Difficult house to sell - long sorry!

[MrsApplepants]

DH's job has moved 300 miles away, so we need to move badly. Currently he lives in hotels Monday to Friday, paid for by his employer for the time being but they will only do this for the next couple of months and then we will have to find him somewhere to rent.

Unfortunately, paying this rent as well as our current mortgage is going to be really tight financially (as well as the effect on our relationship of him being away so much) so we are desperate to sell. House been on market for 2 weeks, 3 views in first few days, nothing since.

Trouble is, while it is a really great house; very spacious 4 double bed character detached with parking, large garden, summerhouse and double garage, it's on a busy A road, with constant traffic noise in the day, although dead quiet at night. Otherwise, good location, outskirts of pretty Kent village, in catchment of excellent secondary school, lots of good local primaries and good commute to London.

We've priced it well, we are after speed, not greed! We do have some room to drop if necessary. Similar properties but in a quieter location command 125K more, so the price has def taken the road into acccount. There's not much else in the area at the price the house is at and the location is popular.

I don't think the issue is price, it's this dratted road. I just don't think anyone's ever going to buy it.

I know it's only been 2 weeks but I'm really worried that this is going to be a millstone round our necks, both financially and emotionally.

Thanks for reading, any support, suggestions gratefully received!!

Sorry - the conversation sort of drifted off. And sorry to yellowwellies for being stroppy - I was irritated with DS, not you!

Good news MrsApplepants - hope you get an offer on Monday :)

I am one of those potential buyers who would wonder about a house that was significantly cheaper in price than others of a similar internal spec...esp if some photos were missing. In the OPs case, potential buyers may be assuming the road noise is much worse than it actually is, esp if the EA is also drawing attention to it and that this is driving the price.

OP hope the EAgency does what you need them to do - pull their socks up by the sound of it.

OP have pm'd you with something I saw in the local advertiser.

See when something is significantly cheaper, if the full structural survey doesn't reveal anything - then I would just assume the house was owned by a 'motivated' seller (divorce, redundancy, debts) who needed to get shot quickly - rather than a kite flyer? When people put daft prices on houses - I just assume they really aren't that bothered about moving and are chancing their luck.

Haha thank you for the apology Dowager - but there is really no need at all, I'm stroppy too

My point is I am not sure whether it would be in the first few houses I would choose to visit, let alone do a full structural survey on...which is what the OP may be experiencing. Esp if the estate agency is cackhandedly making things worse.

But then again, I have wasted far too much time on going out of my way to visit places which were 'cheap for a reason' so I'm jaded.

I'm not commenting on whether the houses in the OPs area are too expensive in absolute terms - they may or may not be. The relative measure is still of some value when it comes to prioritising where to visit first.

We bought our place last year. Our neighbours with the exact same footprint were on the market for £200 k more than we paid! So agree it doesn't necessarily mean anything. No-one bought it and they are still in there.

what is your access/exit onto the A road like? we have a property not a million miles from you, and the biggest problem was the entry onto the A road. do you have mirrors/widened entry etc?

you are, iirc (and if the various campaigns and petitions have yet to change anythign) just after the speed change, going towards Hawkhurst? it is a notorious road, and if I knew the area, it would put me off (sorry)

it is a good price for what you are offering - lovely house. but the location would put me off, unless I absolutely could not afford to buy elsewhere (which is why we ended up with a house along the road from there!).

I feel for you. Is renting it out an option - this is what we are doing with ours, as we would not sell easily, and could not afford the double rent/mortgage issue. it rented well (was empty for 2 months initially), and has always done so since (4 years now).