Selling house, what's more appealing to buyers?

Andybtsn · 27 Jun 2013 at 15:50

Hi all,

This sounds like a silly question but I'll see what you guys think.

We're currently selling the house we are living in currently, we have our new house ready to move into (no chain, we don't need to sell this to move to the next). We're basically still in this house as it's fully furnished and we didn't really want to move/sell things whilst it looked in it's best state.

There's no rush but I'm just thinking I'd like to get moved into the new house asap and am thinking of moving things now, do you think potential buyers won't appreciate seeing the house in 'bare' form and will be put off? The plus points it will be ready to be moved into instantly and also usually rooms look bigger with nothing in and also they could imagine how they'd put their own mark on things.

What do you guys think?

The house has been on the market 2 weeks on Monday and has a couple of viewings.

Andybtsn · 27 Jun 2013 at 16:24

To be honest, the main parts, TV, Setee, Dining table, Fridge are things that we'd be moving/selling so when I say the house would be bare I mean nothing

Here are the pictures of it currently: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18519871

It's pretty minimalistic anyway despite having a 2 yr old

Andybtsn · 27 Jun 2013 at 17:35

Derek W said:
To be fair your current house is well furnished and modern which will no doubt appeal to potential buyers. As you say despite having a 2yr old its not cluttered with toys etc. About the only thing I think looks out of place is the curved chez longes (sp) in the lounge. It just seems to be in the middle of nowhere. Perhaps chuck that into storage cos its already got a substantial sofa so its a good sized room. A couple of the colour schemes are a little loud forny tastes but if buyers can't see past something that can be fixed with a lick of paint then there's something wrong with them.

I don't think the pics do it justice to be honest. But I see your point.

physichull said:
Just seen your pictures and I'd scratch what I said earlier, you will have no problems selling that bare, if its in a relatively good location and reasonably priced. Its in great condition inside. Maybe put photos on Rightmove with all the furniture in, but then move it out for when viewings start.

Thanks, yeah it's on right move as furnished

Thanks for the advice guys.

Andybtsn · 27 Jun 2013 at 22:21

Nightglow said:
Bedrooms should be a neutral colour.

I'm not asking for advice what to change the decor to.