Am I right to be disheartened after 3 weeks?

[Newbeginnings2024]

My property is on the market now, it’s been just over 3 weeks and we have had 2 viewings booked, one of whom cancelled 😞.

I think it’s priced correctly, I think it’s presented pretty well by the agent. Am I missing something? I have a property I want to buy so I’m stressing myself silly 😩

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/166060802

I mistyped. See above.

It’s white walls and the kitchen is a Taupe kinda colour, I think it’s the photos 🧐

Yep, I know the house, it’s over the road. I think it was just over a year ago that one sold. The agents seem to think that prices have risen in the last 18 months. Not majorly but a little. A couple of other people on the estate have put their properties on the market but sadly both changed their minds and ended up staying so no sold data. This was end of last year. They listed for offers over 450k and 460k

If you'd accept £450k then put it on at that.

I can only see photos of 3 bedrooms. I agree it looks stark (which subconsciously means cold) compared with the other 2 linked above.

Hard to say on the estate agent front isn’t it? It feels early days but I’m just having a wobble I think. We sold our last house in a really busy market so I wasn’t expecting this. 😭

There’s both bedrooms on there, my children have exactly the same beds so it confuses things somewhat!

It really does look basic and cold - nothing inviting or homely about it. I know it is good to remove clutter for the pics, but maybe this is a step too far!

And the garden is also small and stark and uninviting.

But 3 weeks is very very early days.

Yeah that's hugely confusing. Can you borrow some different soft furnishings so they look distinctly different?

It's too expensive.

Well bloody hell, nothing like a mumsnet thread to humble you. I thought my house was alright 🫣.

I agree about the need for dims on the floor plan. I also like to see total square footage/meterage without having to seek out the EPC to find it there. Otherwise, I don't know that, for example, the chalet bungalow linked by a previous poster is smaller.....

It's an attractive house, very well presented (if rather monotone for my taste) @Newbeginnings2024 but a bit bland/nothing to set it apart/make someone fall in love with it, imo. Otherwise, it's very early days. I don't know the area at all, so not sure if it's priced correctly, but I would lose the 'offers in excess of' as it's unlikely anyone would offer over in the current climate and it does put some people off.

This is a good idea. Thank you x

I love a bland house personally! I haven't got a clue about interior design so my whole house is magnolia 😂

It's a lovely house.
I do think the market has a lot to answer for. I'm not in the same area, but put my very spacious flat on the market just over two weeks ago, priced significantly less than a similar one. One viewing from someone who hasn't even had her property valued! I know others have had similar problems.
Don't lose hope. I know you said you'd take £450 on the nose to be rid of it. Hold firm with that for a little longer. Three weeks isn't that long in the current market.

Maybe give it another 3 weeks (6 weeks in total then) if the agent seems confident. I would get rid of the 'offers in excess of'. The housing market isn't great in most areas and really poor in some. The SDLT is higher than one the other house in your road sold last year too.

Garden is very boring can you plant shrubs along the fence?
Where do you put your outdoor eating bbq etc? Patio seems v small

I think these are correct and £450k is taking the piss for a house which basically consists
of 2 rooms downstairs.

This. It’s simply too expensive.

It's alright for YOU - it is how you like it - that's fine. But you are trying to sell it and your niche taste for the stark is not a selling point.

I go on and on and on about this but…. It really bugs me when there aren’t any dimensions on the floor plan. I want to know how much house I’m getting for my money. I see the estate agent has done a half arsed job of putting a few dimensions in the description, but where are the rest of them and what is the overall size, I don’t want to be doing quadratic equations to figure this out! (exaggerating but you get the idea)

Sorry just to add, it is a lovely house and personally I think you’ve done your end the bargain in presenting it really nicely.

Thanks everyone for your constructive advice on the sale of my property, I’ve got some really good ideas and perspective.

It’s a lovely looking house from the outside. I really like the interior, but I agree with others that the photos are rubbish.
id also add some colour to the garden and make it more inviting.

I think it’s absolutely lovely. I watch the market (in north) regularly and the market is dire at the moment.

You think it’s worth the same as a 3 bed semi in the same village?