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Dramatic_Hammer
I could do with some advice on selling...
1. We've had our house on the market for 4 weeks (Hackney) and in that time had 5/6 viewings. This seems low to me but I don't know if it's the time of year/price bracket/etc.
2. All the feedback from the agent has been that the people viewing like the inside but the location is wrong (on 'main' road, next to A12, noisy garden). This doesn't seem hugely constructive, as they valued it based on the location and we can't change any of those things.
  I am wondering if we should have chosen an agent closer to us (they're based in shoreditch, we're on the other side of Hackney) but I naively assumed it wouldn't matter in the age of rightmove/etc and they seemed quite pro.
3. It's listed as two-bed but it could be listed as three-bed.
  Better to disappoint with a tiny third bedroom or just not get into search results in the first place?
4. We've caught some of the chat on our Canary - one agent in particular seems pretty clueless and almost negative. Tempted to print out a sheet of answers/explanations for him so he stops making shit up then getting mixed up. Also tempted just to change agent but unsure of changing things over Christmas.
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Ludd in reply to @Dramatic_Hammer

Sounds familiar. Our place has been on the market for just over 2 weeks. 4 viewings. One said that some of the rooms were a bit dark. Not sure the estate agent could find the light switch. Things are very quiet on the market so we are trying to be super patient.

I do wonder how agents are going to be able to answer many questions. They may have info on local schools and stuff, but they won't tell people how the patio is bathed in evening sunshine from April to October and how the road seems to have avoided being a rat run and we don't think there have been any murders in the last 14 years.

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