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Still no viewings!!

43 replies

landwhale · 07/07/2014 22:20

Posted about a week ago saying our house has been on since 18th june (zoopla since 22nd) and we have only had one viewing. Had feedback today and it turns out that one viewing was because her brother sold us the house so she wanted a nose Sad my lovely mil had the kids overnight so we could make sure house looked perfect Sad really annoyed.
Can you have a look at the listing for feedback please? EA took photos when I wasn't prepared. I said I would do them during the lightest parts of day but she did them while I was seeing to the kids then wouldn't use mine. Angry Also we are currently putting a fence up In back garden. Should be done by the weekend. House is situated next to a pub and shop which i feel is reflected in the price as not as private as we'd like (tho no issue with noise)

Anyway, here's my house: m.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/33580148

Be brutal! Grin

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PeterParkerSays · 08/07/2014 12:03

The tree in picture 15 would put me off - its position near the flat roofed extension suggests its roots may cause problems with subsidence. Is it better than the photos make it appear?

I'd also give your sofa cushions a shake before you have the living room photos redone - they were the first things I noticed but they're going with you so shouldn't be catching your eye.

BBQsAreSooooOverrated · 08/07/2014 12:09

House

mistlethrush · 08/07/2014 12:22

Looks a nice house - really bizarre photos though - did they have a work experience person with them taking them?

The black plastic around the tree - have you covered that in some sort of mulch of any sort like bark or gravel as that would make the back garden look better.

What is the blue on the front corner of the bay???

Wishfulmakeupping · 08/07/2014 12:26

House is lovely but the pictures are bloody awful need redoing ASAP in the meantime get then to get rid of photo 4,5,6 and 13 to start with. I think with the right photos it would get interest straight away

cestlavielife · 08/07/2014 12:36

where do you park your car? looks like a main road that you cannot park on

HelpMeGetOutOfHere · 08/07/2014 12:39

Inside of the house looks lovely, far too many outside pictures, perhaps just one when the front is tidy and the looking down on to the garden shot, lose the pics of the pub very close by and the lack of privacy with the railings to the road.

I think the pub being so close and obvious in the picture will put a lot of people off even viewing as they will imagine that there will be lots of noise of an evening and maybe even trouble/fights etc. So losing evidence of that in the listing would be good.

Pictures of the rooms rather than what is in the room.

BobbyGentry · 08/07/2014 12:39

House is lovely but the skip & public fencing in photo 4 and then the pub in view in photo 11 don't sell the house; makes me think it'll be noisy at the weekends.

BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 08/07/2014 12:44

BIZARRE photos.

Insist they come down immediately - if they make a fuss start talking about invasion of privacy - photos are full of personal details and a name, as they were taken when you EXPRESSLY said you weren't ready.

Hismumhermum · 08/07/2014 13:24

As per an earlier poster, there is no way the garden is 10 metres wide.

HenI5 · 08/07/2014 13:27

I agree those photos are dire and being brutal if I looked at picture one I'd click away to another house to look at.

OP you're right, familiarity breeds contempt they say, or, in other words you're not looking at the house as if you were a stranger so you're not seeing for yourself all the things that are being pointed out. To be fair, your Agent should be looking with fresh eyes and the main opportunities to make the most of what they're selling. I wouldn't let them use photos that didn't have my prior approval.
It looks like it was a dull day, but they hadn't bothered to put any lights or to do even the most basic editing of the prints (see attached) I don't even have a programme for photos, that was just done in 'Office' The photos are a major sales tool and they're just not doing that job.

In addition to what you've already been advised I'd say that some of those photos make the house look like a rental, a photo of all the locks on the front door, admirable for your security but not particularly engaging for a viewer, stickers on the washing machine and tumble dryer, the curtains rucked up, untidy garden and all the weeds along the fences, those things just say 'unloved' All the stuff on top of the kitchen cupboards suggest that there isn't enough storage, although I see from the written details that you have a larder cupboard. You're trying to sell a home and to convince someone else that it'll make a lovely home for them too. The photos need to say look at this, this is what you want.

Brighten up your bathroom with a nice potted fern or an orchid plant and some colourful liquid soap and towels, make sure there is an indication of the stand alone shower and have all the photos reshot on a much brighter day. Make sure the Agent only uses photos that show rooms and outside in the best possible way and give them a pep talk.
I know they can't always filter out complete time wasters, but I don't think it sounds like they're on their game at all.

Still no viewings!!
landwhale · 08/07/2014 13:39

Thank you all so much!

I agree totally with all of them.

The big tree would cost way too much to remove and we really don't have that right now. Tbh I'd probably be nipping to home bargains to get some bits to jazz the place up for the pictures.

I'm reallllly tempted to send a link of this thread to ea! I won't but I will say 'lots of people have commented on the pictures so for the love of god use mine'

Front garden never gets any love purely because we forget about it. Access the house from the side so it is totally neglected.

It's nice tomorrow so I'm gonna chuck dh and dc out the hosue for a couple of hours, print of the lists above and get cracking! Will hopefully be able to send you an updated link of my newly photographed house in a week!

Thank you again :) my friends and family have clearly been too polite, but honesty is what we needed!! Thanks

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landwhale · 08/07/2014 13:43

just refreshed page and about 20 more posts came up that I didn't see before! back to work now, but I will read them all tonight. Thank you all again :)

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HenI5 · 08/07/2014 13:49

OP don't suppose you saw this thread LINK There's a proactive Agent for you.

Off we all went to look and suddenly Jessie from the Agency posted - they'd looked at where the traffic to view was coming from and traced back to the MN thread Grin

steppemum · 08/07/2014 14:07

photos are dark, especially the one of the kitchen showing the table, this is a lovely large family kitchen, the photo doesn't reflect that.

same with bedroom shots.

Front garden, trim the bushes and cut the grass, tidy it up a bit.
Cut the grass verge if it will appear in the photos.

Too many pictures of the outside, choose on or two that look good and ditch the rest

mumma24 · 08/07/2014 14:15

Your property looks lovely, I would definitely have the pictures retained on a bright sunny day, estate agents where I live always use a wide angled lens, I'm not keen on the fence, as not private but I'm sure potential buyer could sort that out

mumma24 · 08/07/2014 14:16

Retaken not retained

Springcleanish · 08/07/2014 14:23

Terrible photos, definitely redo. Make house look cramped and dreary when it clearly isn't. Is the big tree at side of house yours? It looks really close, so people might worry about roots etc.

you've clearly worked hard on the house and photos don't do it justice.
Please show us your new pics too. Good luck.

mrsbucketxx · 08/07/2014 15:05

i think the main thing is how dark it looks insist that when they take the photos all the lights are on and the flash is used.

and i would sent this to your ea why not your the client remeber there meant to keep you happy and sell houses.

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