Why has no one viewed my house?

[CinnamonSwirlLatte]

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)

Thank you

Yep. What is it used for? Kids playing there!? Making noise? ASB?

It's a horse field. It has horses in it. HTH.

That would be a good selling point for someone with kids who like horses.

Fair enough @CinnamonSwirlLatte

I can totally understand this due to your dv 🥲🥲

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Or an absolute nightmare for someone who is scared or horses or has a dog that doesn't like horses or kids whose ball may constantly go in the horse field and they can't go and get it.

Also will it always be a horse field? What if it becomes a cow field or even a building site.

Nah it won't change

You think that and may even know that 100% but people looking at the listing dont know that and it may be a reason people aren't viewing. Having lived in houses that back on to fields before it would certainly put me off.

I can hear horses from our house (can’t see them as other side of a river) but someone told me that being able to hear horses increases the value of your house.🤷‍♀️

Hopefully it won't go for development like many a field before it.

Okay

Yes, maybe people have got wind of proposed development, could that be the problem?

Definitely not

Can you share how you know this is definitely not on the cards? Then maybe people would stop thinking it could be an issue. Its very unusual to know for absolute certain how a bit of land will be used for the next say 50 plus years.

Is that 100% definitely not ever...or that you've not heard of it being inline for development at sometime in the future?

With the scale of houses needed and development easily allowed any land, whether greenbelt or not is ripe for development.

I know the owners

The problem is they are the current owners. Even if they are 100% they won't develop it or sell it now they can always change their minds and people can be easily swayed when there is a lot of money on the table. Also they may not be the owners in the future.

In my line of work I knew a family who had some land and were 100% against it being developed. Unfortunately when the Mum and Dad died the kids sold it off, pocketed the money and it is now the site of a huge housing development.

I'm not trying to be difficult but you did ask why you weren't getting viewers and the land could definitely be a reason for some people to not view. BUT like with most things there is not a lot you can do about that but you should accept that things that you see as a selling point may actually be the opposite for some people.

Yep, any field abutting housing will probably be built on at some point in the future, sooner or later.

Very good points, worth noting in my opinion.

You don't have to be the owner of land to seek planning permission to develop it.
I know that sounds crazy but it's the way it is. Developers don't often buy up land 'just in case', they already have a good idea what the planning department view will be.
Councils have to develop Local Plans every few years and this involves a 'call for sites' and developers then throw sites into the ring right left and centre. And once a site is out there, it has a detrimental effect on houses locally.
I'd check that field hasn't been included. House sales in my area have totally stalled due to a local field being included in the 'call for sites'.

Everyone I know who was getting a divorce and a property had to be sold to split the proceeds. The decree nisi was held until the property had been sold and the correct money was put in each sides bank account

I think whoever did your divorce has made a huge error in not realising that the exh wasn’t a normal human being and how this divorce has ended up is that despite being divorced you are still linked and still being controlled by your abusive and controlling exh and the courts and solicitors involved have actually made sure he can abuse and control you for years to come.

I would be getting back in touch with your solicitor to tell them you need an end to this farce and why wasn’t this all done before your divorce was made absolute

Also why would you need UC if you have a rental income and your job? Wouldn’t that cover everything

What a horrible situation.

I presume you're in touch with Women's Aid?

Can you go back to court and get an order stipulating that the price goes down 10K every 8 weeks until it's sold? And if there are no viewings by the end of November, PB get fired and you get to choose a different EA?

I think you should post your problem in Legal here, or Divorce/ Separation. There must be others who have been in similar situations who could give some good advice.

I agree with this and @Yalta's posts above.

The court seem to have finalised the divorce before arranging the financials which is the wrong way to do things, especially in your situation with an abusive ex. As @mathanxiety says, the court can order for the price to be reduced by say 10k every 8 weeks until it is sold. This situation is perfect for him, he stays in a comfortable family sized house and you might not see any £ for 2 years unless you force the sale via the court.

My legal team know what he's like. Money will be held in solicitor's accounts, not his.

People are saying about how the house won't sell because of awkward shaped rooms and a field. Even if exH was the nicest guy in the world, we can't change that.

Reducing the price too much is also cutting my nose off to spite my face!

The court order has been made regarding financials.

I'll get in touch with the solicitor today.