Trying to sell house am so fed up already

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Back story house up for sale for 4 months last year lots of viewings no offers but was expecting dd so took it off market.
My beautiful dd has since arrived and so house back on market since last week- I'm already so fed up :(
Had 2 viewings which were both a total waste of time, its such hard work trying to get the house ready for a viewing with a young baby.
We need to sell and move to a bigger house ASAP I need to keep going but feel like I'm falling at the first hurdle :(
Any tips to sell house/cope with viewings or just kick me up the arse greatly recieved

Hi, I totally get where you are coming from. Last year we were selling (sold but sale fell through), took off market due to other stuff going on and now HAVE to sell so pressure is on. Not yet on market but already dreading it. My kids are older but also impossible to tidy around.

I wouldn't mind the tidying up etc but the viewing we've had have been total timewasters :( going to ask agent to put on a floor plan which might help a bit

Did you get a lot of viewings last yearunderthemountain

If you know for definite that your house is unsuitable for certain people, such as elderly or larger families etc, it would be an idea to speak with your agent and ask to only arrange viewings for suitable people. Or if it has a certain problem that might put off potential buyers, such as a busy road or no bath etc, ask the EA to mention it to them prior to booking.

We knew our house was more suited to a couple or small family with one child, as that's why we're moving. We kept getting families, who then fedback that it was too small.
Eventually a retired couple offered on it.

Can you feedback to the EA that the viewings have been timewasters and ask them what kind of pre-qualification they are doing on viewers? Or are they just letting everyone through the door? However, you do have to accept a certain amount of disruption and frankly, general stupidity, from some viewers who seemingly haven't read the details properly, bothered to check things important to them like school catchment etc before rocking up on your doorstep.

Also make sure that your details are accurate and give as much information as possible and yes, get a floor plan up.

We sold relatively quickly the first time-maybe five or six viewings? Then went back on market and had four or five more then seemed to dry up. It certainly felt like a lot of tidying up though! New agent suggested open viewings sun afternoons-so hopefully more people would turn up for the same amount of tidying. Market has really changed since last year though-prices have dropped as well so I am worried it will be that much more difficult now.

Yes good ideas thanks all, problems so far is location- obviously map is on details and that house opens into house- no hallway so think floor plan should help that.

House selling is so stressful, esp if you have a small baby.

This was in 2009 and we are in London (which can be a faster moving market than elsewhere) but we had a great experience when we changed to a more expensive (3% I think) but aggressive agent.

With the orignal agent we had a few viewings and a low offer.

The new agent's tried and tested approach was a viewing day. They basically whipped up loads of viewers who were all encouraged to view at 10 mins slots. We drove by and there was a queue out the door. It cut down the number of viewings to us, which is good with kids.

We ended up with 4 offers and settled on one which was £45k more than the low offer previously, this was 4 months later.

Having viewed houses during viewing days I am a real believer in the physcology (sp) of them. It encourages buyers etc!!

Could that be an option for you?

That sounds like a good idea might put that forward :)
Has feedback rather strange she loves the house but says it would take too long to take her kids to school but feel encouraged its not an outright no

Urgh I know where you are coming from. We are living in my parents old house which we are helping them sell while we buy our own house. Theirs has been on the market since 1st Feb. We have had about 40+ viewings all of which have amounted to nothing. Keeping everything tidy has been very stressful and now we have to keep everything tidy while packing a large 5 bed house before we move in 3 weeks time. I am so stressed that my shoulders keep going into spasm from the tension (which doesn't aid the packing).

Anyway the best advice I can give you is definitely do the viewing day. Get someone to have the baby the day before so you can have a mad few hours of cleaning.

Also don't get yourself too het up about everything being perfect. People are looking at the size of rooms and layout more than anything. I am guilty of trying to be a perfectionist but I think too many of these tv programs put extra pressure on us that houses have to be show homes to sell. It just isn't true.

We bought a house that was a tip because the rooms were a good size and location perfect. As long as you don't have washing up everywhere and rubbish all over the floors it won't make too much difference.

Washing all over the floor might be an idea actually! About 10 years ago when we were selling our house, I stood at the top of the stairs one morning and threw a load of laundry down which landed by the front door. On my way down after it, I was mighty surprised when the door opened to show an estate agent and two potential viewers for the house. The EA forgot to phone to confirm the viewing and assumed I would be at work. The viewers daintily stepped over dh's dirty shirts, carried on with the viewing and bought the house!

I think getting a floor plan is great idea, we use it a lot when deciding whether to bother going to see a property - and even more useful if it includes square metres.