We need/want to sell our house asap (without wanting to give too much away about where I am there are plans to build a major road and houses right on my doorstep). We bought 3 years ago, and would expect to have to sell at or below what we paid (not a major problem as we'd be moving somewhere much bigger and hopefully the fall in asking price on a bigger house would more than compensate for the loss). We always planned to move, but not quite yet.
The house is very, very dated - a 1970s timewarp. We've managed to do far less to it than we'd hoped so far.
Good features:
*2 fab bathrooms upstairs. Recently refitted.
*2 of 3 bedrooms upstairs have been decorated
*outside looks nice enough
*recently decoated sitting room - pleasant enough, if a bit bland and characterless
*drains, soffits etc being replaced this week
*utility room redecorated
*planning permission for extension granted
Bad features:
*very dated kitchen (although it works fine and is huge)
*very dated downstairs loo
*ugly, child unfriendly stairs (but very £££ to replace)
*entrance hall needs wallpapering
*master bedroom needs wallpaper stripping, redecorating, and fitted wardrobes replaced or renovated somehow
*landing and wall by stairs need wallpaper stripping and painting (a scaffolding job)
My question is this - should we attempt to 'fix' all the above to make it look lovely (which will involve having to pay people to do it all - no way we can manage it ourselves, other than the odd bit of painting), or should we attempt to sell it as it is, as a 'project', and just set a very low asking price?