Honest and critical views on this house invited...

[littlebasher]

Stupid question, but is it on Rightmove as well?

Most of your audience will be looking on there first.

[Mallinson1984]

littlebasher said:

Stupid question, but is it on Rightmove as well?

Most of your audience will be looking on there first.

Yes its on rightmove also... listings are pretty much identical so didn't see the need to post a link to each website. We were very keen to pick an agent whom would be listing it on both rightmove and zoopla as agents associated with On The Market can only use either rightmove or zoopla and from our research On The Market is not getting anywhere near the traffic of the other two!

[Mallinson1984]

Its been a fabulous response so far with some very constructive criticism and honest views which in turn has thrown up some common opinions and areas for improving our chances...

I'm at work for another week so will initially concentrate on rewriting certain parts of the particulars with the PH collectives suggestions in mind. Other suggestions on things that can be changed in the house e.g girls bedroom redecorating will be implemented upon my return, New photographs of the garage and rear of the cottage taken by myself and then a meeting with the agent to implement the improvements accordingly...

Any other comments still more than welcome and plenty of time to add tithe list since I'm stuck at work for another week

Thanks again to all that have contributed so far

Edited by Mallinson1984 on Tuesday 12th May 21:28

[SAB888]

Property looks well presented although not everything is to my taste, but that's just personal preferences. Main issue for me appears to be the front door has been bricked up and just makes the front elevation look a bit odd.

Pic 13 has too many different materials and colours for me. Is that a Koi pond I see? Pic 15, orange roof tiles? Would look much nicer if a better colour match to main house was chosen.

Overall, a very nice property.

Edited by SAB888 on Tuesday 12th May 22:30

[tumble dryer]

Remove the first picture. It sets a negative view / expectation.

The rest are enticing.

Trust me.

(and find a better replacement. Any angle's got to better than the severity of the OPENING shot.)

Edited by tumble dryer on Tuesday 12th May 22:46

Edited by tumble dryer on Tuesday 12th May 22:47

[Stu R]

Swap picture 15 and picture 1 for a start.

[Mallinson1984]

Id just like to thank everyone for their opinions and suggestions. Returned home from work on Wednesday and have now been implemented with the agent and property portal listings updated:

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/36725221?...

Got the paint for the girls bedroom ceiling and intend doing that today with Mrs M... Also got some emulsion to splash around the walls to freshen them up abit too

Any further views and suggestions welcome

Thanks again folks!

Ben.

[beeej]

First impressions count - and as others have said, Picture 1 would put me off straight away, swap it!!

[MentalSarcasm]

Picture number 4 is very confusing, is it a tiny room with nothing but an old fireplace? The way the photo is taken makes it look tiny, when I suspect it's actually the other end of picture number 3 with the dining table, which in comparison looks like a decent sized room. Either scrap picture 4 completely or retake it from the other end of the room.

[Jobbo]

beeej said:

First impressions count - and as others have said, Picture 1 would put me off straight away, swap it!!

Exactly - if the first picture is not the front of the house it must be hiding something. Make no.16 the first photo.

[MarshPhantom]

Renovation said:

^^^This, all those bunks and no toys reminds me of a Ceau?escu children's home.

Take more pics with the bunk beds out of the way, makes it look like your short of space.

Polish the log burner.

Painted beams and dark wood ceiling in the bedroom.

Bin pic 1.

Edited by MarshPhantom on Sunday 24th May 10:39

[Simpo Two]

beeej said:

First impressions count - and as others have said, Picture 1 would put me off straight away, swap it!!

I thought 'Lego'...

I don't like the way the garage is offset; it must be almost impossible to get a car in the RH side, but you're stuck with that.

[maxest]

Stunning house, nothing in the pics would put me off.. and that garage is great

[StuTheGrouch]

As stated, front of the house should be the first picture.

Here is the text, with some suggestions (I haven't marked up my own additions but they should be obvious)-

this A charming three double bedroom cottage is located on the southern edge of the sought after village of winterton, Winterton. just A minute's walk from the open countryside, and offers more space than many four bedroom houses; and still has further development POTENTIALB behind these wooden gates is a delightful family home which offers a lifestyle to aspire to. This period stone cottage has been sympathetically refurbished and tastefully modernised to a high standard throughout. The cottage is deceptive in size and although with three double bedrooms, offers a free flowing open plan ground floor including 24ft lounge, 24ft dining room, 17ft x 14ft kitchen plus utility room and cloakroom beyond, a substantial detached double garage and extremely private, well landscaped garden with many interesting features. Take a look at the photographs and floorplan to fully appreciate what this period property has to offer. Arrange a viewing to fully appreciate this property.
Read more at http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/36725221#...


The estate agent seems to be pretty useless in my eyes. They clearly hadn't checked that paragraph. I'm not saying it's perfect now, but should be an improvement.

[Condi]

Amazing how much you get for your money outside of the SE/Mids!

Nice house... I like.

[sjc]

As others have said, warming up the girls bedroom would be good, but also I can't help thinking those front gates look a bit builders yard. Maybe something a bit more friendly (wrought iron perhaps ) would work better .
Saying that , the biggest single thing you could do us dump the incredibly amateurish Estate Agent (who's job you're having to do anyway) and market yr lovely home yourself.




Gets a one bed flat here, I need to move ooop North .

[mrpbailey]

Just come across this, and as somebody who is currently property hunting not too far from this area thought I may have to come for a viewing, until I saw the bit about shared access It's a major put off for me I'm afraid. If this wasn't the case (and the house was detached, and the hostel-like room was sorted) I'd probably have been down waving money at you tomorrow! But then again, if it was detached and no shared access I'd imagine it'd be worth another 30/40k?
Best of luck with the sale

[Mallinson1984]

Well I would just like to say a huge thank you from both Myself and Mrs M, yesterday we negotiated a deal and accepted an offer on our house. Not bad going for our area really. Looks like the average time on market is around 3 months and we have been on around 6 weeks

Get back from work on Wednesday so we can instruct solicitors to get the ball rolling and then get some viewings done ourselves! Now the stressful part begins...

Thanks again folks, your views and input have gone to good use!

Cheers,
Ben & Helen

[daytona365]

For that price I'd jump on it..........Oh wait, Shorpe it says ?!

[MitchT]

Great news! Hope it all goes smoothly.