Help! What are we missing with our house sale?

[GXDavid]

Hi Everyone,

We had sold our house but then got dropped three weeks before exchange. We have had some viewers and a lowball offer but haven't found that right buyer yet.

Our house is a 1928 Arts & Crafts style house in a private estate, ten minutes from the station/ shops and with a good selection of local private and public schools included a coveted catchment and distance to Dr Challoners grammar schools. The house is fully modernised (wiring, plumbing, heating, windows, kitchen and bathrooms) and is neutrally decorated apart from the kitchen/ dining room which is big enough to take quite a bold maroon colour that offsets the modern kitchen and flooring. For the local market we are on point re pricing , if not a little cheap. So my question is what are we missing?

If you look at the details - what is there that might put you off? Any comments very gratefully received as we feel like we have done everything we can to present the house but wonder if we are missing anything?

www.frostweb.co.uk/property-details/375332/buckinghamshire/gerrards-cross/the-queensway-1

Thanks and regards,

David

Yes, the Zoopla pics are so much better!

The pool table - why is the photographer crouching down taking the pic of the front of the table, rather than a perspective of the room?

The Zoopla pics have more fabric and soft furnishings in them -rugs on the living room. Makes i look less airporty. And the kitchen pics so much better - looks lighter and a better space.

@ThatDoesntBelongInAIBU

The house is small, it isn’t worth that much money. You’re going to struggle to find a buyer.

The price really isn't far off at all, that's the going rate for the area.

The presentation just needs a few tweaks.

I think for a house that price it's worth investing in getting a professional to help stage it. It views as a bit bland (sorry) on the website. I love maroon as a colour but I wouldn't want it on my kitchen walls. Maybe a soft sage if you want a colour. I also think the beige walls in some rooms could be softened down as it's a bit dated now. Adding more photos of the original features that you mention would definitely help too. It's a very pretty house.

It’s been said before but for me it’s just a bit underwhelming inside, no warmth. The lack of upstairs pictures would worry me snd it definitely needs some staging.

Rightmove though is your biggest problem- make sure it’s getting the right audience. Your agent needs to put some work in.

Best of luck!

You need more photo's, these are terrible. Only 1 bedroom pic. No pics of en-suites. Your Agent needs a slap quite frankly.

@ThatDoesntBelongInAIBU

The house is small, it isn’t worth that much money. You’re going to struggle to find a buyer.

Crikey - since when was 253 sqm small?

IstandwithJackieWeaver

ThatDoesntBelongInAIBU
The house is small, it isn’t worth that much money. You’re going to struggle to find a buyer

Crikey - since when was 253 sqm small?

Since the poster needed a reason to try and make someone else feel bad, that's when!

The sad thing about these threads is you get pure spite mixed in with genuine responses and some attempts to be really helpful.

I agree. There are often lots of posts with interior design/staging tips that are irrelevant for houses not getting viewings where the issue is the asking price. That's not the case here though - what the heck is the agent doing with weird from-the-floor angled photos? And only one photo of one of the five bedrooms?

Let me guess - your Agent is one who is paid regardless of if they sell your home?