Support thread for those wanting to sell in 2011

[artyjools]

I'm guessing there are a few of us on here. We had our house on the market from late August to late December. Not many viewings, a couple of second viewings, but no offers. We are debating when to put it back on the market again but I am feeling deflated before we even start. We are looking at upsizing from a fairly large family house so we may be needing to construct a lengthy chain below us. We are more than happy for prices to come down, and would lower the price of our house, but some of the houses we were looking at which were taken off the market before Christmas have come on at the same price, so we are totally confused now. Aaaaagggghhhhh!!!

Anyone want to scream with me?

i'll join you, our buyer pulled out today when we were supposed to be exchanging!!

have a thread about it bit will see what tomorrow brings but am sure we will lose 'our'bungalow as the minute it's put on the market it will be snapped up.

oh well we will be busy tomorrow unpacking and getting the house to a presentable standard

I am going to sell in 2011, not just want to. Its the new positive me since we have got a viewing tomorrow! The first since September! However probably by this time tomorrow night I will have crashed back into reality.

Why are you both looking to move? I had a whirlwind romance, whirlwind dog quickly followed by whirlwind baby! My DH bought this house on a whim after he got divorced a few years ago. I am however a country girl and I have now converted him to thinking the same. I detest town living. Also looking to be closer to my Mum for childcare too so I can get back to work full time.

p.s chatee that sounds awful.

Hi Chatee & Gabity (sound like twins!).

Awful position to be in Chatee, but I think that's becoming more and more popular . The bungalow might not sell as quickly as you think. these are sticky times!

We have a few reasons for wanting to move, (although we do love it where we are) - schools, closer to work, more space, just something different really, as we have been here for many years. If we don't move within the next year, we'll have to stay, because of the schooling situation - so its now or never really.

I am needing to move as we currently live in a house and it is not suitable for our dd who is disabled (we have already been refused planning permission, house been on the market for 18 months now and now lost our disabled facilities grant that was awarded as we will need to re apply)
what makes matters worse is she will be a Y7 in september and we are waiting to see which secondary school but looking now I will also have to give up my job to help get her to school whereas at the bungalow there was a local childminder willing to have adhoc after school(and more importantly knew dd and her needs)

still gutted though

You need to stage your house. And stage it like a demon. We sold ours to the second viewer.

Had someone run up some nice Laura Ashley cushions, fresh towels, that sort of thing. Got the kids out of the house, hid all the junk (bin, hoover, iron all that sort of stuff).

My gawd, it looked beautiful!

...and then the kids came back....

What a terrible situation for you, Chatee. Can't social services help you get planning permission?

twosoups, presentation is important but I don't think it makes that much difference in this market. I'm guessing location and price are the main factors.

can't even get a sw for dd so get absolutely nothing-no support it's only me and dh and the kids, and i feel really sorry for them at the moment.

this has really depressed me -we have wasted £1000 on this sale and that is good money to us that really we could have used to get dd a new wheelchair for secondary school(as the nhs provided are so heavy that it is three times the work to maneouvre the thing and nearly kills me transporting it in and out of the car at least 4 times each a week)

we have been to the estate agents and reduced the price for a short period for proceedable purchasers (and we will find out tonight if mr vendor for the bungalow will give us a months grace to find another buyer)

so fingers crossed x

There must be someone who can help, at the very least with getting you a lighter wheelchair, Chatee. Isn't there a voluntary/charitable organisation which could help? What about the citizen's Advice Bureau?

How is it going with the sale/purchase?

I can give you two things above all that you should do.

Make it easy for any potential buyer to view your house. If you both work get the agent to show people round. There was one house, that looked so good on paper, that we never managed to view. We made several attempts but it was never convenient for the vendor!

Make sure the particulars are accurate and not misleading. If the viewer feels cheated they are not going to view your property in the right frame of mind.