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Anyone else finding it difficult to sell a larger family home?

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Pickleandwhizz · 11/06/2026 13:55

Anyone struggling to sell their home, ok we have only been on a month and ive not moved for the last 15yrs. We are trying to downsize, we have a 5 bed detached in its own plot with double garage, brand new kitchen and boiler only fitted few days ago, log burner, its a 1980,s home so all the rooms are large, ive parking for 8 cars. Its was initially on for 425 but we reduced to 410, we are happy to take 395 for it but people who come love it yet they cant afford it, they want it for 375 but if i sold for that we couldnt buy what we want. Estate agents are saying people want something for nothing and its because they cant get a mortgage. Anyone else trying to sell?

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KeepPumping · Yesterday 17:49

Tonissister · 11/06/2026 15:18

Families can no longer afford to upsize. CoL, frozen salaries and job insecurity mean that far fewer people can guarantee getting onto the next or final rung of the ladder, which a 4-5 bed detached house is.

There's a gorgeous house in our village been on for over a year at a fair price. A neighbour's house was overpriced but has since dropped and been on for two years - similar size to yours.

Sitting on the market for two years really is just wasting people"s time, buyers spot that and avoid because they think the seller will be "difficult".

Papyrophile · Yesterday 17:49

If I took seriously the price guidance on RM, I would be selling at about £200k under market value. I'm sure there would be a bidding war on that start point so we would get more. We are not going to play, thanks. I would agree that we need to decide valuation levels again, for 2026.

Papyrophile · Yesterday 17:52

Sorry, @Thebigonesgetaway I'm sure your house is lovely but I would scroll right past it. It's absolutely not what I want.

Thebigonesgetaway · Yesterday 19:27

Papyrophile · Yesterday 17:52

Sorry, @Thebigonesgetaway I'm sure your house is lovely but I would scroll right past it. It's absolutely not what I want.

Did you quote the wrong person? I don’t live in wales nor is my house for sale. Nor did I post anything suggesting it was my house?

fashionqueen0123 · Yesterday 21:01

DiamondRBD · 13/06/2026 19:23

We are in the process of selling our (reasonably priced) 3 bed house and buying a big 4 bed house - edge of London so the prices are all much higher than round you, but I think some of the principles are quite similar.

Our house went under offer really quickly. We've found somewhere we want to buy (we are lucky that we will be able to keep our current mortgage because we've got a big chunk of money from inheritance). We looked at about 15 houses where we want to move and have found one to buy, but some of those houses have been on the market for a long time. All of the ones not selling are:

Overpriced in the current market
Something weird/undesirable about them which can't be fixed and not priced to reflect (eg really overlooked garden, busy road etc)
Need masses of work/probate sale or just not been touched for years.

The number of buyers who can pay a mortgage on a highly priced property for the area has diminished, and so you will always get a big drop in buyers. We are leaving our 3 bed but everyone else round us seems to be converting the loft and staying because that costs less than moving somewhere with a bigger garden, garage, semi detached rather than a terrace etc.

People also don't necessarily want big gardens. I love gardening and it's really important to me but most of my friends with small children choose to spend their their precious limited spare time and money doing other stuff!

Those three reasons are exactly the same in most places I suspect. It’s the same where I am too. And ultimately they are all price related! Everything else is selling

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Pickleandwhizz · Yesterday 21:20

Hate to break it to all the little stalkers but i never paid 220 for my home so I think you have the wrong property. I live in Wales but no where near that home not even close.

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Moonlightdust · Yesterday 22:11

Yes we have a beautiful 5 bed; high spec, new bathrooms, kitchens, spacious, private garden, in a lovely village and it’s been on for 2 weeks and nothing. The market is so dismal!

KeepPumping · Yesterday 23:21

Moonlightdust · Yesterday 22:11

Yes we have a beautiful 5 bed; high spec, new bathrooms, kitchens, spacious, private garden, in a lovely village and it’s been on for 2 weeks and nothing. The market is so dismal!

The market is returning to normality, you just have to drop the price to keep up.

EeewDavid12 · Yesterday 23:29

We are unofficially looking for a bigger house, anything we’ve seen on right move in the right areas is massively overpriced and is staying put for ages unless it’s reduced a few times. Still often unaffordable. We are staying in the same area just want to go from a 3 to 4 bed home. The price difference is insane! Comfortably £100k+ more and very few in the market with decent sized bedrooms. More like squeezed a 4 bed into a 3bed sized home. We haven’t put the house on the market yet as so little is coming on I don’t want to sell and be pressured into buying something I don’t actually want!

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