I think to be blunt, you’ve fucked it mate.
I think your best bet (not knowing your finances) is to let it. Get a cheap kitchen in, white, high gloss. Get the garden in a state that tenants can use it - seed it or <shudders> pave over it. Get the gas certificates and everything up to code and let it.
If you need to sell it:
-you need to lighten the outside. The black is absolutely awful with the brick tone. Can’t do anything about the windows now but you can do the cladding and garage door. You could go bright with it and make it really eye catching
-you’re not going to be able to add it in that lovely flower bed now, so hanging baskets and planters are going to be your friend here. Ideally you’d have tried to block up the semi-circle of bedding plants in a fashion similar to the driveway and said something about making it usable for multiple vehicles.
-reseed the garden
-need to do the kitchen. The green is very jarring as the only colour in the house. It’s a bit ‘hospital green’, I’d have gone more muted or bold jewel tones to be trendy
-The house is very cluttered but very empty at the time. It feels like a flip because there’s still tools and stuff on cupboards but you’ve just shoved a bottle of redox in the bathroom. Clear out all DIY bits. Then decide if you’re going to sell the house empty or if you’re going to dress the house. Selling it empty, the rooms look small but dressing it you’re going to have invest and do it properly.
-if selling empty, everything goes. Everything. You keep a toilet roll on the holder and a small, clean hand towel. Make sure the estate agent keeps the lights on for the photos because it’s going to look dark and small
-if dressing it, you need furniture. IKEA furniture is fine but it needs to match, so pick a black or a wood effect don’t mix and match. I would probably go with a white or light wood effect to bring some light in. Probably a bright coloured sofa. Or some bright coloured cushions. Introduce elements of that colour throughout the house (towels in the bathroom, cushions on the bed, art work). Get some artwork on the walls. Get some lamps and get the estate agent to turn them on for photos. You could create a lovely cosy look. Put some plants out. Get some bedsheets that fit the mattress properly.
-if selling, you need a 360 view because it’s really hard to get the flow of the house
You also need to be aware that the market just hasn’t moved in 3 years (or more likely 2 years and a couple of months). We bought in 2023 at a similar price to you and we wouldn’t make a lot if we were to sell our house now. I think we could put it on for about £10k more and get what we paid for it. Despite doing work to it. Priced at that level, I think it would go quite quickly and it’s still a good deal comparative to what else is on the market in that price range. So thinking you can make £100K is really out of touch.
Generally, I think it’s not a 4 bed. They are 4 small bedrooms and there isn’t enough living space for a four bed or enough outside space. It obviously is 4 bedrooms but it’s not really appealing to families as they’ll be on top of each other in the living space. So that is also going to lower your potential audience.
Additionally, it’s still got a funky layout. A downstairs toilet and directly opposite, a downstairs full bathroom. It’s not the end of the world but the toilet is redundant when there is a full bathroom just 5 steps away. It’s more cleaning. It wouldn’t stop me buying the house if it ticked all my other boxes but it’s definitely something annoy me if it’s not ticking all the boxes. Again, limiting your audience a bit more.
These potentially lower pools of people the house will appeal to also need to be taken into account if you’re trying to flip it and make it a profit. It’s just a bit too niche for a flip.