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Why has no one viewed my house?

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CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 08:47

Previous marital home has been on Rightmove for a month. Thousands of clicks but not one viewing.

Already reduced by 15k.

I'd love to know what's going wrong - although it's going to be very difficult to amend/improve anything as my controlling ex husband lives there!

Thanks

4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Maple Avenue, Keelby, DN41 (rightmove.co.uk)

Check out this 4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove

4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Maple Avenue, Keelby, DN41 for £200,000. Marketed by Purplebricks, covering Doncaster

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/152139794#/?channel=RES_BUY

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MrsLBrown · 05/10/2024 13:08

Ghosttofu99 · 05/10/2024 13:07

I know she doesn’t live there but she wants to know why it’s not selling/what would make it sell. Otherwise thread is pointless

She's hardly going to turn up and put pot plants outside is she?

CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:09

MrsLBrown · 05/10/2024 13:08

This makes no sense.

When someone divorces, the money has to be sorted as part of that.

If he refused full stop to sell, what come back would you have?

Why did your legal team not push this along?

What doesn't make sense?

The court order states that the house is to be put on the market immediately, for 200k??

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CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:09

MrsLBrown · 05/10/2024 13:08

She's hardly going to turn up and put pot plants outside is she?

He'd probably sexually assault me as I fucking bent down to put them on display

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Scirocco · 05/10/2024 13:09

CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:08

He never bothered with the garden anyway.

I once spent 7 hours straight making it look beautiful on a blistering hot end of June day, at 9 months pregnant. It soon went back to looking like shit.

No, the kids don't stay there. He also took all of their things to a charity shop in August. I can't let them know. They'd be gutted.

He's a bastard. Take him for everything he's got.

If I lived closer I'd offer to bring my toilet-training toddler around for a fake viewing and get them to pee on his bed.

MrsLBrown · 05/10/2024 13:10

CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:06

He doesn't have the money I assume?

You assume?

I'm sorry you're going through this but something's gone very wrong with your divorce. This should have been sorted along the way.

He needs to sell even if it means dropping the price considerably.

Are you a joint owner?

CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:11

Scirocco · 05/10/2024 13:08

My thoughts, @CinnamonSwirlLatte ...

Firstly, I'm sorry you're going through this. It sucks being stuck in your situation. Your ex is a prat.

The photos are awful. They make rooms look dark and uninspiring and show no consideration of staging, lighting or angles. They need re-done by someone competent.

The 4th upstairs bedroom is very small. It might be more attractively marketed as being a study (with the bonus of being big enough for a single bed if needed).

Irregular rooms would put me off instantly but can't really be changed, but they could have the furniture arranged in a more attractive way.

The playroom looks like it's only accessible through the utility room, which would be off-putting to me and detracts from its potential use as a bedroom. If there's scope to reconfigure it with a door off the hall (by purchasers, not you!), a picture showing that there's space to do so could be useful.

The garden is depressing. It's described as beautiful in the description but just looks like the ex cba to do anything with it. While there's not a huge amount that can be done, some external staging with potted plants, even, might help. And change the description from beautiful to one that says it's a good size and has potential.

The description is awful and needs completely rewritten. Preferably by a professional or at least someone who understands how to write to present something in a good light. Keelby's in a good location - balancing access to beautiful countryside and outdoor activities with commutability to Grimsby, Lincoln, Immingham and Hull. You're about a 10 minute drive from Caistor Grammar - why not put that in?!

Yep, exactly! My older children worked their arses off to get into Caistor Grammar School. It was fucking gutting pulling them out

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CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:11

Scirocco · 05/10/2024 13:09

He's a bastard. Take him for everything he's got.

If I lived closer I'd offer to bring my toilet-training toddler around for a fake viewing and get them to pee on his bed.

Legend!

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CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:12

MrsLBrown · 05/10/2024 13:10

You assume?

I'm sorry you're going through this but something's gone very wrong with your divorce. This should have been sorted along the way.

He needs to sell even if it means dropping the price considerably.

Are you a joint owner?

We bought it together, but it's only his name. We then got married. 4 and a half years later, I left him. Divorce financials have been done. What more could I have done?! House equity is going 70/30, which he is absolutely fuming about obviously

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Crowsandbadgers · 05/10/2024 13:13

I’ve just looked at a random new build plan for a three bed the third bedroom was just over 1.9 x 2.6 - may be bigger overall than bedroom 4 but 1.9 is what Barrett homes say is acceptable!

With a huge playroom downstairs the ops house is a far better purchase. The child could have bed and wardrobe in the bedroom - all toys downstairs.

I think he is happy to stay there and is sabotaging getting an offer.

This house is an example of how a savvy buyer who looks carefully at the details and reads the dimensions and ignores the decor may end up getting a good deal. A good estate agent is worth their fee as they wouldn’t have allowed this to go online with such poor pictures and floor plans. The owner may save 2/3k but it costs them far more.

Silvertulips · 05/10/2024 13:13

There are staging and virtual staging companies - might be worth looking into.

I would speak to the estate agent and form a plan hoping forward - taking new photos, amend the layout and description etc

Check in to see if they have any feedback from anyone who might have been interested - if he’s being awkward speak to a solicitor.

CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:14

As far as I'm aware he hasn't refused any viewings - there just hasn't been any interest!

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AppleAppleBanana · 05/10/2024 13:15

The room look dark and dingy - I think you could easily get better photographs.

Also the floorplan is weird - I think it needs to be more to scale and describe the playroom as a bedroom.

CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:17

It's depressing as I've found the perfect house to buy but without mine being under offer, there's nothing I can do. I know people will think "there are 100s of other houses!", but when you have 6 children, need to stay in the same area due to schools and work, and a relatively small budget - it's almost impossible

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Mostunexpected · 05/10/2024 13:18

If you’re only getting 30% of any equity can he not take out a loan to buy you out?
How much does 30% of the equity actually equate to and could you maybe accept a bit less than that (given it’s probably not worth 200k anyway) and he then doesn’t have to sell it?
It must be so frustrating for you because I’m sure if you were there it would be presented so much better and would look like it’s worth nearer to the 200k. You think he’d want to make it look as good as he can

Theonewhogotaway · 05/10/2024 13:19

Mostunexpected · 05/10/2024 13:18

If you’re only getting 30% of any equity can he not take out a loan to buy you out?
How much does 30% of the equity actually equate to and could you maybe accept a bit less than that (given it’s probably not worth 200k anyway) and he then doesn’t have to sell it?
It must be so frustrating for you because I’m sure if you were there it would be presented so much better and would look like it’s worth nearer to the 200k. You think he’d want to make it look as good as he can

id Assume she was getting 70.

CecilyP · 05/10/2024 13:19

Dotto · 05/10/2024 12:35

Purple Bricks isn't really an agent, it's a way of marketing on the portals yourself, DIY

I suppose they have good and bad agents, and this is definitely a bad one. I see Purple Bricks take money up front, so no need to do a decent job!

CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:19

Mostunexpected · 05/10/2024 13:18

If you’re only getting 30% of any equity can he not take out a loan to buy you out?
How much does 30% of the equity actually equate to and could you maybe accept a bit less than that (given it’s probably not worth 200k anyway) and he then doesn’t have to sell it?
It must be so frustrating for you because I’m sure if you were there it would be presented so much better and would look like it’s worth nearer to the 200k. You think he’d want to make it look as good as he can

I'm getting 70%

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CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:20

CecilyP · 05/10/2024 13:19

I suppose they have good and bad agents, and this is definitely a bad one. I see Purple Bricks take money up front, so no need to do a decent job!

Good point!!

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Ilikeadrink14 · 05/10/2024 13:22

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CecilyP · 05/10/2024 13:22

Heronwatcher · 05/10/2024 11:44

Have you got a solicitor OP? If so I’d be speaking to them and saying either he gets three valuations with you there, puts it on with a proper estate agency, considers reducing the price (depending on the valuations) gets decent photos abd a floor plan and accommodates all reasonable requests from you, or you are going to drag him back to court and get it put into the first available auction with a low reserve price.

No way would any court put up with this nonsense whilst you and multiple kids are renting. This is a situation where you just need to get it sold.

This seems to be the best advice. Probably more helpful than the tweaks we are all suggesting!

BubblyTime · 05/10/2024 13:22

As with many houses on the ,market today the problem is price, not how viewings are being conducted, sorry.

3teens2cats · 05/10/2024 13:23

If I am looking for a 4 bed I would click on your listing. Once you take a closer look though I would probably discount the 4th bedroom upstairs as it's disproportionately small, especially when the photos make the other big rooms look small. The odd shape would put me off too I'm afraid.

CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:24

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Impatient 😂babe, I'm nearly 2 years in and have started from scratch. He is the impatient one, which is why this is so confusing!

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WiddlinDiddlin · 05/10/2024 13:24

Mmm you're going to need to find a way to force his hand here.

Photos make it look sad, dull and dingy and a very weird shape as they're awful. Need redoing from sensible angles on a nice day.

Floorplan is misleading and very easy to misread.

People are absolutely being put off by these two things.

CinnamonSwirlLatte · 05/10/2024 13:25

WiddlinDiddlin · 05/10/2024 13:24

Mmm you're going to need to find a way to force his hand here.

Photos make it look sad, dull and dingy and a very weird shape as they're awful. Need redoing from sensible angles on a nice day.

Floorplan is misleading and very easy to misread.

People are absolutely being put off by these two things.

I'm going to have another look over the court order and see if there's anything I can do. Thank you

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