Honest opinions needed please!

[Slowlybutsurely]

Desperately trying to sell our house and need some honest advice. How can we gain more viewings- and obviously an offer? We have had viewings with very vague feedback- never anything we can do anything about.
Not sure if I'm brave enough to do this but would anyone be able to look at the link and offer some honest advice?
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?searchType=SALE&locationIdentifier=POSTCODE%5E163182&insId=1&radius=0.0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&minBedrooms=&maxBedrooms=&displayPropertyType=&maxDaysSinceAdded=&_includeSSTC=on&sortByPriceDescending=&primaryDisplayPropertyType=&secondaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldDisplayPropertyType=&oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType=&newHome=&auction=false

[ElsieMc]

I think your house looks great and is a good price, or at least it is compared to where I live!

I had my mum's for sale at the same price and it was really old fashioned, clean but spacious enough three bedroomed property with private parking. With the first agent I got no viewings at all, changed after a few months and it went in three days. The bad news was I sold for £124,000. I did this because it was to a cash buyer who could complete in ten days.

I am not for a moment suggesting you reduce like this because your house is basically what DM's would have looked like with £15,000 spent on it.

This house should have sold so perhaps if you reduced to say £139,950 for a quick sale this may be the push you need. You agents need a kick up the backside.

[SquidgyMaltLoaf]

OP I can't remember if they do Eastham but Constables agents are fab if you're thinking of changing. They do accurate valuations and sell houses quickly. They're very efficient!

[pinkdelight]

Definitely see if you can get the schools info fixed. It's a family home and the Rightmove tool shows it's not in catchment for any primary or secondaries. Very frustrating for you if that's not the case as some would dismiss your house immediately as a result. If that tool is inaccurate, it's gonna cock things up for a lot of vendors.

[RaphaellaTheSpanishWaterDog]

I agree that the pics are not doing your oroperty any favours - at the very least they need thinning out so there are no duplicates, but also blinds need opening, table moving to centre of room etc.

It's very de-cluttered, but in some cases this leaves it feeling soulless, so some art on the walls, a throw on the bed will make it look homely without cluttering it up or making it look too much to your personal taste.

The fence colour is rather a marmite type of thing - also, why not paint it all?

Some planting in pots would brighten the front elevation.

For me there are two main issues -

Firstly, the second pic should be a reception room or kitchen shot, not a bedroom - and on that subject, are those damp patches on the wall behind the bed? If not and it's just patchy paint, this needs addressing imho.

Secondly, the price - I'm not familiar with your area and compared to the areas we've lived in/currently live in it does seem very inexpensive, but having a quick scan of RM, it does seem a little overpriced and if something isn't selling price us usually the main issue. Anything will sell at the right price.

I think removing the offers in excess of and the stamp duty incentive and adjusting the price slightly, having first had the pics retaken and the house relaunched may do the trick.....

Good luck OP, it should make someone a lovely home!

[loveareadingthanks]

I don't understand why people are so effected by decor/furniture and can't imagine it their own way, but the fact is, most people can't.

Really just reiterating what was said above on those. Especially the dining room.

Things that would put me off as more to fixing it than just a pot of paint:

I didn't realise there was a blind half down the bedroom window as it's the same shade as the wall, and I looked at that picture and thought 'what a weird shaped window'. Not nice at all. I looked at it for some time and still didn't twig. I even looked back at the external shot of house to see if they were all like that, and concluded that maybe front windows were normal but back windows were weird ones. That would put me off.

Purple garden fence is definitely not most people's taste and I would assume quite a bit of work to sort out. I don't mind repainting a room but the fence as well?