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waaah, no one wants to buy my house

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hoxtonchick · 09/10/2007 21:21

i know selling your house is meant to be one of the most stressful things to do, but whenever we've done it before it's been very straightforward....

we've only been on the market for 6 weeks, had a fair few viewers & 1 lot had a 2nd viewing, but no offers yet. i am the most impatient person in the world, but we need a quick sale as have found dream house & need to sell ours asap as other people have offers on it too.

we're with the pushiest agents, & have already dropped the price by £50k. dp & i were just discussing going multi agency and sacking the first lot if they don't sell it by the end of the week.

all advice/commiserations/gin welcome .

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wannaBe · 09/10/2007 22:08

this is a bad time of year for selling. Also, there's a lot of fear over the economy atm with talk of further interest rate rises so not as many people are wanting to buy.

Houses round here aren't selling at all, although tbh they haven't really been selling for the past year or so, but between September/March is the worst time of year to sell, sorry.

bumposaurus · 09/10/2007 22:09

And like you, I have gone through the feeling offended that no-one seems to want it. It is true that (as somone else said) we have loved it and there are a few dents, but we marketed it last year and had asking price offers within a week - unfortunately, the house we wanted fell through and we couldn't find anything else (grrrr) - with everything that has happened in the market, I think buyers in this bracket are being cautious.

somegirlsarebiggerthanothers · 09/10/2007 22:10

Sorry but I have a friend whose lovely house in the Cotswolds hasn't sold for 3 years!!!

TwigorTreat · 09/10/2007 22:10

I think its a gorgeous house Hoxton

Foxtons can't spell the word scrumptious though

I think you just have to hang fire and not look too desperate

I wouldn't ever refer to a 3 bed house as 4 because it has 2 receptions that's just plain weird IMO and designed to piss off people expecting a 4 bed that isn't one

TwigorTreat · 09/10/2007 22:11

I know someone who does House Doctoring if you're interested .. got the website somewhere .. she did a house doctor course

bran · 09/10/2007 22:17

Twig, I would be interested in a house doctor, although I'm not likely to move for another couple of years or so.

aramintavanhamstring · 09/10/2007 22:20

Look at this one - boring but meticulously presented.

www.foxtons.co.uk/search?keyword_type=1&keyword_value=E8&order_by=price+desc&search_form=keyword&per page=10&searchtype=SS&submittype=search&propertyid=553803&resource=thumbnails

TwigorTreat · 09/10/2007 22:20

will try to find card with site details on

hunkermunker · 09/10/2007 22:22

Four bedrooms on the plans and three in reality would irritate the shite out of me.

That said, I'd rather have more living space and fewer bedrooms.

Get rid of the rug on the landing.

Make the stainless steel round the basin in the shower room less fingermarky.

Molton Brown (or other posh toiletries) in shower/on basin (am convinced that's why we sold our house ).

And clear clutter - make sure beds are made, drawers aren't overflowing.

Also, the kitchen looks a bit bare - not the kitchen of a house that's on the market for 3/4 million quid.

Atm it looks like I could live there. I want a house that looks like I WANT to live there, more than anything in the world, but I'm not 100% sure I can afford it or live up to it. Because that's exciting. It's about selling the promise of a better lifestyle, with more storage, better space to entertain, more romancey bedroom, etc, etc.

Good luck with it though, HC. I know how stressful moving is, esp selling when you have something you really want to buy on the horizon.

frogs · 09/10/2007 22:26

hc, as you know we had this with our old house, and I think there maybe some similar issues -- I know your road isn't busy, but it's not one of the really mega-desirable big name streets for London Fields, which might be what people are after. Also maybe school catchment area issues?

I'm fairly sure I saw another house on your street being advertised in a Keatons freesheet thing in the past few days for a good bit below £700K, but it's not on their website, and the sheet went out with the recycling, so maybe I hallucinated it.

As you know, our saga went on and on until I'd really lost the will to live, but in the end you only need one buyer, and the sale end of things went very quickly once that one buyer arrived. Are you bullying Foxtons enough? I can come and House Doctor for you on Thursday while the boys play 'puter games and the girls watch CBeebies if you like. Sadly can't offer to store anything for you, as it's like the Somme here.

controlfreaky2 · 09/10/2007 22:28

devon? devon? you do know there aren't a lot of noodles to the square mile in devon don't you hc?
all sounds v exciting.
fingers crossed and all that.
ps. foxtons really are the pits..... the way they showed me properties a while ago made me vow i would never ever buy a house from them.......is there a hamptons near you? they are refreshingly nice and straightforward......

BreeVanDerCampLGJ · 09/10/2007 22:38

Also, you do not seem have a pitched roof, are the flat roof's notoriously expensive to replace ?? What state is your roof in ?

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hoxtonchick · 09/10/2007 22:40

oh, you're all lovely & sensible. have been talking over suggestions with dp. i think we need to replace hall & landing carpets (not sure they are on any pics but they are knackered). think i will get wooden venetian blinds for the children's rooms. and start moving stuff to the in laws.... i presume i should take down the childrens' scrawls. can i leave tasteful pictures up (mostly black & white etchings) if i take family photos down?

frogs, be very careful what you offer .

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hoxtonchick · 09/10/2007 22:41

'tis a london roof lgj, kind of like a v. it's slate though, & was replaced last year so no worry there.

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hoxtonchick · 09/10/2007 22:41

there is a wagamama in exter cf...!

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BreeVanDerCampLGJ · 09/10/2007 22:41

Was just about to say, you should remove the childrens masterpieces.

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hoxtonchick · 09/10/2007 22:42

i thought de-junked kitchens were good hunker, i have a lot more stuff i can spread around....

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NKF · 09/10/2007 22:43

Houses will sell if you price them right.

hunkermunker · 09/10/2007 22:43

Yes, dejunked. But not to the point of looking quite so bare.

How did I know you were on with Foxtons, I wonder? "The pushiest agents" - that was the giveaway

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hoxtonchick · 09/10/2007 22:44

ah, that albion terrace house is seriously overpriced. it's much smaller than ours, & has been on the market longer. and was bought last year for half the price or something ridiculous.

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BreeVanDerCampLGJ · 09/10/2007 22:45

Good news re roof.

I ask only because I have gained a reputation at work for eagle eye stuff, one girl came in and said we saw this at the weekend, we are going to offer on it.

I looked at the details and pointed out it was a delightful little cottage in a busy village, but was she aware that she had double yellow lines outside her proposed house.

She hadn't even noticed.

controlfreaky2 · 09/10/2007 22:45

am v relieved to hear it..... should have known you'd have done your homework
are you serios about the pesto / bio-diesel? (and are they the same recipe?)

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hoxtonchick · 09/10/2007 22:45

the 2nd kitchen shot shows fruit & saucepans .

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hoxtonchick · 09/10/2007 22:46

kind of cf..... depends how much filthy lucre we make selling this one.

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hoxtonchick · 09/10/2007 22:47

the other agents we thought about going with are currell & keatons. they both valued it at 700. should we cut our losses?

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