To think not putting kitchen photos on selling particulars would put viewers off?

[Blankspacehere]

Unfortunately, I'm not willing to put photos of my kitchen online.

But we're looking to move house, so just pondering through the process.

I'm concerned that not putting the kitchen photos in the particulars may put off buyers.

It's a nice house, couple of estate agents have viewed abd said that it should sell quickly as it's a desirable type and location.

Would I be reducing potential buyers?

Yabu - yes of course you will be limiting your audience.

Yabu - people will come based on the photos of rest of house and the written blurb on the kitchen.

@JenWillsiam I've no idea what makes you think that. They were in my house approx 4 hours. Left 80% of the units boxed up when the fitters saw how wrong the units were to the spec.

They never came back.

The problem is that people have a budget. I would assume complete lack of pictures of a kitchen would mean that kitchen needed a complete overhaul so would discount it completely. So you can be rude all you want it’s the reality.

@Blankspacehere wouldn't put me off, in fact with a description of the kitchen it would make me want to view it even more, hope your sale goes smoothly :)

@Dustyourselfoff

Everest (the very well known double glazing company) did exactly that in, I think, June of 2020. They immediately reappeared as ‘Everest 2020’, abandoning all their liabilities to previous customers. I received a phone call from ‘Everest’ some time later, offering quotes for further work. I strung the salesman along for a while, before asking him to repeat what company he represented. He stumbled a bit, and I interjected with my queries…….Everest? Everest 2020? Everest 2022? And then I informed him that I would never use a company that conned customers in that way.

I mean this literally does happen continually everywhere. This is exactly how cowboys work! There is a company near me that does loft conversions that have done this multiple times, going into liquidation and starting up again under a very slightly different name, such as adding inc, or and co or adding a different word in. They have done it at least 5 times in the last 10 years and they are currently ‘not
trading’ so I suspect are doing it again now, I looked as we are getting a loft conversion and I was looking for their website out
of
intwrest as to how they keep getting work when this is very common knowledge.
but this is exactly how cowboy companies work.

I skip over those ads without kitchen pics. It's what people want to see - can they function day to day in it?

The watermarking is an ace ice. I’m thinking they can’t take the pics of your kitchen and use it. The current company didn’t supply it let alone fit it. Surely that would be beyond stupid and quasi accepting liability.

We are house hunting at the moment and for me the kitchen is heart of the home so no pictures and I would be suspicious straight away. I would probably not bother viewing. Even if the kitchen is not what I would choose I am looking to see if a. I can move in and it is usable and b. There is potential in time to do what I want to.

The company who installed your kitchen would be entitled to use photos they took of it.
I doubt they would be scouring Rightmove to find kitchens they've installed so tbh I don't get why you are so against it.
If the kitchen is that nice it will be a big selling point and likely to encourage people to book a viewing.
If you're selling I think you need to stop thinking of it as your kitchen /house and get over the trauma of what happened.

Dying to know who the company are? Are they a well known one or an independent local one?
How did they even know the Facebook group existed?

Lots of companies go into administration then set a new one up with a slightly different name. Happens a lot with double glazers. It happened with a window company we used.

I have moved so often. I would automatically discount a house with no kitchen photos. It would not get past first hurdle.

The company who installed your kitchen would be entitled to use photos they took of it.

@Mandyjack Not necessarily. It's true that if they took the photographs that they would own the copyright in them.

However, subject to the terms of your contract and what you agreed, you could object to use on a public website on the basis of invasion of privacy as it is your private home.

I'm not saying anyone would necessarily just that it is possible just as it is to include in any contractual agreement and express term refusing use of images on a website for any contractual services -whether that is installing a kitchen, doing the garden or cleaning.

I've seen lots of cleaners doing this on facebook - photographing private homes before and after - and every time I see that I wonder whether the owners have any idea that their messy bedroom is being used to advertise a service.

Company I worked for did it twice in 3 years. Meant they could shed staff without paying redundancy, write off debts to the suppliers and then transfer the rest of us across.

This was in hospitality but same thing...... company called in administrator's and closed units. No liability for redundancy pay, rent arrears etc. Re started 48 hours later with millions in "new investment " and slightly different name. Redundancy was paid by the insolvency service (out of everyone's NI contributions).

They did this three times in 4 years. Guess who didn't lose their fancy cars and big houses.....

I was leading the group of hundreds to take them down but we were told that while it was morally wrong it was all still legal.

So yes, they can do this.

Don’t give the company any more control over you.

You will lose out on potential buyers and possibly affect the amount you can sell for if you don’t market such a strong selling point.

You are being a bit precious about it!

What an absolute nightmare Op - hope
You get the house sold and the kitchen makes you a fortune.

Same here

It will be a bit of a red flag for anyone viewing the particulars. If any rooms are missing - particularly one as important as the kitchen - you immediately think that the seller has something to hide, something that would put you off viewing if you did see a photograph of it. Is there any way of working with the estate agent to get at least a bit of a picture that you are happy to share - i.e. one particular angle that at least shows part of the room?

Agree, the final revenge (and hopefully a bit of compensation) would be to get your money back in the best possible sale price.

Assuming you actually don’t want to sell the house , very odd and would ring alarm bells .