Well we have had an amazing array of viewings.

Our price has now dropped to just below £340,000 which is very disappointing as we know it is underpriced but want to sell so have decided to cut our losses in this very slow market.

 

Today a property investor is coming to view, last week we had a lady who is coming back to view for a second time this weekend (bringing her dad.) We've had a porn star (yes really), a divorced lady who came twice, and so many more.

We have had a few second viewings actually which is making this house selling thing a very rocky ride. We have never viewed a property twice unless we were going to make an offer. Maybe other people are more cautious that we are.

We have finally popped a few photos of our own gaff onto this blog, there has been some confusion as people reading this blog have thought that pictures we posted of a house we viewed in Brighton was actually our house. So sorry for that confusion.

This weekend we are trying not to think about it, we are off to Yarmouth for a cheesy weekend by the seaside.

 

Thanks to all of you who have commented and especially to those who have offered advice on the house that we viewed in Brighton (thinking it was the one we are selling) I agree with everything you said about the house!

 

 

Right - that's it. Dropped the price again. This is definately the last time. Roll up, roll up, bargain of the month!

 

We're just too impatient. We could sit this out or alternatively drop the price to a level which will surely lead to interest, and we've chosen the latter. It would be nice to be in Brighton this year...

 

Will report back on the deluge of interest that will now inevitably be generated....need to sort out some of those posh rope barrier things they have outside nightclubs to keep the queues under control.

STILL waiting. This is a rollercoaster ride from Hell.

 

OK, trying to be calm now. 

 

We have only been with our NIA (new improved agent) for about 2 and a half weeks and they seem to be doing really well, we've had loads of viewings, 2 have been back twice - all great signs but we are still yet to have an offer.

Crossing all our fingers and toes is becoming painful.

 

 

Our trip to Brighton last week uncovered some very interesting finds, none of which were spot on but still very interesting.

We viewed three properties.

One was too tiny, beautifully developed but too tiny. The details were a little misleading too, the garden was listed twice, once as a patio garden and once as a car port.

The next property was a more modern house. Very disappointing  inside, cheap laminate floors, noisy very central location and no character whatsoever.

The final property was very exciting. The price was well below what the other houses of the same size are going for on that street and we wondered why until we walked in the door and found the main bedroom was the first room we came too. We can't quite get the property out of our heads though. I keep finding excuses to call the agent, casually asking if the house is still on the market...

 

Someone buy our house please....

 

Our new improved agent, (NIA) popped round to measure up on Saturday.

  

He was supposed to do it the day before but it turns out he got side tracked (not a great start). But oddly they had found the time to pop their whopping great sign up on the side of the house! 

 

 

I listened to the NIA as he wandered around the house with his dictaphone, talking through the house details room by room. They have some interesting observations - the decking was an 'entertainment area' and the shed was almost described as a 'summer house' until we made him change it.

 

Whilst we had the NIA with us, we decided to ask him if he could give us some advice on the way we have laid out our huge living/dining area. He did feel as though we could do more, so we took his advice and spent the rest of the afternoon pushing the furniture around until we were satisfied.

 

I think because we decided that we wanted to move to Brighton fairly shortly after moving into Sawbo, we didn't really put our heart and soul into the finishing touches of making it a home. It is clean, bright and spacious but lacks the cosy feel that a cottage needs.

Well now it looks even bigger (if that is possible) but much better. We put pictures up, rearranged the chairs, put a rug down and hey presto -we now have a clearly defined dining room and spacious lounge area.

 

Got the sister and brother in law to come round to have a look at the new layout and they agreed, better, and after sitting in the NIA's office until it was done, we managed to get the details up on a couple of sites today.

 

Crossing everything that doesn't hurt.