Help me sell my house!!

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NC for this for privacy! My house has been on the market for just over a month and has only received one low ball offer - does anyone have any tips on how to get it sold?!

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I'm amazed someone actually got paid to take those photos. My dog could have done a better job.

Whats making you think its doubled in value since 2015? Most properties haven't, the current higher mortgage rates have hit values hard and counteracted inflation.

An offer after one month is good. Maybe you are priced too high.

This. Fake grass. Fake brickwork. Cladding. It would need stripping so I wouldn't be interested. Some people like those things, lots don't.

Photos 19 and 23 could be deleted.
In the sitting room I'd remove or tidy up the throws and put smaller cushions on, that will make the space look bigger. The larger cushions could maybe go on the day bed like a pillow.
I'd cluster the outside pots together, things look better in groups.

We rented a storage unit for when we were moving, we stripped it of all personality, our photos of us and made it look very neutral.

Every room in your house has a punch of colour. We even had beautiful expensive hand wash that tonally matched the bathroom colours and new crisp towels for the photos. We didn't use those, just put them back out for any viewings.

Match all the throws on the sofas, remove all the pink cushions, streamline it. Look at how show homes are presented. I never iron bedding but I did for the photos and if someone was coming to view, just ironed it on the bed. Also remove the table cloth and either have a bare table or a cloth without a frilly trim. Tuck away all the cables bunched up by your bedside table.

The house is probably your most expensive asset, treat it as such for the sale.

It's a great house in a lovely location. Does the price reflect the current trend for the area?

Where is your laundry?

Some of the exterior bricks could do with a bit of a wash.
I would declutter the bathroom and stage the rest of the house just for new photos then try to leave the rooms more sparse while you have viewings.
I love the park.
I love the three bedrooms.
Ideally, I would like a downstairs lou and laundry so that could affect the price people are prepared to pay.

Please put the slippers away!!

You need a proper photo of the stunning view out of your dinning room window.

I agree about clutter.

Paint the pink skirting white. Maybe even paint pink bedroom white.

Agree about loosing the Astro turf.

There is a bit of a drab feel. Maybe get agent to retake pics on a sunny day?

Get a few cheap bedding plants to cheer up the outdoor spaces.

Some strategically placed candles and cosy throws might also help.

House is fine but standard but people are paying for the beautiful location so you need to emphasise the views and how reserve is great for kids and dogs etc

Myself and my old next door neighbours both sold our similarly-sized houses quickly in the last couple of years (was just coincidence we'd both outgrown them at similar times). Lots of people have mentioned decluttering already but just to reiterate that it can really work. Both our houses were lacking in storage and both households tended towards hoarding 😂

Our neighbours mentioned they moved a large van-load of stuff to her mum's before the photos, so when I moved I followed suit and put a similar amount in storage. Anything that's on the floor/squeezed in a gap/placed on top of furniture indicates inadequate space to buyers, even those who don't own as much stuff and wouldn't have a problem fitting theirs in.

Good luck, it looks like a lovely house.

The design style in the different rooms is quite inconsistent - cutesy living room, traditional
kitchen, hyper modern bathroom. See if you can find a way to make it flow better.

It is cramped downstairs - take some furniture out of the living room and declutter the kitchen. The curtains look dated and badly fitted.

Move the day bed or the desk into the empty room so all the upstairs rooms have purpose.

The garden looks generally unloved - I also loathe astroturf but also the smallish empty pots on the gravel sections and mossy/weedy gravel. Also whatever the purple thing is really draws the eye in the photos - get rid of that if you can. Maybe get a cheap patio set?

If you can get outdoor photos taken on a nicer day that might help (hard in the NW!)

make more of the view, the outbuilding and any potential to extend. We owned a similar house and did a side extension - we bought with that in mind.

Being completely honest op…
The bathroom has no proper shower and would need redoing as a matter of urgency.
The kitchen looks hodgepodge and needs redoing, there’s no surfaces? How do you open the washer?
The garden would need a lot of work with those trees and astroturf.
The decor looks clean but it’s quite distinctive with all the pink, so I would want to redo that.
The front needs a good tidy up.
The pictures are really not great. Decluttering will give the appearance of space as the living room especially looks rammed with furniture.
Theres no measurements on the floor plan. How big is the empty room? If I need 3 double bedrooms I have no idea if it will work.
No downstairs loo is an immediate nope for many.
And it feels overpriced for the area.
All of which would lead me to pass you by. If the area was exactly right for me I might want to look in person. But then you mention having dogs, and immediately I’m thinking major deep clean on top of everything else.
Someone else might be less picky, but this all adds up to wanting a significant reduction in price.

Try to remove the emotion from it, you’ve obviously cared for your home and it’s to your taste and style. But this is a business deal, hard as that may be. It’s a buyers market right now, everything is slow. So you have to be what the buyer wants, and they will be fussy.

Your estate agent is overselling it calling it beautifully presented. They are doing you no favours there as viewers are going be distrustful.

The photo of the kitchen looks like the oven and washing machine are battling for their own space, my first thought was how do you do the washing or open the machine’s door?

It basically looks far too cluttered.

No one likes fake grass.

I'm intrigued by the picture on the bedside table in photo 12/23 - it looks like the woman is just about to give the man a blow job!!

I'd get a new set of photos done. Get rid of all clutter: no boxes on top of shelving, no rows of bottles on the dresser or things stacked around the toilet. I'd also get rid of those big flower cushions. They focus the eye too much. You want people to look at the house, not your decor. Iron the tablecloth and make the beds more neatly.

IMO it's okay if a house is more cluttered when you view it, but the photos should be of a house at its best.

I agree about astroturf - it would put me off. But the park in front is beautiful and should feature properly in at least one photo.

I’ve no idea on the area but on the face of it so much needs changing and a lot of the pictures make it look like you can barely even move. The garden is a mess/looks bad and the front is the same.

My thoughts

1. sittingroom, remove the green chair, find a way to open up the fireplace better to make it a feature, and remove the flower cushions use something neutral
2. remove the shelf and books, make the wall good, perhaps a picture? I would only see that work is required to move it
3. de clutter the unit in there, completely remove the stuff on the top, take away stuff on the unit, make the curtains hand a bit better
4. repaint the pink skirting boards white
5. Remove all the standing mirrors, put the desk in the small empty room and make the other room a proper bedroom get a bedside table etc
6. declutter the kitchen, remove Al, the stuff you don’t use a lot, remove the pans, it’s screaming out there is not enough cupboard space, remove the shelf over the door
7. De clutter the bathroom you have stuff down the side of the toilet, the basin and all over the window sills, either get a unit or bung what you can in the under basin cupboard and remove the rest, put a nice plant on the window sill instead
8. Garden remove the pallets, do something about that back hedge overhand, either cut it down to the current cut bit, or cut it all back , as a side note I would never buy a house with such a hedge, too much maintenance

People are saying the price, but I think it's a fair price for that area of Bolton (we have a house in Smithills so I know the area). It has parking, a decent garden, opposite a lovely park, near good schools. But you need to show all of that off!

When we moved I got a few massive lidded plastic boxes and put most of our non-essential stuff in that in the garage.

Front garden: get some kerb appeal. Plant some lavender in the messy mud or get some pots of spring bulbs so people instantly think "I'd love coming home to this house "

Living room: the key features of this room are the lovely view out the front and the cosy little fireplace. Make the most of them - arrange furniture to make that the focus point. Get rid of furniture that you don't need - there seems to be too much in the room. Fold blankets and put them over the arm of the sofa or in a basket rather than having them draped as it looks messy. The cushions look odd and are distracting. All the excess clutter on the dresser needs to go into the aforementioned plastic box storage, keep a few decorative items to display but at the moment it is overwhelming. I would also take the tablecloth and candles off the table and just have a big vase of flowers (no teddy bears)

Kitchen: people need to see that the kitchen is a usable space. Get rid of the footstool and show that the washing machine can be accessed. Declutter the surfaces. Put mugs in cupboards. A bunch of daffodils in a vase on the windowsill. Hang the copper pans above the range cooker rather than in the corner. Put whatever is on top of the dresser into storage. All the clutter is sending signals that the house is too small.

Bedroom 1: make the bed, hide the wires, straighten the curtains, get rid of clutter and whatever is on top of the wardrobe.

Bedrooms 2/3: put the desk in one and make it an office. Probably the room with the view as it looks like a fantastic place to work from home. Put the bed in the other. Don't have a messy blanket on the other, stage it properly as a day bed.

Back garden: get some nice plants in pots (much bigger pots than those you currently have). Herbs, small trees, a few bright pots of spring flowers etc. And maybe a little table and chairs (cafe set) so people can imagine sitting out there. You can take them with you when you move.

Bathroom: put essential cosmetic items in the cupboard under the sink. All other items in storage or chuck. You could put a green plant like a fern on one or both windowsills.

If you need any decorative accessories/ plant pots Unit 2 in Tonge Fold is brilliant for antique bits and bobs, or JYSK at the bolton gate retail park or Habitat for an inexpensive cafe set

It’s just a vinyl! But will put it with my others!

For me it would depend on what else was on the market in the same area for the same budget. If there is plenty of other choice, then from the pictures, I wouldn't view yours.....sorry.....because it looks cramped and cluttered. A three way tap and a plastic curtain isn't a shower....again sorry. If I did make an offer I'd be factoring in putting in a kitchen and sorting out the garden at minimum. I know people say about "seeing past" and I do agree. Our lovely first house needed a lot of "seeing past" BUT if you are in an area with a decent amount of choice in the same price bracket, then you have got to be a bargain or georgeous or preferably both to get people to bother.

Put the chair from the living room in the corner of your hall, for more room

I think it looks a bit claustrophobic because it has so much stuff in and is quite poorly arranged. Most rooms look like they are tiny, whereas the house is a decent size and they should look fine
As people have mentioned, take all the clutter out - bags on top of wardrobes etc.

put some pots of flowers in the gardens. Get rid of the stack of pallets.
The living room looks really cramped and off putting, but I think it’s probably a decent size. Could you remove a few chairs? There are so many big chairs in a small area. Put them in the dog’s room for the photos perhaps? Then take the throws off chairs and tablecloth off the table and the stack of things on the bottom shelf of the unit next to the table. showing a bit of floor and clean surfaces makes it seem more spacious and relaxing.
In the kitchen remove the step poking out from the side of the cooker and other bits and bobs that don’t need to be in the photos. Take as much off the work surfaces as possible so it looks more roomy.
Remove the computer screen from in from of the window (why on earth they put a photo of the computer screen blocking a lovely view?? It baffles me!!) The desk and computer could go in the dog’s room for the photos. At the moment it’s making the bedroom look cramping and small, when it probably isn’t.
I think I’d start again with the photos and try to stage it all so it looks better.

Put the photos into ChatGPT and ask it to make your rooms look cleaner and more inviting using existing furniture and minor additions you’ll be amazed how good the ai can make the room look and the copy the suggestions

Are there any new builds near you. If so I would suggest going to have a look at their show homes for ideas about presenting a house for sale. Your house look lovely and lived in but it needs to be different to sell. People need to be able to see their own vision for the house not yours.

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