Surely they've mispriced this house?? Any Estate Agents or Property Experts able to comment?

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I've namechanged for this - this house is on my road and I don't want this post linked to my others.

www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/55501879?search_identifier=160c182890cd195c887072dc94ba80e4

I am just flabbergasted. How do the prices get set?

I was actually looking on Zoopla because I am thinking about extending or moving and I wanted to see what asking prices are doing.

This seems to be at least £250k more than anything similar locally.

It is a nice road with a good primary school, good transport links and green space nearby but it's not an especilaly nice bit of London and no similar properties have sold for even nearly this price.

Does the Estate Agent decide the price? Or can the vendor say 'put it on for £1m - I don't care what you say'?

The decor is not at all to my taste but it's obviously been finished well - however it's so 'characterful it's unlikely to appeal to lots of people.

Or maybe IABU and this is actually what my house is also worth. Woohoo!

Apologies @TatianaBis, thought you might be reasonably fair-minded but your last post indicates otherwise. Let's agree to disagree.

That “naff chevron engineered floor” is parquet, it costs ££££.

I don't live in Kingston or particularly near it however it's not a shithole.

I was just going to say that the house would need to move to Wimbledon (Morden end of it) to ask such a price!

@NewModelArmyMayhem18

It's nowhere near close enough to Wimbledon (Merton Park) to be classed as an SW19/SW20 postcode though ... FWIW I have a good friend who reckoned she lived in Earlsfield - she was at least a mile away from the station in Tooting!

There's postcode licence (if you're a few hundred metres away or less) and going too far!

Totally agree!

Yeah, but there's parquet and there's parquet that looks like DIY job lot laminate, though

@Cadent Let's agree to disagree

That was rather my point.

There were 3 new builds in my village -in 2017 (different builders) small plots -all are 3 bed rooms -no garage no garden to speak of really very tiny plots. All were sold for around the £275K mark.

They have all gone on the market in the last few weeks, 1 for £375K, 1 for £550K and one for £395K.

I was gobsmacked -gobsmacked. I have a large 4 bed det on a massive plot (x3 size the other plots) and huge front and back garden and a large det garage. I paid less for it in 2015 then they bought their houses from in 2017. I thought it might be worth £450K etc -but rightmove is suggesting £700K which suggest x300% increase in 5 years. I think prices have gone up stupidly in 5 years if that is the case.

Another local-ish person.

Definitely overpriced but having moved from SW19 to SW20 Iast year I know there are lots of people keen to stay local but willing to compromise slightly on location. The seller is banking on that and perhaps hopes to pick up on a slightly less clued up buyer who thinks they are nearly in Wimbledon.

Nothing wrong with Morden but it's not Wimbledon. Oh and I like Kingston!

I’m in the area too and I think it’s a nice road near a newly refurbed leisure centre and lots of green park land that’s national trust owned. It’s opposite near enough a garden centre and you’re close to the tube. It’s Merton but I agree spinning it as Wimbledon is a push .... they’ve obviously spent money on the interior and I personally like it. I just couldn’t afford it 🤣 Think it will end up going for less than priced but I’m invested now - how do you find out how much it sells for ?!?

This argument about Kingston is making me laugh, there was an feature in the Times mag about Dotty the 1 extra DJ, she lives there near Tom Holland, Stormzy, and she likened it to Calabasas. 😆. Anyway, it’s a big town, used to be very working class in the main apart from Kingston Hill which is a big private estate, with enormous gated houses. Houses near the park and by the river are multi-million, and the schools are mostly outstanding and over-subscribed. But it depends what you like, I guess.

Any photos of inside your place? The place you've listed looks pristine! Not to my tastes, but a lot of work has gone into it.

It reminds me of an episode of one of those sell your house programmes (can't remember the name, not Homes Under The Hammer)) where the seller had bought a house to renovate and sell. She insisted on doing the house up to the highest spec, despite advice from the programme host, pretty much obliterating any profit she would have made from selling.

I love most of the decor. The hunting wallpaper would have to go, as would any wallpaper alongside the checkered floor, but other than that I quite like it. Reminds me of a quaint hotel.

Hmm, it’s on the tube, seems like a decent price. Decor isn’t to everyone’s taste but has a decent garden in Zone 4. Close to Morden Hall Park. Quite frankly, I think that’s a decent price. It’s around £500 a square foot. Where I live houses go for £1k per square foot, even for doer uppers.
Anyway, someone somewhere will buy it. Supply|Demand etc.

Cadent remember that Sarah Beeney programme from years ago? That happened every time, despite her giving advice.

Fanthorpe yes, completely forgot about Sarah Beeney, it could very well have been her programme.

I looked into this area and believe me, even if someone loves the decor and isn't going to fix anything, that house is min 200k above what it's really worth.

Also forgot to add, from this area to central London it takes wayyyy longer than 30 mins to travel to (tried public transport and car)

It looks like they have put on a massive wrap-around extension and done a loft conversion too. 1959 sq ft. Still asking too much though.

Those bathroom tiles (shit coloured) are...interesting

I love Kingston .. it’s far from a shithole!

I would need new kitchen

The kitchen is a Smallbone.

lots of London is lovely
Just not Kingston

I like Kingston for shopping.
20 minute walk from John Lewis is Hampton Court Palace.

The kitchen is a Smallbone.

People saying they would change the kitchen makes me realise how differently some people live!

That would be over a million round the corner from me (not on my road though !). Even the 3 beds are close to £1m there.....

A house is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it - see what it eventually sells for.