We are in the same position - house has been on the market a couple of months and nothing .
We have had long conversations with our agents and have asked them to come up with other ways of getting buyers through our door, one has agreed to split the cost of a quarter page ad in the local paper and the other one has asked how we feel about having 'open days'. At the moment we are willing to try anything to get that elusive buyer.
We had an open day 2 weeks ago, it was advertised in the property section of 2 local papers and details were also on right move and no-one turned up. It didn't cost us anything to do tho' so I guess it was worth a try. If you do have an open house, just remember to check TV schedules for sports etc so that you don't clash.
Good luck
CC
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Hi Guys This Is Just A Shot In He Dark - How About One Of Those House Sitting Agencies- I Know Its Quite Big In Oz - And Im Sure There Is Internatonal Sites - The Benefits Are That All People Are Pre Vetted So To Speak So You Know Your Property Would Be In Safe Hands - Might Be A Short Term Solution ............... Or Maybe Not Lol
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Well, after nearly 6 months on the market the house has finally sold. I thought this might be a ray of hope for others in the same situation as we were. Also, my brothers house was on the market for a few weeks more than ours and his sold last week. So hopefully things in the housing market are moving (even if it is slowly).
Having said that we did have to drop £12,500 but we would have had to spend loads on a holiday to validate our visas so i'm fairly happy as now we will be able to get out there just before that deadline. And as our estate agents said the market value of our property has dropped since we first went on the market so we did need to adjust our expectations.
So now all the scary organising for the move can start.....
Hi.our has now been on the market for 9 MONTHS,with only 3 viewers,we have a skilled visa,which we have already validated,so we are not under any pressure to meet a deadline,having got the visa in May,we have until may 2012 to make the move,and at this rate,it may take until then to sell.
Someone may correct me and please do however I understand that you can claim a percentage (10) I think against wear and tear and also some sort of tax incentive,
best wishes Michelle
Michelle, you can only offset against tax the 10% for wear and tear if your property is furnished. No tax incentive that I am aware of, although if you do not already do a tax return you will if you start letting your property.
Not sure exactly how it works, but if the exchange rate gets much worse I might consider continuing to let my house as it is now rather than selling it and buying in Oz.
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Our house has been on market since end of May.We have had a few viewings and an acceptable offer but they have 2 houses to sell and only sold one.
We decided to take it off market for a month and have now put it back on with a new agent,had two viewings in a week but still nothing yet.
Would definitely NOT let it out.
Just keep hoping the right person comes through the door
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Like many of you, our house is up for sale during a really slow period. We we wondering if anyone had decided to let their house while it is still for sale? The thing is, ours looks really nice at the moment and we were thinking that if tennants didn't keep it looking good then it might make it even harder to sell. Does anyone have any tips?
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Hi The Cutches,
I'm near Bristol, over to the east there near bath.
Anyway, if you are considering renting out your house have a word with "Medics on the Move" in Bristol. A near neighbour of mine rented out her house with them for a year while she went off on an adventure and they find rentals for professional people like docteors etc.
They get good rents too, so it might be worth a chat.
I am not associated with them.
we got our acknoweledgement today (Yippee) and should be over the moon - but still no movement with the house sale, it's been on the market for 6 months and we've reduced it by 15 grand. - Unless we get to the deadline for the visa expiring we would definately not let it out, too many land working illegal immigrants in this area - the house would be ruined.
May have to do a validation trip to give us the extra time needed to sell - good luck everyone.
Congrats neil, tracy and haley on yr visa
Debbie.
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