchen/dining area and modernising it. Compared to the houses Monkey linked to, it’s expensive.

Price is good for the area with the land that you/ your parents have, near enough to Bury but near Nowton Park, Blackthorpe Barns for Christmas
etc. Pre COVID I would have said 700k but sounds sensible to drop in this funny market. My parents have bought + sold via Sheridans in Bury and they were very good in helping them think about their “ideal customer” and then redressing/ marketing the house to attract them. So I guess that’s the main question - who would want to live in this house, and what are the attributes that would most attract them? And make sure the photos and words reflect this.

Also while I totally understand why @monkeyonthetable has posted those gorgeous houses - the Bury/ Newmarket markets are quite different, school quality etc v different!

Staffy - but I want to be able to sit and eat - there's nowhere in the kitchen and the dining room is not inviting or convenient enough. I love big kitchen diners that we can cook, eat and socialise in.

Lovely floors!

Family have just sold a 4 bed house on one fo the lost sought after villlages in Suffolk. It is stunning inside, absolutely perfect. They Started at a similar price to this one but had to drop by over £100k before it sold. I think this is over priced.

I think it would be a lovely house as the overall size and gardens are great and o course it is totally liveable in now or even for years..... but it actually needs a great of reconfiguring including moving walls, new entrance, possibly pitched roof to annex, updating of bathrooms etc. etc. to really work which actually means very significant costs including architects, structural engineers etc.

The floor plan is odd too, very annoying not to have room sizes on it and as others have said the photos and the staging could have been better.

Yes, I’d move there RIGHT NOW.

once they moved their clutter out it would be a lovely spacious house.

It doesn't mention the type of heating, always makes me suspicious that it's something inconvenient, expensive or needs replacing.

Assuming it's the location and price is in the right ballpark, yes i would. It's a good looking solid house large mature grounds. Internally I think there's a l lot of potential and room layout can be adapted.

It's very weirdly designed. The kitchen is tiny, where is their fridge? I guess in the utility room? I mean where the photo is taken is a doorway and to your right is another doorway. So you have to leave your kitchen to get your food to cook.. Not sure I'd like that. But there's plenty of opportunity to extend it to be fair so if you were rich (which you'd have to be to be able to buy it) then you could afford that. I wouldn't buy it without the ability to do that. Just knock down the wall into the reception room and extend the kitchen into there. Could make it an open plan family room/dining/kitchen. That would make it more likeable for most I think.

@BeamerTown - the houses I posted are within a 10 mile radius. Are they that different in terms of location and opportunity? (I know school catchments are a big decider and they will be different.)

I might but it needs a lot of work

It’s difficult to get an idea of the size and layout of some of the rooms due to clutter. You need some furniture so you know it fits but there is too much stuff.

The kitchen is way too small

For us the downstairs bedroom area would make a fantastic space for a studio for dh to teach clients, away from the main part of the house. But the upstairs bedrooms are a strange layout/size. I agree the en suite takes too much space off the bathroom. But it’s difficult to really tell from the photos.

@DisgraceToTheYChromosome

There is a floor plan and a video tour. (I’ve shelved my fantasy life in Suffolk, though, on finding out there are no direct trains from Bury to London).

Also, in what world is that house cluttered?? There’s one photo with a badly placed lamp in the middle of the room but the rest looks pretty restrained to me.

Much cheaper than I house that size where I come from! I would only buy it if I had enough money to upgrade the more dated bits (inc hideous bathroom tiles) and knock kitchen through into adjoining reception and update the kitchen: it's far too small for a large house at the moment. Looks a bit studenty in presentation but that sort of issue never bothers me as the older furniture, curtains etc. are not what you're buying.

BTW I do think it appears cluttered - there's stuff on top of the kitchen cupboards and shelves in reception rooms, cleaning products and other unidentifiable things spread read the bathroom, pots (which are not decorative) out on the kitchen side etc. These add nothing to the appeal and just add to the slightly unloved feel.