What’s wrong with my house?

[Blueysothermother]

House been on the market since Easter, it’s in the catchment for the much sought after local grammar, well priced, was valued originally at £595,000. We had an offer for £575,750 which we accepted during the summer hols but then fell though due to reasons unrelated to the house. We need to relocate, so dropped the price, even though much larger than most houses in the surrounding streets and better parking. Estate agents can offer no constructive feedback that I can act upon. I get that it’s not all grey etc but it’s a period house and has a wealth of features intact. Any ideas?
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/91344150

Sorry grubby was perhaps the wrong word… old/old fashioned maybe?

If you’re desperate to move you could always sell it to a House buying company but they take a huge chunk of the price which may not be viable as I assume you’ll be looking to buy somewhere else. Those quick sales are normally for people who have been left a property in a Will and want rid of it quickly to distribute an estate and pay off any debts the deceased may have.

Do the fireplaces in the dining room and sitting room work?

Great front of house picture but tbh I wouldn't go past sitting room photos if I was buying as it looks dated not period, for some reason I found some of the paintings on the wall really off putting.
I think rooms in all different colours looks quite dated now as it stops a flow through the house and creates a sort of boxed in effect and makes it look smaller.

It isn't very clean-cut I think - and I do see what you are meaning, I just felt grubby was a bit harsh!

It looks as though she has been working hard at keeping it clean. Some decor styles are more responsive to that than others. The kitchen looks immaculate.

To me bright walls gives a student flat feel - as though everyone is working to put their mark on "their space" and a tin of paint is the cheapest way to do it.

Neither grubby nor old fashioned, just not to your taste?

I was thinking that - it's spotless.

It needs to be priced to reflect it needs a new kitchen, bathroom and that lean to thing replacing.

It's confusing. What's the white room with the nice rug? Is that the study or a bedroom? It looks to have no purpose currently. There seems to be another room that could also be the study or bedroom. The bedrooms all need to be set up as such.
Green bedroom needs painting neutral, it's lime and I would think most people don't like that.
Blue room needs black paintwork and fireplace painting white as it looks oppressive. Maybe the nice rug could go in there as its sterile at the mo. Dress the table. People want to imagine themselves living there.
Kitchen needs rephotographing altogether. We need to see the hob and oven as it currently looks bizarre. It also has under counter fridge and freezer which is offputting. It doesn't look loved... Add some stuff back onto worktops.
No walk in shower and no evidence of wash basin in downstairs loo which is odd.
Garden tiny but also looks really unkempt and unloved. Furniture is tatty.
I know you say that people who like victorian terraces don't want bifolds etc etc but that's not true. Period charm is one thing but dated is not charming.
For the record I live in a period terrace and hate new builds but for well over half a million, I would want more bang for my buck!

I would need to see the oven/hob and its position wrt work surfaces. Can’t see them on your photos. I’d get the EA to redo the pics of the kitchen.

... but just repaint those few green cupboards first op!

I think it’s lovely - and I love your taste too OP - I do agree that someone wanting a 4 bedder will probably not want the 2 interlinked rooms ( although great for anyone wanting a big office like us) - so may be better to mark as a 3 bedder and someone think it’s a nice and spacious 3 bedder - apart from that sadly I think it’s just the market

Looked at the floor slope in the white room (compared with the vertical radiator pipes) and the yellow room plaster that's dodgy and bulging and I would be concerned about previous movement, structural issues etc. Make both less obvious so these thoughts don't enter potential buyers heads

I would try and get the first photo retaken without the cars in view (that tells buyers they won’t be able to park ourside) and the last one (which suggests the lean to has been taken over by the garden).

The upstairs layout is a challenge and will be putting people off. I wouldn’t call a reception room a bedroom either. What have your neighbours down with the upstairs? If you create a corridor would what’s left be big enough for a single bedroom? I would market it as a 3 bed (which it is) and then get the agent to make a feature of the upstairs study (very helpful if people are WFH) and multiple reception rooms

It’s a 3 bed in a poor location that needs a lot of work to update it. So the price, essentially, although basically it’s a lovely house. The lean-to would put me off most, as there is clearly no room for white goods indoors, but that lean-to needs demolishing and replacing.

It's a lovely house. I like the layout - it's basically a 3-bed with a couple of flex rooms so super adaptable. Yes it looks a bit tired but nothing out of the ordinary and there is no point redecorating as it still won't be to everyone's taste. I'm already mentally moving in, renovating the kitchen/breakfast room/lean to and redecorating throughout - so I'm sold OP.

The issue is almost certainly the price. It's just a horrible market at the moment. Have you researched sold prices locally or just list prices?

Having a map extract as one of the first images seems odd - would suggest to me there is an issue with the area (stadium?) that the estate agent is keen to 'get out in the open' before people view. I'd get that deleted.

I love the colours. Don't paint it all neutral.

Picture 3 looks like there's a big tear in the wallpaper over the door and dirty marks on the wall. It must be a problem with that photo.

I don't like the neon paint colours either.

Actually, according to the Bank of England inflation calculator, £191k in 2002 would be £369,514 today.

Regardless, half a million for a terraced house with no driveway is wild.

I think that buyers will think they need a kitchen ASAP. The lack of pipe boxing in may make buyers think will it need plumbing work. The units in the kitchen don’t match and don’t seem coherent. You have beading on the green ones. None on the white. It looks like the end of the cupboard with hook is damaged. This is also different to other base units. I know the cooker isn’t on the house photos. Do you have one to show?

I know you don’t want to spend money when moving but could you replace downstairs toilet? Getting a combined basin/toilet.

I quite like the blue/black room but not sure about black fireplace.

Do you need all the sofas in the front room?

Could you stage the walk through room to give buyers an idea how they could use it? At the moment it may seem like an expensive 3 bed house.

Perhaps the lean to looks better now you have tidied ivy. If that is the case could you add a new photo?

Lack of off road parking, no downstairs toilet and barely any garden would put me off. I'm not in London so the price looks extortionate to me and I'd find somewhere I could afford that has these things. Pre kids I wouldnt have minded but if I need them now.

The decor is beautiful in my opinion and totally sells it but decor wouldn't trouble me. How sort sighted people must be if they are reluctant to slap a couple of posts of paint on.

I can't see which house is your from the photos. are you end
terrace or mid terrace? Is there access to the back or is it everything through the house? I do like your style but get its not everybody's taste and even for me its a bit cluttered and too much colour, That lean to at the back needs sorting, looks like a remove and replace, not just the climber cutting down and the garden is a bit cramped and messy. I really don't get the "couldn't bear" to live in sterile surroundings, you do what you need to do to get viewings and a sale....or you give up and stay there.
I do wonder whether having two bathrooms, even if one is only an ensuite shower, has gone from luxury to nice to have to a requirement? That downstairs loo deffo looks like a bodge job and no sink would be an issue for me, also the mismatched kitchen.
There is a lot to like but if I was viewing it, I'd be totting up what needed fixing and knocking that off the price. and yes its a three bedroom!

Living room - take down some of those pictures, remove the black leather sofa. It’s looks cramped and old fashioned, not a modern period property.
Bright blue room - repaint neutral with white woodwork.
Bright green bedroom - repaint neutral
Garden needs tidying and tress cutting back.
It will be the price and if I’m being brutally honest, it would all be ripped out if it was mine…keep the period features, open up the fire, extend kitchen, bifolds, new sun room, patio, trees trimmed… there’s a lot of work to be done.