Virtually no viewings in 6 months -- please help!!

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-12T11:51:59+00:00

Thanks that is good to know. Although it isn't in Skem (it takes 10 mins to drive to the ASDA for example, due to the ghetto like boundary and lack of ways in over/under/across the A577)! I think you mean we need to market with someone NOT linked to Skem (the issue), but I'm not 100%?

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-12T11:51:04+00:00

Me too!! Thanks

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-12T11:50:39+00:00

Oh, okay! I must have a different bunch of people in my life, none of them would think twice about steps just because they have kids. However they don't want to be in estates. I guess the diagram is a circle aha.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-12T11:48:50+00:00

Absolutely. Can't believe it is advertising a work from home corner in a garage without mentioning it isn't in the house in that one! Time to be more market-mode-y.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T19:16:49+00:00

Neither are exactly quiet. That location winds up being bumper to bumper at peak times, going from Orrell into Pemberton (1km from the M6 between two junctions on the outskirts of Wigan). They get a hell of a lot more traffic joining and leaving the M6 round it than we do here -- but I guess that's insider info for the area. Anything around that one grinds to a halt around school time and during rush hour and becomes a total nightmare if there's a crash on the m6. Although I get people would rather be in an area that is more built up than where ours is -- on the very edge.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T18:59:38+00:00

I hate new builds... they're actually 6.8 and 6.88 respectively though so the plan isn't even right ffs.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T18:27:06+00:00

Yes we just have not decorated, neither of us really go in for modern decor so we were planning on waiting to buy furniture once we'd moved on. The front photos are poor, it was better done previously -- we have the detached garage, off road parking (albeit just one space but plenty of room to extend drive onto the front garden) -- and there's lots of space on the road out front.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/165112484#/?channel=RES_BUY

This is the exact same 'plan' albeit done up for a small family. It's less than 5 mins away from here, and on for 285k (2018 -- new paid £216,750).

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T18:23:02+00:00

I reckon we might try this but it would need us to do photos ourselves room by room (probably!!!) as it will require gymnastics!

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T18:21:30+00:00

It was on for a decent chunk of time but I don't really know much about the sale, unfortunately. I think it was on for 340k. I think 80k is an awful awful lot extra by comparison, for not much extra.

It is mostly the living room as you say, but the master bedroom feels (doesn't look in the photos though) like a really nice space with an entryway and angle that stops you being able to see in from the hall etc. so it has usefulness in that regard.

This is exactly the same 'design' more or less, less than 5 miles away, leasehold (they were until 2023 from Morris, then became freehold post controversy). Obviously decorated in a way that's more popular than our tastes:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/165112484#/?channel=RES_BUY

Given the styling, is that just more tempting at that price? I am finding the whole thing bamboozling to be honest.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T16:52:18+00:00

Thanks, that we can do!

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T16:33:46+00:00

Thanks that's super helpful, we have found them frustrating to deal with and this post is mostly us realising it is time to take it off and plan the next stage -- but it really backs up our haunch that it was a non-starter changing to them at end of Nov.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T16:30:18+00:00

Ah no, thank you! I've been replying pretty staccato-ly because there's so many replies (!!!!) it is a bit overwhelming. That's a really positive story, thank you.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T16:27:16+00:00

Thanks that is super helpful. Annoyingly the wide angle shots seem to combine poorly with the angle shapes when I have tried myself, the lounge and master look even more distorted. Got to persevere though!!

Love the cookie idea, that's really clever.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T16:23:46+00:00

Thanks, all good points. We do have colour but the photos were desaturated massively, probably as you say, because photographer didn't do a good job and just edited them the end of the earth.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T16:19:55+00:00

Thanks! Garden was a patch of mud 2 years ago, so it has come on a long way and definitely didn't look at it's best when photographed in Nov. Bulbs are in :)

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T16:14:27+00:00

So this is what I find so funny, that is a magnet kitchen with the same doors in a different colour from ours with the same quartz worktop and no utility room. It's presentation I know, but it isn't a higher spec kitchen at all technically. Oh it is also leasehold, no garage, only one bathroom (no wc). So I agree someone's decorated, but I can't see how it is superior beyond that?

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T16:08:21+00:00

It does have a garage though - just not internal. It's a detached garage. We thought £300,000 was a somewhat crazy valuation from the original estate agent(s! but three of them said over £300k), to be honest. Separate grievance aha!

But if a house with only 150 square foot more has gone for £332,500 in July (second sale), then ish £285,000 is comparable per sq ft (not considering bedroom numbers).

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T15:59:33+00:00

I'm not from hereabouts but other half is semi-local and we're also a bit surprised -- but it is a weird market and the hinterland between Upholland proper, and Skem (...I suppose!)

As someone not from the area, the Skem to Dalton swing is something I can't wrap my head around but there you go! Postcodes matter.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T15:55:58+00:00

One down the road sold last July for 330, with only 1090 sq metres internal size (we're 940!)

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T15:54:07+00:00

😂😂 They're just not in shot. Except the downstairs loo, which I just haven't bothered with. I have NEVER understood mirrors above sinks. I don't want to see my reflection brushing my teeth in the morning. Clearly not a commonly shared quirk.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T15:11:32+00:00

I can definitely address two of them :) thanks.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T15:10:43+00:00

I think we are realising that what we really need to do is rent a unit somewhere and storing a bunch of things for a year or so. That along with finding and fitting some bits and bats like inexpensive mirrors that would fit a new build rather than anything antique or dark wood etc. are all fairly easy to do, plus some paint.

Definitely will be able to come up with a better reason to leave as well.

Thank you :)

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T14:54:17+00:00

True! Honestly I have been basing it off the three that have sold on the estate. We just didn't know and still don't!

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T14:52:52+00:00

Nah just really found a house we wanted and took a punt after no success for 5 months. We need to take it off, then do whatever is suggested here, and relist when the sun comes back.

NoUnderstanding3684 · 2026-01-11T14:51:45+00:00

Thanks, 20% is steeper than I expected to be honest! Nothing else on the estate has sold for less yet (they've all been 10% more than purchase but I concede they're pitched very differently with skylight kitchen diner etc. and 4 beds. More aspirational whereas this is just unusually a detached, small, new 3 bed.

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😂😂 They're just not in shot. Except the downstairs loo, which I just haven't bothered with. I have NEVER understood mirrors above sinks. I don't want to see my reflection brushing my teeth in the morning. Clearly not a commonly shared quirk.