Feedback on house that is going on the market.

[MichaelThomas]

Hi, we are selling our house in South Yorkshire. Postcode is DN57TB. Be good to get feedback on its presentation before we go with a estate agent.

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Where the photos take quite late in the day? You have a lovely home but the photos make it appear quite dark and gloomy inside.

wow !! What a gorgeous house why are you leaving it, it’s beautiful OP absoutely stunning

Is there no grass in the garden? The photos make it look like the garden is just gravel. Agree they are quite dark looking too.

I don’t think it looks dark and gloomy. But all the ceiling lights now make me think it might be during the day. Looks very presentable to me but what do I know

Why is there so much gravel in the garden and no grass. I was expecting another plot of garden with grass tbh thought that was just a side patio area

Where’s the garden? I’d want grass not gravel.

I think it looks miserable standing all alone in a patch of gravel. Its character has gone. Get some big tubs of flowers and bushes at the minimum.

Hi everyone, there is a large lower garden with as much grass as you'd like to mow. Great feedback, thank you! I'll include more photos of the grassed area!

It’s a lovely house. Here’s what I’d change before adding to Rightmove (I haven’t watched the video and I personally rarely watch them ):

1. The first picture needs to grab my attention - the fact yours shows the back of the house would mean I assume there is something wrong with the front/its situation.
2. A floor plan - there is little sense of scale from your photos.
3. details of the potential annexe - is it a building that exists on the plot already?
4. is there a garage? You need a picture to show where it is situated in relation to the house.
5. epc rating - (legally required) and details of how the house is heated.
6. details of ownership (also legally required) I’m assuming leasehold unless you tell me otherwise..
7. pictures of the vista in the garden - from the pictures you’ve posted, I’m assuming you overlook a main road, else why is your garden furniture positioned to look back at the house? Add a fire pit to the garden set-up to give it a focal point. Agree I’d be expecting some grass. I’d skip on by this property if I had kids tbh.
8. The sofa facing the front door set up looks very odd - you need to rotate the furniture so it faces the garden but not the front door.
9. You need to redo the pictures for the room with the single bed - I’m assuming it has no window because there isn’t one in the photo.
10. lose the picture of the bottom of a bed facing a wall/door.
11. lose the pictures of the stairs and the open doors/landing and the one with just a window in it - they don’t add anything to the listing.
12. Can you get a larger dining table? A 5 bed house should have the capability to seat 8 - and preferably not facing the stairs.
13. kitchens and bathrooms sell houses. You have no bathroom pics and I have no idea what kitchen appliances there are.
14. you don’t need more than one picture of the same room unless it conveys something I can’t see from the first one.
15. please retake the pictures on a sunny day - as others have said, it looks a bit like you need to have the lights on all of the time or it’s dark inside.
16. I have no sense of storage for any of the rooms.

I love your enthusiasm for your house, but to sell it you’ll need to be a bit emotionally detached and willing to alter some of the set up to maximise your chances. Good luck, and I hope you find a buyer quickly!

With your 'from this to this' photos, can they be from the exact same spot? I find it confusing that they aren't.

It's very fresh and modern looking, so I'm sure some people will love it. Do you have any more original cottage features that could be made more of?

No photos of kitchen or bathroom/s?

No hint in the photos of the 'flow' of the rooms.

Front view?

Photos are in general pretty bad. They give no idea ofnthe size of the rooms. What is the space with the two chairs facing the wall?

Do people really care about the demolition/ reconstruction?

some of the photo's were blurry and some pointless (the one with the strange ceiling detailing).
i like the photo's to go in order from the front door and through the house in order of the layout.
kitchen and bathroom details needed as well as the floorplan.

I want to see storage and how the rooms flow together. The floor plan might sort that.

You need a photo of the kitchen from a different angle and photos of all the bathrooms.

I also prefer to see photos of all the ground floor together and then upstairs.

The first photo should be of the front of the house.

As it is a five bedroom, I want to know how it will work for a family with children. So I want information about the garden (can the kids kick a ball around, is it fenced), public transport, distance from schools, details about school zones etc.

It’s lost its period character, how sad. You might as well have had a new build! Not for me…

What a shame there are no original features left. The interior now just looks like any modern house which you could find on a new build estate. Herringbone LVT, bi-folds, very open, all very generic, will date, and not at all in keeping with a centuries-old cottage.

You definitely need more planting near the house as it's very stark with all the gravel and hard landscaping.

Also remove the personal details. No buyer cares who owns the property unless perhaps it's someone famous. No one wants to know you've got 3 "spirited" i.e. naughty, children. From the personal info it looks like a flip and you've never lived there, buyers don't want to see that either.

With a couple of clicks it can be seen that this property is owned by your investment property company. Surely with previous experience of doing this you have no need to ask people on mumsnet what they think.

You need photos of the kitchen (only have the island but assume there is more) and bathrooms.

Dreadful photos. Looks like there are no windows and you have to have the lights on all the time.

As soon as I saw the sitting area I switched off. Completely lacks character and no sense of size.

Random website. Where is the price? And the layout? Struggling to be honest….

the price is just under £700k it’s on the website

Is this real or here to wind people (like me) up? 17the century home made to look like a soulless new build with a gravel garden?Wasn't it a listed building?

I’m always DEEEPLY suspicious if all the lights are on in every photo. Where’s the natural light?