What's wrong with our house 13 days no viewings

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Help us out Please 🙏
We put our house on the market 13 days ago we have friends in the area who have put theirs on and been busy with viewings straight away but we've had nothing.

Three Estate agents said £375 so we started with that after no viewings at 9 days we dropped to £367
We know house is a bit bottom heavy a bit like me and doesn't look pretty but is well presented and has over 80 Sq m of downstairs living space. A huge Kitchen and lounge, 10 mins walk to most amenities as well.

We have seen a house that we love that won't come up again we've put in an offer for asking price but not sure we'll get it as they say they've had 6 offers already.

Anyway here it is do we drop the price some more or just wait a bit?
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-82594633.html

The layout is very odd. If I had been doing an extension to the original house, I would have made the downstairs extension a lot more 'square' and extended the upstairs to include a proper bathroom. But looking at the floorplan, I'd assume there were planning reasons why that wasn't done.

The exterior would decide me, and I wouldn't view. It looks like a shared drive with off-road parking at the front. How do children stay safe when they play out?

Window boxes at the front might soften the bare brick. The side door needs hanging baskets or a small screen on the far side to accentuate where it is, make it welcoming.

Back garden has overhanging tree from neighbouring side garden. Could lead to friction down the line. Does it block sun at specific times of day? Does it drop leaves on your grass? It's causing problems with the fence, which looks bulging and squint. Same for the tree at the back. So that looks like two different neighbours with potential problems.

On the basis of the outside, I wouldn't bother viewing.

I came to the comments to say that it really needs some kerb appeal - and found that many other posters have said exactly the same. I think the inside looks lovely though.
Good luck, OP.

I think you’re incredibly brave to post it here for feedback. The real problem is the online agent. It’s a bit “niche” and you could really do with the expertise of an experienced local agent.

The proximity of schools and the station is a big selling point, yet you can only see it from looking at the map.

It’s essentially a three bed. The third reception should really be the sitting room and the current sitting room either a dining room or a playroom. The downstairs bathroom wouldn’t put me off too much as at least there’s a loo upstairs.

It does look really dreary from the outside, there’s no kerb appeal at all. Having said that, less than two weeks is nothing. I wouldn’t have dropped the price at all at this stage, it makes you look desperate.

Just noticed there are hanging baskets - sorry! But they need to be a blaze of colour to attract the eye.

Noticed your neighbour's weeds. Is that why the exterior is at such a strange angle?

I just pop in to say the photos are terrible. The floor plan indicates the bedrooms are small and the extension is out of proportion but the terrible photos make it look worse.

as other people have said. For me its a 3 bed also i really all of the furniture.. it looks like an older persons house but then has a ton of children beds :S

The lounge is empty with a pretty ugly green rug, the kitchen has no greenery /plants but has a picture up of someone ( take out anything that personalises the house)

the bedroom wardrobes are terrible along with a mismatched chest of drawers.

i HATE wallpaper and its a nightmare to get rid off where as paint is easier to just paint over, The house has no scheme to it. outside is pretty boring and plain and the garden seems a wierd shape and not that.. useable .

I wouldnt to be honest pay more than 320k for it in that area x

I would hide that odd expanse of brick work at the front of the house behind very big pots of tall greenery (Evergreen trees If possible or maybe ready established bamboo) and then soften the angle by addIng some colour in pots or a hanging basket or two at the corner and by the side door to make it look more inviting and welcoming to draw people in.
The lounge is also a problem area.
The fireplace should really be the attractive focal point of the room with comfortable seating around it to show it’s a room to relax. Instead, the corner sofa looks odd pushed way back into a dark corner with nothing going for it to make you want to sit there...even for watching tv. Is there room to lose the dining set from the lounge and put it in the lovely big kitchen instead of the green bar stools?
Better photos would help as would marketing it as a 3 bed with downstairs guest room/playroom/study. Good luck !

I know this area and the price seems fair. The downstairs bathrooms and tiny 4th bedroom would put many people off (not me, particularly).

Better photos needed - current ones make it look small and pokey.
I actually like the white walls, but the decor is awful sorry. A neutral coloured rug and sofa with some aubergine coloured cushions would look a lot better in the lounge. Also ditch the little side tables - they don't match- and put some large pot plants in instead. Photo 7 is awful. Sorry it is. Get rid of those shelving units and set it up as an office with some plants and a nice print for walls.
The master bedroom needs to be jazzed up - the cushions and throw are messily arranged and don't match. A white duvet with a grey throw blanket at foot of bed, and some patterned lemon and teal cushions would look a lot better, with a print on the wall in similar colours. And get rid of the awful rose sticker-things on the wardrobe.

Viewings in person will be down because of coronavirus. Unless you’re going to move walls the layout is what it is - yes, some people won’t buy a home with a downstairs bathroom but that just means you have a smaller pool of people to sell to. There are people who will buy it. There’s no point fretting about those who won’t.

I think the 4 bed thing is confusing because to me it’s a 3 bed with the potential for a fourth. Those room sizes are fine. The smallest bedroom is bigger than the smallest in many other 3 beds. You’ve tidied really well - maybe too well!

You’ve got loads of positives - distance to the station, schools. You need to dress it, define the space in the big room on the ground floor and get better photos taken. Pack away the big personal photos and picture canvases to go to your next home.They have lots of meaning for you but they get in the way of buyers imagining this as their house. Replace them with art prints that are either cheap or ones you’ll use in your new home. A bunch of £5 flowers in a tkmaxx vase adds much more than it costs. Maybe a few house plants? Think of the big rooms as several little ‘zones’ and dress each one so ‘eating area’, ‘fireplace’ etc. Things don’t have to be completely ‘matchy’ as long as they don’t clash. Having a stunt pineapple or an oven glove hooked to the stove and indications of the space being lived in downstairs makes it seem homey. This place does the downstairs living space well - lived in with plenty of stuff but without looking cluttered www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-82764880.html For the long room, whip the boxes off the top of the shelves, even if you just stick them in the car until the photos are done. Dress it as a work area/home office at one end and a play area at the other. You could even leave a couple of toys down. In an area full of schools and so presumably young families, having a play room and somewhere to stash the toys is a bonus, especially as the children’s bedrooms are smaller. Upstairs in the ‘red duvet’ room I’d swap the curtains - they’re too big and the effect looks untidy. I’d also take off the wall stickers.

The pricing thing, you know your area best. Have a look around at what you’re competing with. What can a buyer get for the same money in your area? Good luck.

Personally, I would like to see a bit more personality and quirkiness, without being OTT. That would draw my eye. Lots more greenery outside, too.

There’s a four bed on the same road for 350k with way better proportions and that’s not sold... there’s your trouble OP it’s way overpriced.

And all the three beds within 1/4 of a mile (Which lets be fair yours is) are all on at 250k. Pitched way too high.

Sorry OP, I like quirky houses (we have two bedrooms upstairs and two downstairs in our chalet style bungalow) but this doesn't do it for me. I agree it's a 3 bedroom, I'd personally enjoy that office downstairs as my bedroom, as I have had a bedroom with French doors for 15 years and love opening them whilst in my bedroom.

The garden looks tiny, if it is then whilst you're trying to move, remove the trampoline and swing set if you can so it's made more of

Please do something with the tiny upstairs bedroom, can you fit a small single in there any other way, ie down towards the foot end

Definitely need kerb appeal, move planters around the side of the house to the front and dress up rooms better with better pictures to show off the best aspects of the house

Good luck

Echoing others it's a 3 bed or really 2 reception 2 bed and a box with easily maintained small garden Those pictures are quite shockingly bad and as an aside make it look like you've extended over the whole garden. Someone will think it's their ideal home so don't panic but it's not a huge pool of buyers so it's needs marketing very differently to appeal to perhaps a retired couple who like to host big/have grandkids to stay. Its not a great family home tbh. I'd sack the agents for appalling service and start again with new agents, ones that you can tell what you want done based on feedback from this thread.

For me

1, title says it’s four bedroom, plans show three rooms marked at bedrooms

1. Reception room at rear, is this a reception room or an office, you need to clearly define its use
2. No kerb appeal, you need something at the front

4, flat roof may put some people off 5, lounge only seems to have one very small window at the fro t and therefore looks dark

Love the kitchen though

Definitely needs some more kerb appeal- more planters lining the side of drive/path to front door- even a cute low white picket fence to separate drive from path and then planters too.
I personally wouldn't view this because your family bathroom is downstairs and for me that has always been a huge no when looking at properties since having a family. Also think the garden picture isn't great as it emphasises how much of the back extension has eaten into the garden.
I think you have tons of great downstairs space though which is awesome and will definitely appeal to people.

The downstairs is spacious and bright. But I wouldn't be keen on main bathroom being downstairs. And agree it needs a few plant pots hanging baskets outside. The figures for the size of the third bedroom are a bit obscured on the floor plan. It does look extra tiny. Every house sells though.

The fact there is no upstairs bathroom would put off most people I’m afraid. It’s just a bit plain and white it doesn’t feel very homely and luxury. There’s a really mismatch of old and modern style. High gloss kitchen with cream rangemaster. The wardrobes in master look very dated and would put me off as I’d think I couldn’t be bothered with ripping them out. But the main thing is the bathroom downstairs

3 beds ( 1 v.small)
I'd want my front door on the front not tucked round the side facing the other house front door.
I don't like the shape of living room.
Bathroom v.small plus it's downstairs.

I'd put the bunkbeds in the unused room and market that as a bedroom.

The box room I'd stick a desk and chair in and market as office, that barely qualifies as a cupboard.

Remove those awful stickers and try and add a. Splash of colour, it looks very echoey to me....... I agree its a nice house but those pictures make it look unworkable.

What others have said, Op. It's always the price if there are no viewings.

It definitely needs to be marketed either as 2 bedrooms and a home office or 3 bedrooms.

Good luck!

@VinylDetective
Using an online estate agent isn't in itself a problem, especially in the current time when people are at home even more than usual, as people tend to look on Rightmove or Zoopla rather than in the windows of physical estate agents. This particular online agent appears to be either lacking in skills or the OP has chosen a package that contains too many DIY elements for someone with their level of knowledge, but plenty of those working through online platforms have just as much knowledge as those in traditional estate agents.

Some of the rooms look quite small. That definitely wouldn’t put me off completely but you need to lure in the buyers first so you can then wow them when they arrive. Take out any unnecessary clutter. For example in the office, remove the cabinet on the left and I think there was an armchair. Get rid of it. Or, could you shift the office furniture to the third bedroom to make it look like an office? Then in the description it could be described as office/bedroom. With the rise of WFH, people need to envisage themselves there and all the possibilities.