Our house won't sell. It’s been on the market nine months and had three viewings. So Brexit, the last election, Xmas and then Lockdown, probably hasn't helped. But aside from those issues we cannot control, what can we do to make the house more appealing to potential buyers? Or is it really all about location location location?
PROs:
- It’s a cheap, 5-bedroom, end terrace, period house in the Cotswolds.
- Master bedroom (converted attic) is a whopping 33ft long.
- Two receptions.
- Convenient, semi-rural location.
- Very roomy.
- Off-road parking (front) for two/three cars.
- Great views from the top of the large, long garden.
- Car-port to side of house.
- Unbelievably low council tax band.
CONs:
- It’s habitable and water-tight, but most people would probably like to modernise it (throughout, really) and it is undoubtedly tatty. (Other than a lick of paint and/or new carpets here-and-there and adding double-glazing, not much has been done to it since the 80s/90s. When my GF [now wife] moved-in 20 years ago as a single-mum with four tearaway kids, she had other priorities).
- Only one bathroom/toilet.
- Directly on a main road.
- Kitchen is v tatty and there was mild damp in its back-wall (its subterranean - built into the hillside and the guttering above was shonky for many years), blown plaster, peeling paint.
- Garden is pretty-much unusable. Very steep with small terraces and nearly all shrub (with a tiny, overgrown lawn and a broken patio).
Do we put the work in and solve the damp in the back wall? If we do that we will need to put in new open-plan stairs, a new kitchen floor and a new kitchen.
Do we put some work in to the garden? Relay the patio? Clear and level-off a larger area to put some turf down, or decking to create some usable space?
Not averse to doing any of the above, but is it worth it? Is the first thing new owners will do put in their own kitchen? Or re-do the garden to their liking?
Of the three couples that have viewed the house, two have given feedback that the garden is too off-putting. So maybe it’s not the location on the main road that’s the problem.
I kinda figured it’s just a matter of us waiting for the right buyer to come along: a couple on a budget with four kids.
Ask yourself: What would Kirsty and Phil do?
I suspect you’ll need to post a link.
Prepare yourself... 😂
But it sounds like it’s too expensive. Sounds like a 50k project to do up and families with that kind of free cash and requiring the space will really struggle, it’s probably the kind of house you do up then move into and it’ll need to be a bargain at the moment.
Our house won’t sell. It’s been on the market nine months and had three viewings.
It's too expensive.
tatty
Paint.
Everywhere.
Neutral colours. Magnolia and white.
Create a blank canvas for the next owners
A five bed house in the Cotswolds needs a particular sort of buyer. One bathroom is too few. Small garden will knock out some of your potential buyers, ie families. General tattiness is not good for your market, which is either older people or young families without the energy to sort out a doer-upper.
Price is obviously the driver, unless you are willing to smarten it up a bit, and rectify some of the issues.
In the current market, market one of your five bedrooms as a home office.
Post up the link, I'm sure we won't be too brutal... 🙂
How much was it worth in 2010? I reckon it'll sell for that but not what it would have sold for in 2019. Tidy it up and price to current market conditions.
Edit: Madame has been looking at Spanish property this morning, the site she looked at has 33 000 properties in the reposessions catergory, Covid is starting to have an impact on the property market whichever country you look at.
If your not getting footfall the price is too high
We noticed around our area which is currently moving very fast, that the doer-uppers arent going as fast as the ready-to-move-in type houses whereas as previously they'd be just as popular...maybe in the event of further risk of lockdowns and general wariness of infection etc folk dont want the added hassle of getting in builders/trades
...but, yeah, as others have said, it will always come down to price
I always find it a bit peculiar that people think that converting a loft into a bedroom increases the price to as if it was built with one more bedroom. I mean, it's not like the house actually got bigger.
I always find it a bit peculiar that people think that converting a loft into a bedroom increases the price to as if it was built with one more bedroom. I mean, it’s not like the house actually got bigger.
No more peculiar than a house selling for more than the same plot of land without a house on it.
It has to be the asking price I am afraid. To only have that amount of interest it couldn't be anything else.
No more peculiar than a house selling for more than the same plot of land without a house on it.
Read it again. I didn't say "increases the price", I said "increases the price to as if it was built with one more bedroom".
I can see it adds value, but all things being equal, would you have a 4 bed + loft conversion or a 5 bed with a useful loft space?
Think I agree with Nuke - a house with clear work needing won't be as attractive now. From your list of negatives, I would say:
5 bed 1 bath is pointless. You need another bathroom in.
Garden said to be a key feature currently, particularly with all those bedrooms.
Blown plaster, peeling paint and a shabby kitchen are not expensive to fix - evidence of other issues.
I suspect you'll need to offer a bargain or fix some of those issues.When you say it's cheap, how cheap compared to other places that have sold. If you cost up fixing the above, is it still cheap?
I'm guessing it's the "double fronted former public house" ?
I wouldn't have described it as "cheap".
From the description in the original post I think that I have found it on Rightmove.
I would declutter a bit, brighten some of the walls up, open the curtains properly then ask the estate agent (or a new one) to take some better photos. All the photos are quite dark, having the lights on in almost every room just makes it look like an even darker house. Some of the photos are not even in focus.
Price.
I've just sold mine. The first I knew that the sign had gone up outside was the neighbour knocking on the door going "you sell house?" I'd had six viewings by the weekend. When it went online a couple of days later I had another eight viewings that week, I cancelled the last two because it'd sold.
It was up for £65k. I was hoping for £60k and accepted £58k for a cash purchase with no chain.
From the description in the original post I think that I have found it on Rightmove.
share the link then for the lazy
share the link then for the lazy
Not for me to. Easy enough to find but OP could share if he wanted.
Comparing this https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-79019642.html to this https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-86730770.html one would seem vastly overpriced. With the incentives available on new builds you're also competing with £400k newbuilds as people won't need to find £40k in deposit and fee's.
Price
Gribs, suspect your first one has a more serious damp issue than the OP though, if you have a look at the map.
I'm guessing it's on London Road is it not?
Could well try agents who have London offices with clients on their list.
Though it's Stroud and let's face it, it sure isn't the good side of Cotswold lifestyle.
All best though
Photos too dark. Get the strimmer out and attack that garden. Clear some space so you can at least set it up as a courtyard with seating. Declutter. Where's the parking, not sure I saw from the photo?
Oh, and...master bedroom. 3am. KLUNK! Is there any way you can reposition the bed?
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Hmm - you say you have parking, but to me and many others on street parking is not dedicated parking. And you might squeeze a smart car down that alley! 🙂
5 bed house and no dedicated parking would put me off straight away.
Looking on streetview as well - if your neighbours houses are as scruffy as they were in 2019 that won't be helping. It looks like the sort of place that is forever mucky due to dirt kicked up from road.
Looks like its needs a lot of money chucking at it - £50k to £100k
Garden looks like there could be an ancient long lost tribe in it! Get it hacked down and cleared.
Stairs out of the kitchen are lethal for anyone with small kids.
We sold our house this year at full asking in 2 days and 3 viewings - we even got £50k more than the estate agent initially valued it and it was far from perfect. Most importantly, we got rid of the clutter -removed all the personal stuff, photos etc because buyers need to see it as "their" house no someone else's. Also get rid of strong colours - just repaint it white - brightens it up and gives feeling of space. Also, not sure whether their bannister-less stairs would be liked by someone with young children - but who else is going to buy a 5 bedroom house?
I am looking at houses every day and my views are.
1st thing too dark inside, I want lots of natural light. Those big trees behind put me right off, did not even look at orientation.
Not bothered about slightly institutional look inside, I would rip everything out.
If I liked the house I would look up sales history, fact you have been in situ 20 years is a massive plus, I would talk it up.
I really don't like busy roads, neither do cat owners and I suspect there are a few.
So many houses to look at I reckon I spend about 2 mins per ad, so it's location, price, light, orientation, off street parking, council tax banding.
To add to what has already been said...get some new photos, but lose some stuff first - several of the pictures make the house looks cramped with lots of things in view. If necessary get temporary storage for a while / buy cheaper smaller things such as your table which makes the kitchen look small.
Paint the shabbiest of the rooms - the pictures look bad, so it probably appears worse in the flesh.
The visible damp, plus the cold looking tiled hallway would put me off a viewing. Can you decorate the damp wall at least, and consider a carpet in the hall.
The stairs are a major downside to a family home. Add a bannister at lesat.
Most major issue for me would be the garden though as others have said. Get it cleared at least.
I haven't seen the house but we struggled to sell a beautiful family house until an agent asked us if we had had many no-shows. We had. "Paint the front door, then" was his suggestion. "People have turned up, taken one look at the outside and buggered off". The windows were tatty, the hall was dark and the 1st room on the right had an ugly fireplace. "That's four pieces of bad news before you've even said hello" he said. He was right.
If it's the one I think it is, I don't think the pictures are terrible. Wouldn't put me off viewing. Lack of parking might, especially for a 5 bed.
I think you're being a bit delusional thinking that it's "cheap" though*, at offers over £325k. That's exactly Zoopla's estimate, which I've normally found to be on the optimistic side.
Nationwide's house price calculator comes up with £295k based on the last sale price/date.
* especially when it needs a reasonable amount of work.
Offers in excess of - lose the bollox, you don't live in Scotland, put a price you'll accept.
Declutter - too much crap in the photos.
Paint with whites and magnolias to brighten it
Sort that garden ffs - get it hacked back, you can't even work out how big it is.
Get better photos done after decluttering and painting.
If this doesn't work, then you have to drop the price.
To be brutally honest it doesn't look like you're making any effort to sell it. Also a house that could potentially hold 6 people needs more than 1 bathroom and an outdoor space you can actually get into. For me personally if I saw a subterranean kitchen with blown plaster I'd be straight out the door, too much hassle.
Think what you have is quite niche i.e. five bedroomed semi / terrace without ‘proper’ parking.
The right buyer will be out there at some point, whether or not you do anything.
But to speed things along, I’d tackle the garden as a minimum. Get it cleared.
Kitchen stairs should get a bannister as you suggest.
Beyond that, get some new photos done on a dry sunny day when you’ve cleared the garden. That will also change percepions over any damp issue.
Possibly also look at an agent in a bigger (and expensive) local town who may have clients looking to up-size. Cirencester maybe?
Good luck!
We've had a struggle to find something Stroud way good properties priced right were just flying out before we could get a viewing.
We've got somewhere now it was right ready to move into, proper off street parking so we paid asking.
Price is probably the issue there's some crazy optimistic pricing from local agents Andrews were probably the most out...
And if the Agents haven't made these suggestions, bin them! they don't deserve your money!
The reason agents don't give you that advice is because everybody gets huffy and refuses to employ that nasty person who was rude about their house.
There's a few examples above of agents that do...
tiny, overgrown lawn
I thought it was going to have knee-high grass, not be an impenetrable jungle!
crazy optimistic pricing from local agents Andrews were probably the most out…
We are between Bath and Bristol and Andrews have tendered for two of our house sales and came in with much higher valuations than all of the other agents.
Jesus that's a proper jungle going on there 😀 looks like a great house but limited market, get yer machete out and loose the offers in excess of - it's an instant put off.
I'm looking at houses at the moment. Assuming it that link above, my first reactions are:
Nowt wrong with the house or the photos (IMO). But that's as long as you view it as a small three bed with a couple of rooms in the loft. Especially as it has very limited parking. Perhaps market it as that? I have no idea if £325 is a good price for a three bed house in that area but you may have to adjust your expectations accordingly.
Secondly. Its been on the market since Jan 2019. Even if it ticked all my boxes I wold be wondering what was wrong with it. No point making an offer only for the survey t reveal something really nasty.
Perhaps take it of the market for a while, re-think your selling spiel and then re-market with a different agent?
Mostly covered above. When we were looking at estate agents to sell ours (which we did, within a week a month or so back) we focused on a) local agents and b) local agents who knew how to take a photograph. The guy who came around to do our photos was a photographer in his spare time and his pics and prep showed compared to the people 3 doors down who sold theirs through an online agent and looked like they'd just opened the door of a room, taken a quick snap with their phone and walked onto the next room!
Honestly, the photos look pretty grim. Dark, cluttered etc. I've no idea if the price is right for the location but the fact its been on the market for so long suggests its overpriced for what it is. If you want £325k then you're going to have to spend some time and money on it:
- get the damp sorted
- decorate the whole place in neutral colours. Personally avoid magnolia. Just do everything white so its a proper blank canvas.
- new carpets where needed
- look into the possibility of putting another toilet in somewhere (we ruled out a lot of houses because of this)
- shove a new kitchen in (doesn't need to be expensive)
- lose the clutter - skip stuff/put into storage etc
- get a strimmer onto the garden.
Maybe £20k spent on it but it should make it much more appealing. Or reduce the price.
I'm sure for the right people it could be a lovely house. I'm thinking sandblasted front, properly terraced garden with places to sit etc. Its got potential but potential needs to be priced right.
Maybe £20k spent on it but it should make it much more appealing. Or reduce the price.
Or knock 20k off the price and save yourself a lot of work?
It depends how badly you want to get rid of it really. Do you just want it sold at this point, or are you trying to maximise a return and willing to spend months getting it sorted? Plenty of people buy houses, spend 20k on them, then sell for 40k more than they bought it for; just watch Homes Under the Hammer.
This is where I was at, the bottom line for me was that I knew that if I decided to stay here and do a load of work on the place it'd take forever and I still have to live in it. Like, I'll fit a new kitchen... do we have any camping stoves? Whereas a developer could do it at their leisure and it doesn't matter if there isn't a toilet for a week.
It will sell for the right price. It's just that it might not be the price you're hoping for.
Why all the random pictures of windows that show nothing ?
If it's supposed to be showing an amazing view....it's failed.
That garden makes the Amazon look groomed
That living room needs work.
Don't know what the market in your area is like but first thoughts are compared to the other house 325 is alot for a house that needs alot of work just to make it usable.
Or knock 20k off the price and save yourself a lot of work?
Or reduce the price.
As has been said - if a house isn't selling, it's because it's too expensive for what it is. The options are:
1. Drop the price (anything will sell if it's cheap enough)
2. Add value/desirability to make it worth the money
With the attic bedroom of that size, adding an en-suite is almost mandatory. Plus the garden (jungle!?) is atrocious, get that cut back.
For me, the location right on a main road with no front garden and only on-street parking is a deal-breaker though, but not much you can do to change that unfortunately.
I'd probably hack the garden back to show the size (my mapping shows it potentially has a large garden) Other than that, I wouldn't try and do much with it, its likely the new owner will gut the place anyway so better just to put a ballpark figure on what you were thinking of spending, and taking it off the asking price.
PS And like the others said, the Agents photos are terrible. You can go too far the otherway with wide angle lenses, but I sold a small mid terrace and the images made it look bright and spacious. The agent used a photographer.
Having finally looked at the pictures, there's probably some quick wins to be had there.
The garden could probably be hacked back in an afternoon with sufficient elbow grease and swearing. The problem to my mind isn't that it's overgrown per se but rather that you can't even see what space you'd potentially have to work with.
Someone else mentioned a "blank canvas" earlier, I think that's the approach I'd want to take. Dialling down the bold colours in the bedrooms isn't a big job, again that's a tin of paint and an afternoon's work.
You need to do something with what for want of a better word I'll call the "dining room." That open staircase is actively dangerous, anyone with small kids won't want to go anywhere near it. The damp you said "was" a problem, I'd be wanting to tidy that up. A damp issue could be something and nothing or could be a major problem. It's not a big wall, it wouldn't have thought it'd be a big job to get it skimmed.
Basically, paper over the cracks. The major stuff like a new kitchen, new carpets, patio etc I'd probably not bother with. I'd be aiming for "needs modernisation" rather than what you have now which is "a teensy bit ****ed."
Unless, as I said earlier, it's all about the £££ and you're happy doing months worth of work. Which I never really understood the logic in unless you're a property developer; you spend 20 years in a house with say a shitty kitchen then decide one day to move and go "best put in a new kitchen before we leave!" Surely the time to do that was 20 years ago then you could have benefited from it.
I agree with spooky. Some simple free stuff like clearing the garden will make a huge difference. People want gardens right now. Plus take better pictures. Yes, an en-suite would be nice but the lack of one isn't stopping people viewing.
I'd take it off the market, spend some time clearing the garden. Do a bit of decluttering. Find a new agent. Take some better pictures. Then put it back on the market 'fresh'
Oh, and get rid of the "offers in excess of" bollocks. That's for selling things that are perfect, you're not going to get above the asking price when you're getting one viewing every three months.
What's the wiring / plumbing like, out of interest? Is it going to need a top-to-bottom rewire?
Anyway,
Isn't this advice what you're paying your estate agent for? Ask them why it's not getting any interest, if they can't answer then sack them off and get one who can. They should be able to tell you what's worth doing and what isn't, there will be a ceiling price for the property / area.
This was a Day 1 conversation I had with mine. Is the buyer likely to be a family or a developer? Two very different target audiences: one will want it in a state fit to safely move in probably with children, the other is buying a carcass and will have it stripped down to the brick inside of a week.
Has the OP gone into hiding in his garden?
Has the OP gone into hiding in his garden?
Or maybe he's been eaten by the tigers living in it?
He's sat staring at a box of matches while reading the small print of his house insurance! 🙂
Similiar advice saught, not the same length of time though... after 9 months I'd be having words with the estate agent for some honest advice. Mine gets in touch once a week with updates, I'm skeptical about the price of ours, and of yours tbh with the amount of work that would need doing.
Link of ours here -> https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-94279631.html
Has the OP gone into hiding in his garden?
Maybe he is the ghostly figure in the chair (second photo)
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Link of ours here
Who thought that throw and the coloured wall were a good combination?
Who thought that throw and the coloured wall were a good combination?
No one, its one of many throws that get cycled around of varying colours. Dog, toddler and new baby are just a touch messy.
From what I can tell from the photos, the properties to either side of the house look awful and that would put me off - why have a beautiful house when the surrounding properties are a mess and there's nothing you can do about it?
Looks like a typical 2 bed semi - so can't see much wrong.
Price - no idea if that is high for your area, but it looks like you don't get a lot of space for your money. And tiny bathroom.
Any scope to make parking like neighbours have?
How much does a new-build 2 bed go for in your area?
Link of ours here -> https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-94279631.html/blockquote >
The Streetview link from the Android Rightmove App takes me to an internal view of the National Railway Museum.
Might be worth having a word with your agent about that.As an occasional visitor to York, my first thoughts are "nice house,
Reasonably central location but isn't that area a bit 'floody'?"
If it is not floody then might be worth putting something to reassure potential buyers so they don't write it off before viewing.
"set back on a rise around 400m from the the River Ouse with open views across parkland from the rear garden" or something like that
@jolmes - that looks pretty decent for York prices. Aren't loads of the tiny terraces around Leeman Rd that kinda money? Potential to extend it a bit, decent garden and view. As peekay says though, the view of the advancing flood water might put off some people. We've just sold in Calderdale so have had the flood questions 😀
Similiar advice saught, not the same length of time though…
That looks ok. Polar opposite of the op. Rooms look neutral, light and bright. Outside shown off well. Nothing really wrong, that would point to price or location (I don't know the area to if either are good or bad)
No one, its one of many throws that get cycled around of varying colours. Dog, toddler and new baby are just a touch messy.
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Fair enough!
No one, its one of many throws that get cycled around of varying colours. Dog, toddler and new baby are just a touch messy.
It can come off for the 3 seconds it takes to take a photo
And mow the lawn
And make the bed tidily
And take the cards down from the lounge window
And get rid of the massive soap dispenser in the bathroom.
I know these sound like petty things, but you're asking someone to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds for something, so, consciously or not, they're looking for something lovely. Give them, that, or as near to that as you can
As for the OP's one, honestly, if you have to ask why it's not selling...
From what I can tell from the photos, the properties to either side of the house look awful and that would put me off
@johndoe - We've asked the Photographer to come back and retake a few photos, still waiting for him but good shout.
Any scope to make parking like neighbours have?
How much does a new-build 2 bed go for in your area?
@the-muffin-man - I always wanted to drop the curb and get parking but the Mrs wanted more green space... it also appears to be only the left hand side houses has parking, looking at the properties from the front.
New builds in York are pretty atrocious for garden space, they literally dont happen this close to the town center and if they do, they are overpriced apartments. You can get a new build 3bed semi with a small garden for £300+.
The Streetview link from the Android Rightmove App takes me to an internal view of the National Railway Museum.
@peekay - now that is a find! Didnt even notice that, will add it to my list to talk to our EA about, thank you :), also the additional flood info. The green behind does flood but never the properties, the flood defences actually work here, even when they mess up the main defences, doesnt affect our home insurance but generally, they are not allowed to anymore.
@DaveyBoyWonder - the terrace houses round here go for a lot less and dont have the gardens and are generally the same space if not smaller. Our next door neighbours extended sideways into their drive and they actually regret it, didnt add much value to the house compared to how much it actually cost and then again compared to the others who have put conservatories on.
@IHN - thanks bud, makes perfect sense now someone else has said it, the lawn only wasnt cut cause it had rained consistently for a week, seems to really mess it up if i cut it in the rain. Its pretty much spot on now especially as the garden is in full bloom.
I think your floorplan is wrong. There seems to be a door missing from hall to kitchen, or have you got to go out the back door and into the side to get into the lounge!?
And are the walls circled below supporting walls? If not get the estate agent to make a big thing about easily expanding the kitchen. As a dining table in a lounge is a big turn-off for many.
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On the subject of the stairs from the kitchen, my friends have something similar in their front room. The kids were playing one day and mum comes in and finds their youngest daughter hanging by her neck from the stairs, she'd climbed though the open riser and got stuck. At that point she'd stopped breathing.
Luckily mun and dad are both Police officers so they knew what to do and managed to get her back and there were no long term effects. Another thirty seconds though and it would have been very different.
They have now boarded over the stairs as well.
@jolmes - good luck with the move! Back in the day my first house was next door to the corner shop at the other side of the Leeman Road area...
@the-muffin-man - wow, those are doors. It seems they've made a right cockup there and its not the first time with the floorplan either. We didnt even notice those walls though, such rookie errors. I've asked them to be changed and to come round and re-do photos, at this point I'm tempted to ask them to reduce the fee.
The York house looks nicely presented. The things that would put me off, no dedicated parking and neighbours, you can't really do anything about. Making it clear that it's not been effected by flooding would be useful as it's near the river and some people will assume it's a problem. The only reason for it to be hanging around is it's overpriced.
This sort of thing https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-76294081.html or ex councils like this https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-95078606.html or this https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-72217815.html are your competition. Having a look at actual sold prices is usually a good guide as well.
Mate, those photos are terrible. One of them is a photo of a sink with dirty mugs in it. Another one shows a blurred car through the window which just looks noisy. Seriously, it looks like you aren’t even trying. Fresh paint, chuck lots stuff into storage, strim the garden and get some seriously high wattage bulbs.
Go on a cottage for hire website, look at their photos and try to do the same. You don’t need to spend much to make it look good
Think of your target audience - most likely a large family. So:
If young family, then they'll be bothered by the staircase, and (currently) no outside area to play in (if the garden is still so overgrown).
If older kids, they'll be wanting space for mutiple cars, no doubt.
If it’s the same person doing the Photography then how are they going to improve!?
Take the pic of the window where you can see the road, just kneeling down would have given you trees framed by a nice window, imagine waking up to that view? instead it’s just asking you “how noisy is that?”
Some small dark yard telling me ‘this is where you can store a recycling bin’ or wait until it’s sunny and stick a deckchair there!?
Everything is distorted wide angle and looks like a 10 year old smartphone was used.
As for the house, it’s tired so either spend smartly on several tubs of trade white, fix the damp or drop the price.
And strip lights in a kitchen? Is it a converted care home? Swap them out for something more in keeping with the house.
if its the one linked to then those pictures are awful. Take some yourself or get a pro in. Looks a lovely house if you can see past the awful pictures.
I wouldn't be spending loads on it. I would take it off the market, spend some time or money just clearing the garden so you can see the size of it, declutter and slap some emulsion on the walls where there are dark colours
Then put it back on the market in a couple of months times with a different agent
Assume both houses are with agents who are offering a no sale, no fee? I'd pull them both and go with a different agent.
Regarding the York property, we've just bought in York and viewed a few houses being sold via Ashtons. Out of all the agents we spoke to, we found them to be massively over confident in what they were selling and if anything, overpriced. Showed us around one house which the agent was absolutely adamant would be sold by the end of the weekend (this was on a Friday night). Nearly 2 months down the line and its still on the market whereas other houses in that area are selling in days. Weirdly they also got the floorplan wrong with that house - we walked in and there was a door from the kitchen into the garage that we weren't expecting to see!
On the flip side, we've bought via Quantum who have been an absolute pleasure to deal with so far if you're thinking about switching agents @jolmes.
My two penneth;
Your neighbours house looks terrible. An instant put off. Take some new pics front of house without showing their damp mouldy exterior.
Garden has been mentioned, but my eye is drawn to all that dark stained pine. Rafters fair enough, but all those dark wood desks, wardrobes & tables need removed before you take new photos. Dark wood really encloses spaces, especially where you haven’t got much natural light.
Overall those issues can be overlooked but my overriding feeling of your house is a lack of light. That dining room area looks awful. Wouldn’t want to spend any time there at all. It may well be cheating but get ‘Natural’ lighting akin to a film set before taking new shots.
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