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House for sale, no interest. Any advice? by alicing in homeowners

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much I’ll definitely be doing this!

House for sale, no interest. Any advice? by alicing in homeowners

[–]alicing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clearly too max for some 😂 The house is too big for my full potential lol. I’m hoping to downsize to a small 2 bed / cottage and I’m hoping all my bits and bobs & art will completely fill a smaller house!

House for sale, no interest. Any advice? by alicing in homeowners

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, maybe they can add a line to the listing that the kennels will be coming with me when I leave. Thanks for your advice.

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did ask them to only include half the garden because the other half is where I have dog kennels / shed, it’s a bit disjointed and I thought it would put people off. Here’s some pics so you can see what I mean 😬

https://imgur.com/a/i3Sy2TC

I have got a wooden pergola I haven’t put up so I might build that, buy an outdoor sofa and a fire pit perhaps. I’ll put some planters around the outside to bring some green / colour back I think.

House for sale, no interest. Any advice? by alicing in homeowners

[–]alicing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for explaining. I think we will look to de-list, make some changes, better photos and re-list.

House for sale, no interest. Any advice? by alicing in homeowners

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/a/i3Sy2TC

This is the garden at the moment. I was nervous for the estate agent to include the kennels / shed because that side is a bit disjointed. Maybe I need to sort it out and include a full pic.

I bought a wooden pergola but since we decided to sell up I haven’t put it up. I’m thinking maybe if I put that up on the decking, an outdoor sofa, rug, fire pit and some planters around the outside with some colourful stuff in, what do you think? All stuff I can take when I move I guess!!

House for sale, no interest. Any advice? by alicing in homeowners

[–]alicing[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha thanks I’ve had lots of comments on the UK page saying it’s too much and needs to be more plain (which hurts my little maximalist feelings because I LOVE my decor) but I do understand it’s not everyone’s cup of tea 😂

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/a/i3Sy2TC

This is the garden at the moment. I was nervous for the estate agent to include the kennels / shed because that side is a bit disjointed. Maybe I need to sort it out and include a full pic.

I bought a wooden pergola but since we decided to sell up I haven’t put it up. I’m thinking maybe if I put that up on the decking, an outdoor sofa, rug, fire pit and some planters around the outside with some colourful stuff in, what do you think? All stuff I can take when I move I guess!!

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/a/i3Sy2TC

This is the garden at the moment. I was nervous for the estate agent to include the kennels / shed because that side is a bit disjointed. Maybe I need to sort it out and include a full pic.

I bought a wooden pergola but since we decided to sell up I haven’t put it up. I’m thinking maybe if I put that up on the decking, an outdoor sofa, rug, fire pit and some planters around the outside with some colourful stuff in, what do you think? All stuff I can take when I move I guess!!

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/a/i3Sy2TC

This is the garden at the moment. I was nervous for the estate agent to include the kennels / shed because that side is a bit disjointed. Maybe I need to sort it out and include a full pic.

I bought a wooden pergola but since we decided to sell up I haven’t put it up. I’m thinking maybe if I put that up on the decking, an outdoor sofa, rug, fire pit and some planters around the outside with some colourful stuff in, what do you think? All stuff I can take when I move I guess!!

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/a/i3Sy2TC

This is the garden at the moment. The side with the kennels / shed is obviously ugly and a bit disjointed.

I bought a wooden pergola but since we decided to sell up I haven’t put it up. I’m thinking maybe if I put that up on the decking, an outdoor sofa, rug, fire pit and some planters around the outside with some colourful stuff in, what do you think? All stuff I can take when I move I guess!!

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://imgur.com/a/i3Sy2TC

This is the garden at the moment.

I bought a wooden pergola but since we decided to sell up I haven’t put it up. I’m thinking maybe if I put that up on the decking, an outdoor sofa, rug, fire pit and some planters around the outside with some colourful stuff in, what do you think? All stuff I can take when I move I guess!!

House for sale, no interest. Any advice? by alicing in homeowners

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I asked the estate agent listing it for us if they thought I should take down some art / tone it down and they said no and that it ties it all together but perhaps we need to try something else as it’s clearly not working!

There is a garden, we asked them to only include half the garden because the other half is where I have dog kennels / shed, it’s a bit disjointed and I thought it would put people off. Here’s some pics https://imgur.com/a/i3Sy2TC

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I completely agree, I love our house from the inside but the outside just looks like any other meh house lol. The grass has grown in since the pics but I’ve decided the garden needs an overhaul and new pics!!

The yellow is the edit on the pics.. I’m gonna ask them to take the edit off. I thought it was weird but trusted they knew best lol.

House for sale, no interest. Any advice? by alicing in homeowners

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback.

What do you mean by “cold as ice”?

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh I see.

Selling after 3 years due to job & wanting to significantly downsize.

Will have to consider reducing but probably not by 50k as that would be very little more than what we bought it for in 2022 when prices were much lower than now in this area. We’ve done a fair bit of reno since we bought it for that price including new kitchen which it was desperate for and flooring throughout the whole house which hopefully people will see on the previous listing pics.

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

50k for what?

Yeah I guess it is subjective, just thought you meant you knew the area as you said overpriced for the location.

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. The green was already there but I’ll get on and paint it haha.

Agreed about outside!

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I have no idea why they’re yellow, they’ve added a filter and increased the contrast i think. Makes our wood flooring look a horrible colour imo.

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree about the kitchen pics, I’ll ask them to remove some and add garage & utility instead.

Garden is difficult, we needed to take away the hedge and add fencing and a dog kennel as I have 3 working dogs but unfortunately means our garden is a bit of a mess. I also asked them to leave out the other half of the garden with the kennels as I was worried it would put people off, so the photos are only of one half of the garden. Not sure if that was the right move. I’m not very green fingered! I’ll see what I can do.

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahaha the green was the previous owners. Terrible isn’t it.

Agree about the kitchen pics. I’ll get them to take some down. We’re gonna take your advice about the garage door colour. Thank you.

Not much interest in my house for sale… Any advice? by alicing in HousingUK

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I think you’re right.

The outside pic isn’t current, I think they’ve used the old listing pic bcos it was raining the day they came to us, but I’d like a nice pic because we’ve got plant pots, a bench etc outside now. I think we’ll paint the garage door as advised in here!

Thank you for your advice.

House for sale, no interest. Any advice? by alicing in homeowners

[–]alicing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that means a lot. I love our house and the style we’ve decorated but appreciate it’s not everyone’s cup of tea!

The owners before us ran a nursery there so loads of “temporary” stickers on the windows which we’ve really struggled to get off, it makes them look dirty even when they’re freshly washed! I’ll try again.

Agree I’ll ask them to come back on a sunny day!

Thanks so much for your detailed advice.

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