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Original poster

.... to think it should be illegal to put a for sale sign outside a house before it goes on Rightmove?

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HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 01/09/2017 20:15

How am I meant to look at the asking price and be rude about their furniture?

awaits posts from people telling me not to be nosy

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HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 02/09/2017 09:13

The lack of furniture.
It might well be just a poor angle for the picture but it just looks empty.

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PhilODox · 02/09/2017 09:13

How do you mean? (I assume the pink was you covering up phone info??).

KitKat1985 · 02/09/2017 09:14

I think it's just an odd camera angle Hiding. The room itself looks fine to me to be honest.

PhilODox · 02/09/2017 09:15

Ah, sorry, x-post. They probably have it filled with kiddie toys 90% of the time, and have tidied up for photos! Looks like a nice big space for Lego/dolls buggy/play kitchen etc

TabbyMack · 02/09/2017 09:18

A rug would make all the difference - & some curtains or nicer blinds. But. it's a nice, big, bright room.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 02/09/2017 09:22

Beats me why anyone would use an EA that doesn't do proper floor plans, with dimensions, total floor area and a compass thing to show which way the garden faces, if there is one.

Oh, and if it's a leasehold flat, length of lease and how much ground rent/service charges are.
In the past I've phoned EAs to ask about length of lease and they've not only had not a clue, but seemed to think it was a minor detail, like the colour of the front door.

dingdongdigeridoo · 02/09/2017 09:24

That room does give me creepy vibes. I think it's the filthy fish tank. I'm guessing it's normally a mess but they've shoved everything away.

Reminds me of when you build a sims house and have too much floor space.

Sayyouwill · 02/09/2017 09:35

^^ YES!!

Charleymouse · 02/09/2017 09:42

Can I just apologise now.
My house is due to go on the market. The photographer, EPC and floor planner were booked for Thursday last week. I had to work so cancelled them.
When I got home a FOR SALE sign was on the road!
I am now not sure what to do. Do I get the EA to take it down, cover it up until photos etc are done or leave it up to tantalise people?

Please advise!

Freshprincess · 02/09/2017 09:57

I'd like to see legislation to speed up the time it takes to get sold prices online. By the time it's on there, I've forgotten that I'm interested.
Side note, it should be a condition of planning permission that you have to post photos of your extension once it's complete. It's a bit cheeky waking me up a 7am with a cement mixer once and then not letting me know what your new kitchen looks like.

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HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 02/09/2017 10:11

I guess it's because I don't have dc. I'm not seeing that as a space for children to play. I like soft furnishings and coffee tables.
The rest of the house has two children's rooms and a cot in the main room so I guess the space to play is important.

Some past listings are on Rightmove. When the people opposite moved after only 4 years I could nose at what it was like in the past and what they did to it (and wonder why it was £100k more). They also had the good grace to tell me where they were moving so I could nose at where they bought too.

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Billygoatfluff · 02/09/2017 10:15

Agree about floor plans.
Why is location marker on Rightmove always on the wrong house though? We rang the EA to correct it when we sold our house, which they did, but a week later it was in the wrong place again. Didn't care as we got an offer that week but is it deliberate? Does RM have a policy?

Liiinoo · 02/09/2017 10:39

Artex ceiling in the living room pic. You don't see many of them any more. Except in my MILS house. My deceased (builder) FIL bloody loved artex. Every single ceiling is swirled with the stuff. And some walls. And they are painted lovely pastel colours. That one is going to be a bugger to sell when the time comes.

LuLuuuuuuu · 02/09/2017 10:51

Haha YANBU OP

My DPs are exactly the same if they see a house they know only from the outside in their village.

MrsMoastyToasty · 02/09/2017 11:08

I think there should also be laws about rental properties. NDNs house is up for rent again

  1. TO LET sign goes up.
  2. Viewings arranged.
  3. Potential tenant expresses interest.
  4. Half the residents conduct interview with said tenant (questions to be decided by panel)
  5. References sought.
  6. Sign changed to Let, pending tenancy agreement.
  7. Sign changed to "tenants moving in 3rd september" so that local residents can find a reason to watch tenants move belongings in on the day.
Advertising for rental properties should indicate whether landlord has watched Homes Under The Hammer.
MyVisionsComeFromSoup · 02/09/2017 11:29

as all the experts are here Wink, when I put my house on the market, it's going to be empty (unimportant reasons) and is in need of lots of renovations. What kind of photos do you expect of it? I'll insist on a floor plan obviously (am hating looking at rental flat listing without floorplans).

lynmilne65 · 02/09/2017 11:49

please explain how one obtains ones floor plans, this is new to me Blush

MyPatronusIsAUnicorn · 02/09/2017 12:02

I hate it when they don't bother with room dimensions too, or do most rooms but leave 1 or 2 off, so it's a box disguised as a room then.

Also when it's listed as a 4 bedroom house, lovely you think. Go and look, see the floor plan and bedroom 4 is downstairs. Um, no EA, that's a DINING room, NOT a bedroom ffs! We aren't thick.

Lack of photo of a room definitely means it's either tiny or a shit hope of a room.

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HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 02/09/2017 13:21

Sign changed to "tenants moving in 3rd september" so that local residents can find a reason to watch tenants move belongings in on the day.

Quite. I knew when the people over the road were moving out so I made sure to weed the front garden that afternoon to see the new people moving in, only for them to not move in until the next day! I had to clean the living room windows.

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HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 02/09/2017 13:22

lyn. Floor plans are usually part of the Rightmove listing.

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Sirrah · 02/09/2017 15:16

Yes! Floor plan is essential, how else do we work out whether the bathroom is off one of the bedrooms?

ForagingForFaerieGold · 02/09/2017 16:04

HidingBehindTheWallpaper in the pic the ceiling looks like a saggy sheet bowing in front of the window. No fireplace on the chimney breast (Pet peeve) And the furniture doesn't match. No coffee table or anything either. It all just looks... wrong.

Aeviternity · 02/09/2017 17:05

We're selling next year. Never sold before. Do people really knock on the door? I thought it was all 'by appointment only', not total nutjobs rocking up on the doorstep wanting a nosy. Ew.

IndianaMoleWoman · 02/09/2017 18:08

I was as shocked as you Aeverternity the first time someone knocked on the door. At first I didn't mind too much but after we had accepted an offer it was just annoying. You'll also notice people mysteriously sat in their cars at the end of your drive, not-very-subtly holding up their phones and pointing, which was extremely out of place on our quiet, narrow cul-de-sac!

I wouldn't describe any of them as total nut jobs though. Although the ones last Saturday were a bit bemused by me when I opened the door in my dressing gown and holding a glass of wine at 3pm (in my defence I had just got out of the shower. Wine - no excuse!)

PaulDacresButtPlug · 02/09/2017 21:30

We had a nut job when we were selling our last house. A woman knocked on the door, explained she had moved 6 times in five years because there had turned out to be a problem re noise or whatever and that if she didn't get it right this time she'd kill herself. She then asked if it would be possible for her to spend a night at ours so she could check the noise properly herself!