Would really welcome your opinions. Moved house 6 months ago, old house now empty and for sale since September. Could not sell while we were still there as I was very unwell, and could not deal with viewings etc (we had already agreed to buy new house). Thus we moved before marketing old house. Housing market pretty quiet around here, and price not increased since we bought a couple of years ago. Have had some viewings, and nothing wrong with the house, it's nice, in a rural setting a few miles from town. Neighbours are going to build a new house in their garden to the side of ours, so as soon as that starts it will put potential buyers off, at least until the building is finished. It will not be visible from our house at all, but who wants to live next to a building site? DH says we should just keep trying, but I worry about it a lot and think a drastic price reduction is in order to sell quickly before building starts. Not being sneaky, anyone can look up council planning info, and on the Home Report it asks if you have ever been notified re planning permission - of course we said yes. Up to buyers to follow through and seek more info on that, or to ask when viewing. We have ALWAYS checked planning info when viewing houses ...
We have a mortgage on our new house, no mortgage on the one we are trying to sell. Had 6 months without paying Council Tax, now have to pay 50% CT for next 6 months, then it's at council's discretion after that. Have to keep it heated, insured, do the garden etc ... I think we should reduce the price by some 15/20% and have done with it. It's a big hit but can manage with it. We can then pay off new mortgage and have this constant worry out of our lives. What would you do?