So Tuesday rolled round and the photos, Video tour and brochure had all been put together.
The discreet market teaser flyer was sent out to 327 matches and within the first 24 hours 8 people had requested more information about the house. All 8 were currently living in London.
However, nothing came from all of these enquires…..and then the feedback game.
In the meantime, we worked as closely as possible to remain within government guidelines and went to view some houses up north!
First house Todmorden: nice house! Hated the area. Unfortunately the narrow steep roads around the house wouldn’t work with my husbands love of sports cars. Another thing I didn’t like was the sooty brick work around Yorkshire I felt like I wanted to get my pressure washer on it. Overall it wasn’t rural enough for us.
Second house Kirkby Lonsdale: the views were much nicer and the rural feeling we wanted was definitely achieved here. The house we saw…..was derelict! We knew it needed work but this was off this scale. It was such as shame, it’s a historic building and due to It’s high price to purchase people have been put off. The house was once beautiful but sadly has been neglected for 8 years and it’s nearly beyond help. We aren’t put off by hard work but we would be able to live in and that wouldn’t work with the children being so young.
Third house Sedbergh. This area was beautiful, at this point we knew that anywhere south of Kirkby Lonsdale was just not happening. The house was beautifully presented and well laid out, however there wasn’t as much lawn space as we would like.
Fourth house Kirkby Stephen: It was the cheapest of all the houses and the setting was beautiful, we could see ourselves living there and due it currently being a holiday home was finished to a high standard. Only problem was it was a little on the small side compared to our current home in Essex.
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Down The Lane
Fifth house Kirkby Stephen! This was the one, we never intended to fall so hard in love but both me and my husband were smitten, we went to visit again 2 days later and the lady said she’d take a reasonable offer for a quick sale. We couldn’t believe our luck, only problem is we NEED to sell our house to proceed.
So the feedback we heard from our agent was not good. One was the proximity of our house to a main road and commercial buildings and the other was given this proximity the price was too high. So we took action and stuck the house straight on Rightmove for a reduced price.
Now we wait…..
Returning north 