Anyone fancy advising me about my house?

[pooter]

Hi. We put our house on the market about 6wks ago - 6 viewings, two offers, but low ones.

Things have gone quiet now. I know it's a bad time of year to sell etc, but would you have a look at it on rightmove and tell me what i should to to make it more attractive?

I think its the outside that lets it down, but i am at a loss to think what i can do about that.

We were advised by two estate agents to put it on for £275k and one for £250k. We went with £250 as i thought 275 was pushing it a bit, and i didnt really want to wait forever to sell, but the offer we had was 220 then raised to 230. I really think 250 is a very good price for our house!

So - how can i make it look more tempting?
Thanks everyone!
here it is

Thanks Flipflop - some good ideas - i will try to sort something out this weekend.

My advice - see if the £230 is still available, or accept that you will need to apply to schools where you are and not lose the money you have already laid out on the house.

either paint wood at the front a lighter colour or pout some evergreen plants outside.

I'm not sure it's worth moving for help when your dh is only going to be away 2 nights per week. What sort of help will your parents give?

Your dc will get older and it gets easier meanwhile you left a house you love?

If you have had offers then people are showing interest in your house but they feel it's worth less than you want to sell it for. Which is a pain but you can't really change it.

Now that people have access to sold prices they will have checked what you bought it for and what similar houses are selling for.

Zoopla told us that with the money we'd spent on it, our house was worth £220k. We achieved £165K on an asking price of £168k.

I really don't think you can take Zoopla as gospel. A house is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.