So we finally decided to put the old FauxSurreyHomestead on the market. Our timing would appear to be TERRIBLE however. We launched the day after the Brexit vote!! Not for a minute did it cross our minds that the UK was going to vote out, which created huge uncertainty in the markets, the biggest fall sterling has seen for over 30 years and many house chains to collapse .... BUT the agents were positive and the fundamentals haven't changed - too many people and too few houses Now over a month in we have only had 8 viewings, no second viewings and not even 1 comedy offer! What to do? What is going wrong with the sale of our des res??
Of course I have been scouring the interweb to try and see what I can do. All the property selling websites tell you to declutter and depersonalise - both of which I have done; there's not 1 photo on show and a number of books and "gorgeous things" have been removed. However there are also some more 'esoteric' sites that have other advice and it's these sites that have given me my "aha" moment. Apparently you have to let go emotionally of your house and visualise yourself moving on / into your next residence. Now for all the previous house moves I've made that has been easy! I was doing it without knowing I was doing it. The house before this one FSHubby and I used to walk past it regularly and we would stop, talk about living there & imagine ourselves there. This house we used to do drive by's and we even had tea in the garden with the previous owners and we were able to easily see ourselves living here.
The Mill has been different. We're sort of there already as we own it, we've put furniture in there and we visit frequently. But it still doesn't feel like home and I think that's the problem. I keep coming "home" to this house. I am still far too emotionally attached to this house. I love living here. I struggle to picture life in Wales. I need to let go / move on.
So here's the thing - I am going to make a statement of intent across the internet. So here goes! Universe are you listening?
It's time for us to let go of our beautiful Surrey house and for it to have new owners. It's time for new life to be breathed into it. This house now easily and effortlessly finds new owners who will prosper here and who gladly pay our asking price or better. I gladly pass this house on to its new owners with love & joy. It's time for us to move onto The Mill and start our new adventure.
