selling a house

[phoenix]

We are selling a house not yet lived in. I have decided not to buy kitchen appliances for the house as I feel the new owners may have their own tastes and favoured brands.

However, I am not sure about flooring. Should I lay neutral flooring or leave as is?

Also I have not yet arranged the ESB to be connected. Should I do this or leave to the new owners?

 

[Maine]

We are selling a house not yet lived in. I have decided not to buy kitchen appliances for the house as I feel the new owners may have their own tastes and favoured brands.

However, I am not sure about flooring. Should I lay neutral flooring or leave as is?

Also I have not yet arranged the ESB to be connected. Should I do this or leave to the new owners?

Would definitely connect the ESB - will worry viewers as to why not. They will understand it but will think you looked into it and found there was some issue.

 

[purplealien]

are you asking if you should lay neutral floor for the kitchen?
What colour are the cupboards?

 

[liteweight]

I'd definitely get the ESB on as, apart from anything else, the evenings are getting darker and the house won't look it's best if potential viewers are seeing it at twilight!

 

[phoenix]

Hi purplealien

What I'm really asking is should I bother with floor coverings at all?

Thanks for all the replies on the ESB.

 

[lff12]

I'd definitely get the ESB on as, apart from anything else, the evenings are getting darker and the house won't look it's best if potential viewers are seeing it at twilight!

Would second that! You aren't going to get any interest from buyers if they cannot see the house in the dark!!

As for flooring, would leave this to the tastes of new owners. If you go B&Q or Des Kellys you can totally floor a new house for under a grand if you'd handy with a saw.

 

[liteweight]

I'd lay a neutral floor throughout. Doesn't have to be wood, can be pale carpet in main rooms. There is a huge difference in the appearance of a place once the floor covering goes down. It always looks bigger.

 

[purplealien]

I'd lay a neutral floor throughout. Doesn't have to be wood, can be pale carpet in main rooms. There is a huge difference in the appearance of a place once the floor covering goes down. It always looks bigger.

Definately looks bigger when there's flooring down.

 

[ontour]

before you invest any more money in it, set a price you want and try to sell it without any floor coverings, only invest further if you think it would increase the price. I have sold a house before with nothing in it, if the purchasers are going to do everything else then they will probably prefer to do the floors as well.

One thing that I found useful in the situation you are in is to have a copy of your snag list so that they can see that you have thoroughly inspected the house and that they have the advantage of buying without too much worry as to whether the builder will fix things

 

[phoenix]

thanks for the advice ontour. I really wouldn't mind putting the stuff in, its just that I know if it was me buying I would hate to be stuck with some make of appliances I had to keep just because they were there.

Wasn't too sure on the flooring for the same reasons above. Estate agents are pushing for us to floor it so thanks for your thoughts.

 

[liteweight]

before you invest any more money in it, set a price you want and try to sell it without any floor coverings, only invest further if you think it would increase the price. I have sold a house before with nothing in it, if the purchasers are going to do everything else then they will probably prefer to do the floors as well.

Interest rates are rising and there are signs of a slow down in the market in recent months. So it really depends on where the house is, whether it's a new build or not, and is the builder still selling them. The problem with trying to sell without floor covering etc. is that if the house doesn't sell, it may be seen as flawed in some way by potential purchasers.

[/quote]One thing that I found useful in the situation you are in is to have a copy of your snag list so that they can see that you have thoroughly inspected the house and that they have the advantage of buying without too much worry as to whether the builder will fix things[/quote]


That's a great idea!