selling - how important is a floorplan?

[PrairieDog]

We are trying to get our house on the market. We don't live in it and in fact live a few hours away so am doing things remotely.

I am finding it almost impossible to get started and can't even seem to manage to get valuations done! I know the market is slow and maybe if things aren't really moving the agents aren't very motivated but I find it unbelievable that I'm having to chase and chase just to get them to go round! They do have to pick up keys from the letting agent but that shouldn't be too bloody difficult.

Its a really nice house and its in an area where a couple have actually sold in the last 2 weeks so I don't get it. Out of 3 only 1 has been round and called me straight back. The second went after 3 phone calls (!) and the 3rd I think has been but has not called me to discuss and is was not in the office yesterday and might be back later today or might not apparently.

Have told them all we are really keen to get going immediately. Am inclined to go with the only keen one but they don't do floorplans and I know that's something that puts me off so surely puts others off too?

I can't see that being useless and slow at this stage is a good sign so is having no floorplans on rightmove etc a real no no?

Not the most exciting issue but I would love opinions.

No, but I have worked in Estate Agents offices a bit (subtle difference)!

I am just saying for me they are not essential, tis all. I could tell if a room was going to be big enough by the dimensions.

And houses round here are 95% Victorian terraces - they all have exactly the same layout .

I'm not very good with dimensions and they're utterly hopeless when they say things like '3.2m into alcove' with no mention of how deep the alcove is. Where I live, all the houses are different (built between 1900 and 1930) so floorplans really help.

Layout is important to me. I want to know that a house is liveable and that to me means rooms that flow in a sensible manner. I want to know which windows overlook the garden, and where the outside doors are positioned. I want to know if I can knock out walls to make open plan living spaces that work. All of this can be done easily from a floor plan, so I can save myself, vendors and agents valuable time in wasted viewings, as Befuzzled rightly points out.