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If you describe a house you've viewed as "very tired"...

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abbey44 · 08/06/2019 21:57

...what exactly do you mean...?

I've got my house on the market at the moment, not for the first time, so I thought I knew the ropes. I had it redecorated inside and out, neutral (F&B) colours, decluttered, all the odd jobs done, professionally cleaned top to bottom, you know the sort of thing. Got it as close as I thought was humanly possible to show home state, booked the dog into kennels and me away for a couple of weeks. (So no chance of it being messed up!)

Had a viewing and the feedback was "has everything we're looking for but very tired, needs completely redecorating and recarpeting to our taste, concrete dug out between flagstones (???), will think about it and let you know"

Now, I know you haven't to take these things personally, but I'm quite honestly baffled by this. I can sort of see the redecorating and recarpeting thing, as everyone likes to put their own mark on a place, I've just come back home, and been over the flagstones to look for these dug out bits, no sign, so I don't know what that's all about, but it's the "very tired" that I'm a tiny bit miffed about, if I'm honest. To me that says it's tatty and outdated, avocado bathroom and swirly carpet territory, but it's a world away from that...

Anyone got a grip to hand to me...?

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TrickyKid · 08/06/2019 23:28

I think they're having a laugh. It may not be to their taste buts is certainly not tired.

Yeahsurewhatever · 08/06/2019 23:31

I always thought tired meant a bit tatty

However from experience, we would often view so many houses in a day that they would get a bit confused and I'd give the wrong feedback about the wrong house or just give generic feedback, or make something up to appease estate agents who insist on a tangible reason.

lifebegins50 · 08/06/2019 23:38

The floor in dining room would not be too everyone's taste and the grout is dark so I guess that is the reference - but it sounds like they were pushed for feedback.

Teddybear45 · 08/06/2019 23:40

Looks a bit dated to me. I would need to change it too. But that’s probably the entire point of the decoration right - it’s meant to be old country living?

bumblingbovine49 · 08/06/2019 23:48

SoHotDraginRetired . Really? I mean really? Everything you have mentioned is to do with furniture and fittings that the op will take with the. The beams not going with the modern furniture is a complete non issue since the futrniture will be removed before the new owner moves in.

Obviously if they don't like the beams then that is different but they could just say that.

Op. The pictures do not show a tired house at all. Just ignore them. It is one comment. Only pay attention if it seems like a lot of people are saying similar things. You don't need to please everyone, just the person who wants to buy it.

GlitterGlassEye · 08/06/2019 23:48

Your house is absolutely gorgeous. Defo agree with other posters about them setting you up to take a low offer.

EleanorOalike · 09/06/2019 00:01

See it’s all down to personal taste - I love the table set up like that and think it’s a lovely touch. I’m mid 30s and like the shabby chic look so the “slightly distressed furniture” a pp describes is something I like whereas they don’t. They aren’t buying the dinner table or other furniture anyway. The kitchen certainly doesn’t need new units or fittings. Walls can so easily and cheaply be changed to the tastes of the new owner and yours are neutral so very easy to live with. It’s only really the flooring that I think could possibly be an issue (I don’t love it but I could live with it and underfloor heating would be a plus point). Not enough of an issue to call your house dated though or try to put in an embarrassingly low offer.

(And thanks, I’ll look for the key! I’m actually not far from you )

ChequersDog · 09/06/2019 07:45

Surely they’ve confused your house with another one? There’s no way anyone could describe that as very tired!

Eustasiavye · 09/06/2019 07:47

They aren't buying the furniture dictates irrelevant.
Tired to me would mean an avocado bathroom suit or multi coloured patterned carpets, that sort of thing.
Remember there are lots of time wasters out there who just like a nosey.

bebeboeuf · 09/06/2019 07:56

Maybe they thought by the colour of the grout to the flooring that it was cement rather than normal tile grout for flagstones.

If someone was really concerned about the colour of flooring tile grout it’s not a massive job for them to overgrout with a lighter colour.

bebeboeuf · 09/06/2019 07:58

Ps - beautiful house, lovely kitchen and I’d adore a flagstone floor like that.

If I was able to afford a house like that I would be viewing it thinking how lovely and bright it was and excellent high ceilings (whilst worrying about cost to heat it 😆)

If I bought it I’d maybe put blinds up instead of curtains but that’s just my own personal taste and possibly lighten the colour of the beams

CatkinToadflax · 09/06/2019 08:09

What a stunning home - it's beautiful! I agree with a PP who suggested that the viewers are trying to come up with an excuse to make a lower offer. 'Tired' to me is e.g. a 1970s house that's always been lived in by the same person and still has the 1970s pink bathroom suite, bright brown carpets, brown swirly kitchen etc.

FermatsTheorem · 09/06/2019 08:21

As someone trying to sell a house which almost certainly does look tired (you try keeping on top of the decoration while being a single parent and holding down a job) I'd say your house was anything but tired. Agree with PP that they're negging you to try to get a lower price.

I was researching this online the other day, and Dr Google tells me that the average house in the UK takes 15 to 20 viewings before it sells. I don't think you can afford, emotionally speaking, to dissect every response in forensic detail when most of the time it's someone who's been put on the spot by the agent's follow up call the next day and just waffled out the first thing in their mind.

LadyGAgain · 09/06/2019 08:28

Did the estate agent not challenge them on that feedback as it looks beautiful and very far from tired.
We moved last year - it took ages and honestly our experience with estate agents (all bar one) wasn't positive. Next to useless they all were. It's their JOB to market and SELL your home. Most couldn't have sold a bottle of water to a human stranded in the middle of the Sahara. And there in lies your problem.

Silvercatowner · 09/06/2019 08:40

:( I think I'd quite like to live in a 'tired' house. I can't bear all the 'has to be up to date and latest trend' stuff.

Pleasebequietnow · 09/06/2019 08:47

I wouldn’t give it a second thought, OP. Your house looks beautiful.

It is definitely a traditional style, but it looks like it works perfectly in a traditional home.

NicoAndTheNiners · 09/06/2019 08:48

Doesn't look tired at all.

Guess they want stuff like an ultra modern, glossy kitchen and in their mind any decor which isn't of such a fashion is "tired". They just have different tastes. I'm sure someone will come along who appreciates your decor, etc. Because I don't think not being keen on a style of kitchen, etc is good enough reason to try and knock down the price which I suspect they may do if they can't find anything else. It would be different if it was a tatty, chipped kitchen.

MedalMedalMedal · 09/06/2019 08:57

It’s lovely and not at all tired.

I think they probably liked it very much, but have said that to try to play it cool (which makes them look a bit ridiculous because it’s clearly far from true) and use their comment as leverage on negotiating the price. I bet you hear back from them.

BentNeckLady · 09/06/2019 09:15

They’re probably the kind of people who like the modern style. Bit rude of them to criticise your him because it’s not how they would have it. It isn’t tired at all.

Fibbke · 09/06/2019 09:18

Fucking hell. They'd have my house condemned if they described yours as tired!!

GreasedPiglet · 09/06/2019 09:23

😂 Fibbke, I was just thinking something similar about mine.

GhostIsAGoodBoi · 09/06/2019 09:28

Fucking Hell OP, it’s beautiful and the sort of house I’ll likely never be able to afford

They’d condemn my shabby terrace too 😂

museumum · 09/06/2019 09:37

I hate the whole feedback thing. You view a house then if you’re not putting an offer in right then you’re pressured and pressured for “feedback” when the decision is so personal and whatever you do say as feedback is then taken as an insult or “not true” or “too picky”. Nobody owes anyone a housesale, if it’s not for them then it’s not. Most people go on gut and emotion anyway. The right match to buy your house will come along. Expecting it right away is like expecting to marry your first ever online date.

bebeboeuf · 09/06/2019 09:58

Feedback that isn’t constructive is worthless though

If you are asked for feedback and it’s just that the house isn’t for you as you’re not quite feeling it then that is the feedback you give

No need to make up something that isn’t going to help anyone

SusieQ5604 · 09/06/2019 10:02

Your house is beautiful!

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