Why isn’t my flat selling??

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AIBU in thinking my flat should’ve sold months ago??
Had loads of viewings but no offers.

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The washing machine will be in the kitchen.

A loft is a storage space at the top of the house.

Thank you! Is the laundry machine one that does wash and dry? They are showing up more and more in the smaller homes in my area. They save a lot of space, though I've never tried one.

Loft space=attic space. Again, thank you. On this side of the pond, a loft is usually a room built off a high-ceilinged room, with either stairs or a ladder for access. Usually, they only have three walls with the front of the room overlooking the bigger room below.

I also am loving the towel warmers in the bathroom. I want to get one when we redo our bathroom. Around my area, they aren't popular.

lovely flat but I would say because it is on what looks to be a main road that could be an issue and you need to reduce it to compensate for the road.

I bought on a main road (or rather the corner property siding onto a main road and I had to really reduce the price by about 15% to get rid of it. (Although it does look quite keenly priced as it is)

On this side of the pond, a loft is usually a room built off a high-ceilinged room, with either stairs or a ladder for access. Usually, they only have three walls with the front of the room overlooking the bigger room below.

I'd call that a mezzanine.

The second bedroom isn't a double. The photo shows a single along the long wall. There's no configuration that would fit a double without a massive gap at the window end as the wall comes in - it's not a square room.

How does it compare to 1 double/1 single roomed flats price-wise?

We were evicted from our flat cap...

No idea. It's beautiful.

I didn't notice that. I cannot stand feeling warm, so I have my window open all fall, winter, spring until I turn on the a/c. Even when we were having highs of 8 degrees F with below zero wind chill, that window stayed open.

I think your second bedroom needs 'staging better'. There's too much furniture in it, it doesn't look like a generous second bedroom. You need to make it look less long and thin!
I guess all the viewers feel your flat isn't quite worth the money you want - afterall someone will buy it at the right price.
The glass doors from your main bedroom into a shared garden might be putting quite a lot of buyers off, also a windowless kitchen...
Sound like it's also on a busy road.

My thoughts too. With the dark floors, other bits need to be light. I know this is just the furnishings but I wouldn’t visit it based on the pictures. I really like the kitchen and bathroom. I’m not keen on the fake fireplace either but not much you can do about that. If I’d had to guess the age of the owner from the living room, I would think this belongs to a much older person.

I looked at loads of flats with that long thin second bedroom (its 17ft long!) in edinburgh and there are lots of clever ways to maximise the space if buyers have some vision. The built in high platform beds and desk /wardrobe space built beneath. Not suggesting you do that OP just that people do manage fine.

I don't know the area, but echo the posters saying the second bedroom isn't presented like a double. Also can't make out a shower in the bathroom, so worth photographing that specifically since apparently you have one.

The living area looks lovely to me, but have learned from the thread that the features are ten a penny round there.

Laundry 🤣🤣 it’s a Victorian flat, half these places weren’t even built with kitchens and bathrooms, they had a range in the main living room for cooking. In the uk most of us having a washing machine in the kitchen.

Beautiful flat OP, tastefully decorated.
Please hang on in there, someone will make an offer soon.

Anyone looking for a two bed tenement flat in Edinburgh will be familiar with the layout, including the long narrow second bedroom. Personally I don’t like that layout, but finding a period flat with square rooms is very hard. I don’t think it is the layout or the decor, both are classic Edinburgh. People will either want period or new build, we only looked at period properties in the past but recently we only looked at new build because we wanted allocated parking, a lift and energy efficiency, none of which you get in a tenement, more’s the pity. I suspect the road is the problem, Ferry Road has been plagued by roadworks causing congestion recently. I think it is stretching the definition of Trinity a little.

its all the ‘extras’ that don’t necessarily add value to the property but if there are other properties nearby of similar value that include them then you’re screwed. So parking, own garden etc.. Also I think many people were put off flat living in the pandemic. You’ll have to bring the price down

Professional couple or singleton maybe?

I know the area.

The location right on Ferry road would put me off. Where on earth do you park?

I drove down Craighall road the other day and there was barely a parking space until I got to the very bottom near Mason's.

Just looked on right move in your area for sale properties within 1/4 of a mile

Yours is currently selling for £4385/m2
The one below ( also a 2bed flat) has SSTC for £3378/m2

i don’t know if there’s a difference in area,
But this is a big difference financially

As a potential first time buyers property I think people just want to get on the rung and with the increase in Stamp Duty after April many are already in the process of buying. So there are less people looking at the moment

"The flat includes two generously sized double bedrooms" the single bed make the room look small it's long but needs to look wider, I would take the bed out photo the hole room show the length

It's a double bed.

My thoughts exactly. There is a plan in the listing and yes, the room is essentially a long corridor so maybe generously sized in terms of ft2 but can hardly be called a double.
There is also no EPC on the listing so it could be absolutely dreadful in terms of running costs.

re pp mention of stamp duty changes - doesnt apply in Scotland ( our stamp duty is different)

Also people wanting a modern flat are not the OPs target market so the two dont correspond. Those drawn to traditional tenements are a particular type of buyer.

Also EPC - will be in the Home Report and again, traditional flat hunters will be aware of Victorian quirks.

Flat looks lovely but ground floor on a very busy street and French doors onto shared garden, doesn't offer much privacy. Definitely restricts your market but that doesn't mean the right buyers aren't out there. Might need to drop price though.

Lovely flat. I don’t know the market for that area at all.

But guessing your main market is first time buyers, landlords or downsizers (e.g. relationship breakdown). Most likely household is a 20s/30s professional couple, possibly pregnant or with a young child.

They’re your Insta generation, so you’ve got to grab their attention and sell a lifestyle. They may find the decor a little old-fashioned, spartan and pale (dark walls are a big thing). Suggest it needs to look a bit more like this kind of vibe: https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/ss-h-eclectic-living-room-phvw-vp~121074860

I think it’s easily done without much outlay or hassle, then new set of photos. You could try painting a feature wall in living room and/or main bedroom and losing some of the patterned bedspreads, curtains, rugs etc. Then dress with stuff you already have in similar colours. Put a (vibrant drum) lampshade in the bedroom.

Also, the second bedroom isn’t being shown to its potential. It looks so narrow and the bed is next to the door with no room for a bedside table. Could you reconfigure the furniture and put the bed under the window widthways (says the room is 7’6” wide so should fit) with scatter cushions and move the wardrobe behind the door. Put a rug down. That would make it look wider and more useable, as either a study with spare bed/daybed or baby/toddler room, which is what people will most likely use it for.

Maybe dress the kitchen a little more to give pops of colour: bowl of oranges or yellow vase. Same with bathroom, which looks a little sterile, by adding deep blue/grey (to match the floor) towels and a couple more plants.