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Can't sell Dad's empty bungalow

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rosesarered Sat 17-May-14 17:15:10

I would also get rid of all old fashioned light 'shades' and put new ones in from HomeBase or somewhere cheap.

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rosesarered Sat 17-May-14 17:13:48

Get rid of all the old carpet, and carpet thoroughout in the same plain colour.Some sellers won't do this as it costs money, but the difference is unbelievable and the nice clean carpet [and clean carpet smell ] is tempting to viewers.What's a few hundred pounds when you are selling a property.Ditto curtains and blinds [or just blinds in a creamy colour and ditch all the curtains.]Good luck.

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glammanana Sat 17-May-14 16:41:34

Great idea Charleygirl lots of people are desperate to be moved from larger homes to supported living etc and the Housing Associations may be interested in this for their housing stock.

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Grandmanorm Sat 17-May-14 16:39:41

Mishap I don't know if you have this system in England, but when we sold our mother's house 5 years ago, we gave it a fixed price (that both the estate and family thought was fair) and it sold much more quickly than "prices over"
I hope you get it sold soon, it is such a painful time. flowers

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glammanana Sat 17-May-14 16:39:12

I would tend to bit the bullet and reduce the price after giving the agent short shrift for being so useless,have any of you thought of giving one of the other properties that are for sale a viewing and see what or if there is anything different being offered in these properties well worth thinking about,is your property empty now and the garden (if any) keep up with maintainance tec,windows cleaned and front door appealing to buyers its a mine field I know selling an empty property.Would the Agent not consider an open house day and invite everyone who has shown interest to review if you reduce the price.Any reduction in price will be off set by what you will save over the coming months in top up contributions I'm sure.

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Charleygirl Sat 17-May-14 16:32:14

Mishap do you think that the council would be interested?

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Mishap Sat 17-May-14 16:27:36

My Dad died nearly a year ago and we are having trouble selling his sheltered bungalow. The outgoings are getting ridiculous: £120 a month to the housing association; twice the house insurance and council tax (because the property is empty) ans sundry other things like electricity for keeping low level heating on when weather is cold.

Up to now these costs have come out of a joint account that Dad set up with my brother, but that is dwindling away and I and my siblings are going to have to find our share of this money out of our current income; and goodness knows how long this will go on.

There are two almost identical properties on the same complex for sale.

Both the estate agents we have used have been useless: one didn't really advertise it properly; and the current one has shown about three people round, on one occasion leaving the lights on in there and on anther leaving the door unlocked!

I feel inclined to drop the price and take that hit - partly because I would like to close this chapter in my life and move on.

Has anyone else had this situation?

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