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

The OP’s looks much nicer than this one.

I like the colours personally and period features, it wouldn’t put me off at all.
The only thing I can offer is the size of the garden, but you’ve said it’s typical for the area.
No houses seem to be selling at the moment, we’ve got one for sale in our road that’s been in for months.
It’s very neutrally decorated, nice condition etc and priced similarly to others and yet it’s just sitting there.

Thanks all, really useful feedback and much appreciated. Just popping out will reply to comments later on

I’m still trying to work out where the cooker is!

That is a terrible layout for a kitchen if so.

Lots of other things would put me off, the strong colours, particularly the blue room, the second reception being used as a bedroom, the walk through bedroom, the lean to, lack of second bathroom. Lots of work to do but looking past all the clutter is a big ask as well.

I think it's gorgeous! First house I've ever seen on here that I do actually love and would happily move into.

No advice, except to say that sadly it's too nice for most people - most now want grey and soulless.

It’s a lovely house. I noticed the kitchen wall cupboards in the green look a different style and just look like an after thought. It doesn’t look cohesive.

It looks lovely OP but I think the housing market has stalled, there is a lot of uncertainty in the markets, the cost of everything has gone through the roof with no sign of stopping so people just aren’t moving. Our village has four beautiful houses which would have sold quickly previously and they have all dropped their prices but still up for sale.

Make that clear on the listing.

Market it as a 3 bed.

If still no luck, reduce the price.

The kitchen would put me off. I'd have to factor a complete replacement into the price. The whole place needs quite a bit of work.

I love the decor and it’s a good area.

Personally I think it’s just a terrible market. An estate agent told us that only the desperate are selling as it’s a buyers market.

What are interest rates now?

It’s obviously a well loved family home, it presents as cozy and comfortable. I would love to visit if my friend lived here. With apologies for the bluntness, and only as you asked for critique, I would say:

• Pic 2: the room looks a bit shabby and tired. Particularly the sofas. This leads immediately to a general sense of ‘I’m going to have to spend money on this place’ whether that’s true or not it’s the first impression
• pic 3: the art work is dated and again adds to the ‘needs updating’ vibe, and the wallpaper again feels a touch lacklustre
• Pics 4 & 5: it looks livable but tired. Wonky cupboards, wonky tiling near the boiler, the two small fridges. Clean, tidy, workable but no ‘wow’
• Pic 7: the blue is strong but the huge black fireplace looks expensive to sort out
• Pic 8: the clothes in the corner suggest a lack of storage. I like the clean white finish in here
• Pic 9: the boxed in pipes suggest a plumbing emergency that’s had to be fixed recently
• Pics 17/18: nothing a weekend of gardening couldn’t sort out. Tidy back, sort out the lean too, a few pots.

I agree that if I’m looking for a 4 bed I would dismiss this as a 3 bed in disguise

I disagree, we live in a 350 year old cottage, I love older houses but if I bought that house I would 100% be planning to knock through the kitchen/dining room and lean to and create a big kitchen diner with bifolds across the back.

It's a lovely house OP but it's a 3 bed, and it needs modernisation. It's an absolutely rubbish market, we're about to try and sell ours and I was talking to a friend of mine who is an estate agent. She was saying that people are having to stretch themselves so thin just to buy, and the cost of doing work has gone up exponentially so nobody wants the fixer upper right now because they can't afford to do the work, and won't see the investment back anyway.

I'd greige it up a bit (I don't mind the blue walls but many would). Take it off the market for a bit, do some painting, pop the bigger furniture in storage then put it back on at a slightly lower price.

Agreed, paint the walls white so the decor is cohesive, remove the art work, save for one or two key pieces. Go for a minimalist vibe with blocks of colour only for bedding, towels etc. It gives viewers more idea of how they can put their own stamp on it

It’s a lovely house, really homely but I would market it as a 3bed house with the study a bonus, or potentially the second reception room could be used as a downstairs bedroom. I think it’s probably just that people are nervous about buying at the moment.

It's a lovely house but I think the colours are jarring and the pictures aren't doing the photos any favours.
I think the period features would be much better set off by a more holistic palette.
I would look at those photos and think of the amount of painting I'd need to do.

I’d need a whole new kitchen, bathrooms and repaint OP, simply because I don’t like the style. But ofc that’s just me….

Awful painted walls - and such deep colours it would take coats of neutral paint to get rid of it.

I absolutely love love love the blue dining room. Pinterest-ing that.

However I do agree with others that it looks like there needs a lot to sort out behind the decor - the plaster on one of the fireplaces and the yellow bedroom look lumpy suggesting a damp problem?

Interest rates are rising so that's putting a lot of people off.

Its a beautiful house and I personally love your style, but it doesn't really fit the ideal many buyers are looking for in a terraced house, and I think people would feel they needed to do a lot of work to get it the way they wanted it.
Most people prefer a big space combining kitchen and dining room, often with a side return extension for example, and you may be competing with properties where this work has been done.
They may also be put off by your hybrid shaker/modern kitchen, exposed boiler and pipes etc, because these things rightly or wrongly give the vibe of unmodernised old house = much work needed =lower value.

It’s a lovely house. However, the blue and green are really strong colours so I woukd repaint these to a more neutral colour. Apart from that, nothing really needs changing apart from listing it as a 3-4,bedroom house.

I love the way the house looks inside and out!

The website needs to say 3 bed - it's a 3 bed house. Can't be a 4th bedroom if you have to walk through another room to get to it /if using one to get through to another room.

It seems a reasonable price - looks good, school and transport.

But.. The 'study' area is really a square hallway. I'd be tempted to take the door off there. The only thing that maybe need to decor wise is painting the lean to, and tidying it up. People would knock that all through into the garden though so not worth too much time.

The current market is tough though. If you reduce the price as per a 3 bed you'll probably get more interest. Good luck!

It's a lovely house indeed! Only thing I can think of is people get suss when a property has been on the market for a while. Sadly though that's the way the housing market is right now!

Can you do an open day? We had a property up in Leeds that wouldn't shift and EA seemed not interested. I took better photo's than they did then asked them to sort out an open day - and we ended up on a bidding war that day. It can be useful if you can put yourself out?