Has anyone used one of those cash for homes type things?

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I'm dubious. Very dubious What do they DO with all the houses they buy?

Anyway are there any that are vaguely better than others and worth getting a price from?

We live in a small village, house on the market, no viewings. House we want to buy is not on the open market but the owner has finished sorted through it (bereavement) and if we don't find a buyer for ours pronto to be able to proceed will be putting it on the market. We really, really, do not want to lose it. Small village, few options. It is one of very, very few houses that would give us the space we want. On other was on the market a while back, we procrastinated, it wasn't quite the right time and we had a few doubts and it sold.

Any ideas? What can we do to sell or at least generate interest that we have the potential to sell and the owner of the other place is happy to hold off a bit longer?

I agree with Story - it's a lovely house, but it needs 'dressing' for the photos.

The photos aren't good enough, the second one particularly is off putting as it makes the living room look gloomy. How many viewings have you had this year? What was the feedback? I'd speak to the estate agent and say you're thinking of instructing another agent and speak to one or two. If the only thing they're doing is putting it on RightMove, then you can do that yourself by using an online agent for a fraction of the cost.

Have you reduced the price since you put it on the market last year? To be frank, that is going to be a major factor in getting people through the door. Before you look at accepting a 75% of value offer from one of these dodgy companies, look at what your minimum price is. If you can reduce your asking price now, do so. Look at other comparable villages and see what houses there are fetching.

Your house is great - lots of useful space upstairs. What Storybrook says re finishing touches. I wouldnt be happy with the photos. They need flash or to be brightened up.

thanks for the feedback, sorry not really had the chance to respond, been on long shift. dh now agrees i was right about the photos so that's good! i do agree about dressing the rooms and removing bits and bobs, i tried and i knew there were last min bits to remove but was waiting to know what angle photo was going to be from so could put stuff out of sight except photographer zoomed through in 30 seconds and never gave me a chance. to whoever said about bathroom and putting a loo upstairs, yes it is downstairs, pretty normal around here given the she of the houses, no i can't put one on upstairs, nowhere to put one and even if there were there is no way we'd get the money back value wise.

Could you not find space for a small room with just a wc and basin upstairs? We had similar work done and it cost us £2300. It is a lot of money when you might not recoup it but it is a lot less than the discount that a house buying company would want. I suppose I'm coming from the point of view that buyers with young children are not going to want the children traipsing from loft bedrooms to the ground floor at nighttime to use the loo. But if that's how houses are built round there then maybe people don't mind it so much.

well when you go up you stand on the top step and on your left is the door to the master bedroom and on your right the door to the second bedroom and the stairs to the loft, it would be extremely difficult to take a chunk out of a bedroom.