How to sell unsellable house

[Hemlock2013]

Evening all,

I’m in the process of putting my house on the market. I’ve looked through lots of threads here and I fear my house is completely unsellable.

Downsides
Front door opens on to lounge
Bathroom is downstairs off the kitchen
We have a shared access for our next door neighbour through garden
No off road parking

Up sides
In village of outstanding natural beauty area
Large open plan lounge diner
New kitchen and bathroom
Insulated electric shed office (nice with carpet etc)

Feeling like I’ll never sell after reading stuff on here... have I got any hope???

Tia

None of that makes it unsellable-after all, you bought it once! You just need to reflect all those things, good and bad, in the price and make sure it’s realistic. Good luck!

Every house will sell at the right price. What is standard for your area? A lot depends on local housing stock, in some areas what you describe is the norm.

You bought it so it must have some good stuff going for it!

I wouldn’t worry too much about the comments on the other threads. Some of the advice was absurd. If it’s priced sensibly it will sale

The only thing that would put me off is the shared access thru garden. That would stop me from even looking at it. But if that’s normal for your area then it shouldn’t be a deal breaker.
Auction will guarantee a sale if you price it correctly. Speak to some estate agents they should be able to help you.

Prices are a real variety. The village is a true hotch pitch of different housing. Small Victorian cottages (two up two down) with a smaller footprint have gone for as much as £350k, three beds in same road but newer and less up to date decor go for 350k too. So hard to judge tbh.

I guess I’ll have to be led by the ea...

The shared access is normal for the area although not all properties have it. Certainly the older Victorian ones do

Yeah so we loved the fact that it’s opposite a church so not overlooked. It’s at the top of the hill and views are amazing.

Also it was good value because of the bad sides mentioned above!!

Of course. Anything sells at the right price. Ask SE real estate agents round and, if you really are keen to sell, pay more attention to those who give you the lower valuations.

Ugh! SE real = several

Does it always look awful if you Mia judge and go too high then reduce? I mean, how important is the initial pricing do you think??

If you price it right it will sell. It honestly always comes down to price.

I would do your research into the EAs you have round. Filter rightmove to show just their properties and see how many they have actually sold.

Don't always trust their valuations too, do your own research and look at prices of houses around you that have actually sold recently.

it depends why you are selling if you absolutely have to sell in 3 months you need to price close to the lowest you will accept if several interested they will outbid each other there is no point in listing at 350 then 325 then 315 personally I think you really need to try and price right from the get go.
in certain type of houses downstairs bathrooms are the norm and can only be moved upstairs by making one bedroom tiny so it is not feasible not many people want a 1 bed cottage with a boxroom 2 decent bedrooms and downstairs bathroom is better
if you share access (provided it is true) speak about lovely neighbours and how it has never been a problem and it works really well so you answer the question before it is asked, also how easy is it to park right outside your house if you can no problem if you frequently end up parking 100 metres away it is

It's pretty normal to start too high and have to reduce, not least because EAs know they are more likely to get the business if they say they can get you a high price. Not the end of the world at all. But have a strategy - if it doesn't sell in a few weeks, do something about it (Eg drop the price).

We and some friends put our small 3 bed houses on the market in the same week. We went with a lower valuation and sold for over asking price in 2 weeks. Our friends were more ambitious with pricing in my view, and took a year & 2 price drops, but ultimately we both sold. And who knows, maybe we undersold ours or there were other reasons theirs took longer.

Ok, great advice. Thanks all.

I’ll see what the estate agents say. X

it was good value because of the bad sides mentioned above!!

Someone else will buy it for the same reason.

None of those things are problems when they are common features of houses in your area in your price bracket

If it was unsellable then you wouldn’t have bought it!
If those things are typical for your area, then lots of people looking to buy in your area will overlook those things.
I have rented houses with all those features. I wouldn’t buy one, but I live in a cheap area where a large 4 bed detached with huge gardens and 3 reception rooms are around 300k.