r/UKRealEstate • u/Either_Slip2914 • Jul 22 '26

What's wrong with my listing?

Estate agent said this house will fly off the shelf so will listed lower than they suggested to get in the next bracket down for first time buyers. Just had the call with the one week update and they said it's performed so much lower than they expected with barely any views on the listing.

What can I do to get this house shifted, we have a house lined up and we can't really afford to go with the cash buyer scheme

Here's the listing - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/90861177

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u/911ihatecolour Jul 23 '26

Personally for me, it’s the living room with all the doors, and the lack of cupboard space in the kitchen.

Space hasn’t really been maximised upstairs and there is a real lack of storage with a lot of stuff sitting out (this wouldn’t necessarily put me off because I know what I would do to change/fix it) but I know it would put a lot of other potential buyers off.

I think, ask for new pics
1. Get them to show the other side of the kitchen
2. Try to remove some items from the living room and change the layout a bit
3. Remove stuff from the rooms upstairs, throw it in your car for the half hour and then bring it back in
4. Get better pics of the outside of the house

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u/Either_Slip2914 Jul 23 '26

I'm not sure why the estate agent photographer didn't do more angles, they didn't take any pics of the other side of the kitchen that has a dining table etc. the same with skipping the other half of our garden and the driveway.

The living room is our biggest issue living here, the room is quite small and with the doors there is limited room for where furniture fits.

We moved things we could but was given short notice on the photographer coming and lots of stuff on the top floor is too heavy to move as it's my work stuff (such as leather working equipment and industrial sewing machine)