No viewings - please tell me what I need to change in house!

[Whywontitsell]

Desperately trying to sell a house that we've never lived in and is nowhere near where we're currently living. We move around with DH's job and have accommodation provided with that, so we bought the house 6 years ago to keep us on the ladder.

We've already dropped the price from £500k to £490k to now £475k, but there's just zero interest. It's definitely not looking its best having had (good) tenants in for the past few years - some dodgy curtains left up and some hanging off the track! So the pics definitely aren't selling it well.

We live about a 3 hour drive away but I have a week off soon. If I go through there to do some work - what would I be best to focus on? The showhome pics make it look so nice - I presume you can't add a link to these on the Rightmove ad? An empty house is just so unappealing...

I would really appreciate any advice...

House:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143709212#/?channel=RES_BUY

did you accept the offer op?!

Pleased your work (and change of agent) paid off.

I did 😊.

Well done on finally selling @Whywontitsell

Congratulations @Whywontitsell , really hope it all goes well for you!

Great news. What a result 👏

I so hope it all goes through smoothly.

You took our comments with such good grace, even when some of us really nit picked :)

Congratulations @Whywontitsell it sold!

Aww thanks!! I'm pretty confident about it - the buyers love it and are in a strong financial position so all looking good. It's just a shame that I'm moving to an area that's way more expensive, so I've a lot more money to find to buy.

@nuttyroche2

funnily enough I was wondering this the other day.

@Whywontitsell

Aww, we finally completed about 6 weeks ago - thanks for asking! Thought we'd found our dream home, but the survey report we've just had may have put a spanner in the works 😥

At least you’ll be going in as chain-free buyers if you do have to find somewhere else. I can’t believe it’s more than six months since you first posted. It must have felt like a lifetime to you though!