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The estate agent says I am asking to much

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ivykaty44 · 02/10/2011 22:30

and we should lower the price, it has been on the market for nearly a year. Can anyone make suggestions how we can tart it up a bit to get it sold?

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31664147.html

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ivykaty44 · 02/10/2011 22:53

shakey - I am having heart flutters, I really don't see how you could expect my pouch to sleep in that dog house?

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Shakey1500 · 02/10/2011 22:56
Grin

but it actually comes with Upsy Daisy as part of fixtures and fittings? Surely her serenading you of an evening is plenty of reason to drive you to drink compensate?

Some people just don't appreciate the efforts made ;)

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ivykaty44 · 02/10/2011 23:08

perhaps this would be a better option - at least I would retain a view

Tower blocker in Bell green don't come along every day Grin

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worraliberty · 02/10/2011 23:15

Sorry OP but your house smacks of ex council to me

I bet you airbrushed the gas cooker out of the front garden didn't you?

That's where you're going wrong. A Parkinson Cowan is a quaint little feature that will set you aside from your neighbours.

HTH

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ivykaty44 · 02/10/2011 23:18

worraliberty - that so hurtful, when we live near the town where flavel's developed there very own mock aga the rangemaster two cookers glued together 4 ever

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CocktailQueen · 02/10/2011 23:22

But it is soooo nouveau!!!! One could not possibly live in it!!

Oakmaiden · 02/10/2011 23:22

Oh my God - I just LOVE the "cottage". I can't believe people actually get to live in houses like that! Envy

kickassangel · 02/10/2011 23:28

hmm, I think that you're interior designer is a little out of date. far too many circles in there - the pool, the ball room etc.
triangles are so much more in these days - move a few walls, have some modern quirky triangular rooms put in, and then use a little colour. I bet you were told that neutrals are best, but that's just out of date. lime green, puce pink and shitty brown are the best shades atm.

hth

MrsDistinctlyMintyMonetarism · 02/10/2011 23:32

But Ivykaty if you really want some understated style, have you thought about this one?

It's nice and local! (and unfinished, but let's not mention that bit!)

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ivykaty44 · 02/10/2011 23:32

This has given me some thing to think about - puce green you say and lime shit? i think we could try B&O in the morning to get these colours and have a paint.

I have also noticed a little smell and wonder if i should get some odour eaters in the lions bottoms - would this work to make them eat less and smell better

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Quintessentialist · 02/10/2011 23:33

I think it is "tarted up" enough. And it is overpriced. You can start by removing the rugs and the statues, to try and make it look like a home, a little, rather than an oversized budoir.

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ivykaty44 · 02/10/2011 23:37

MrsD - its been unfinished for at least three years, It is near a main road though and quite near some other friends

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TalcAndTurnips · 02/10/2011 23:38

I think this bijou gem may just win you over - the decor was conceived by a leading interior designer whose work has featured on ITV's Sixty Minute Makeover and BBC's Changing Rooms.

Note the bold use of mustard on the feature walls in the very minimalist kitchen - plus the interesting carpet-topped luxury bath.

It won't hang around - make that offer soon to secure yourself a piece of rural Welsh idyll.

M0naLisa · 02/10/2011 23:56

Well i was hoping for some of you to give me feed back on the house me and dh want to sell but no one is even coming no where near us, our kitchen is too small, DH says he cant swing round with an hard on in it. help me lovely mners.

Here

ClaudiaSchiffer · 03/10/2011 00:01

If you feel like buying a holiday cottage you could pick up this little Aussie Beauty for a snip and I can live in it when you don't need it

MrsDistinctlyMintyMonetarism · 03/10/2011 00:06

I know Ivy I used to live just down the road! Before it was rubbled the site just had a 'bog standard' bungalow. Still handily placed for M40, Fosse Way, Aston Martin/Rangerover/Jaguar!

Personally, if I won the lottery I'd go for this one.

ClaudiaSchiffer · 03/10/2011 00:07

M0na, that kitchen is tiny, your poor dh

MrsDistinctlyMintyMonetarism · 03/10/2011 00:12

Not far from where we are now in Brisbane.

I think these people could do a houseswap with you Ivykaty, it appears you have similar taste Wink.

it's actually much whiter than it appears in the pictures, and is also next to a busy intersection. Nice.

Oh and wtf is up with the cheap towelling mat in front of the kitchen sink? Seriously. What the actual jeff?

M0naLisa · 03/10/2011 00:16

I know why wont no one come and view it. Does it need painting? extending? rooms changing?

ClaudiaSchiffer · 03/10/2011 00:34

MrsDistinctlyMintyMonetarism that is hideous

ClaudiaSchiffer · 03/10/2011 00:36

Ooh, look this is near us bit pokey but convenient for dds school.

M0naLisa · 03/10/2011 00:40

ooh those are awful

bemybebe · 03/10/2011 01:03

katy are you russian? Wink

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ivykaty44 · 03/10/2011 07:38

Beny - I am rushing to sell yes - why?

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bemybebe · 03/10/2011 10:28

Judging by the number of shiny surfaces in the house... I was invited to a similar looking house once where the owners employed a person to wipe the marks off the walls and floors after the guests during the party - not to spoil the impression of grandeur and opulence.