Question for those of you who have recently sold a house

[ComeOVeneer]

How long was it on the market before it was undef offer? Our estate agent reckoned it would be in under a fortnight. ^ weeks later no joy. Please cheer me up and tell me that isn't unusual.

we've had 3 or 4 offers, been on market for 3 or so weeks, plenty of viewings.

You are not helping .

We have had about 30-40 viewings.

we haven't accepted them

ours sold in about 6 weeks but we had offers after 2.

It depends on the market in your area. Not just the general market, but the market in houses of you particular size/age/style.

My house took 6 months to sell, then the sale fell through. Took another month with a different agent to sell it to the couple who actually bought it (7 week completion). We knew the house would take a while to shift as we put it on in late Sept which is when the housing market slows down to a near stop (in my area, anyway). We knew realistically that it would be close to spring before we saw any real action.

houses of your particular...

Don't worry - I should think your estate agent was being highly optimistic. Don't know where you are in the country but in the south east in particular the housing market has slowed considerably in the last couple of years. We are in the northern home counties. We put our old house on the market in early April 2005 and we got an offer on it in early December. This is not unusual in our area.

Also depends what you are trying to sell ie. there are more people interested in smaller houses and a smaller market the bigger the houses get further up the chain.

This time of year is fairly quiet too - people are thinking more of holidays, not new houses. September is the 2nd busiest time in the housing market, we were told.

I can sympathise. I well remember selling our 1st house in 2 weeks in the 1980's, the 2nd house took 2 months, so we seem to be increasing dramatically every time we move. Good luck.

ours has been up for 5 weeks, had 4 viewings and no offers.

But there are 7 others houses near me battling for buyers, the bastards.

olive, what colour is your front door? we painted ours and everyone who's been round says it's their favourite colour it's a bit like Blue Ground

black

the other ones are all plastic and ours is the original one with original glass an everyfin

we did our last front door in green blue

also nice

bloody Cannon and Ball paint, what's up with Dulux?

thing is Olive - it goes on beautifully and seems to go a long way too

My new gorgeous reclaimed early victorian door will be adorned with gorgeous F&B Railings and some fabbo new chrome door furniture

ours is crown (or dulux) but inspired by poncey paint colour.

My old front door at recently sold house was a dark, glossy blue. Like F&B's Hague Blue.

door furniture????

it's a friggin letterbox woman

or handle

tut olive, it's no wonder you've had no offers. get with the lingo girl and then count your pennies...

lol OO

Ok then ladies any tips to make my house so utterly desirable they will be beating down the front door (whatever it's colour) with offers?

does that mean my yard is a 'pleasant outdoor space'?

No, it means it is a "Mediterranean-style courtyard perfect for alfresco-dining"

windows open
everywhere clean clean clean (pita with 2 sprogs let me tell you)
repaint - all of our rooms are spotless

but we still haven't sold!

I WANT A GARDEN FFS.