Dave A Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 This is not really a "Landlord" issue, just one we're a bit stuck on. We have a guest house which has been on the market for about a year, with very little interest. It's a large property (8/9 bedrooms) in open countryside with an acre and a half of garden. We've decided to give up with the usual Estate Agent route as it was getting us nowhere and to be honest they weren't doing anything clever to market the property anyway. We have paid for a one off fee " cheapy" estate agent which basically gets us on Rightmove (who to be fair have performed far better than the "exclusive" upper end EAs" and then we are spending what we save on Estage Agents fees on alternative advertising, e.g. Birdwatching, smallholding magazines and the like. Any further ideas we could try? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richlist Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Selling any property that is out of the ordinary or that has some uniqueness to it is always going to be more of a problem than selling a 'run of the mill' property. I'd probably first identify my target buyer. Draw up a list of all residential, commercial, business uses that such a large property can be put to.....in addition to its current guest house use. It sounds like you may have already done that or some of it by advertising in specialist (smallholding & birdwatching ) magazines. Some of the big colour mags like Country Life & mags specific to your county....in my case Essex Life..... can carry specialist ads. If its more commercial then Daltons Weekly can be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Had forgotten about Daltons weekly. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortitia Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 What about Exchange and Mart - if that is still going or The Lady magazine - the latter has a very property conscious following or even Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Ex and Mart now gone, few years ago as it goes, could try the Lady. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grampa Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Also try the horse and hounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melboy Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 I would give eBay UK Property a try. National coverage for £35 (?) Give it a 100% on the description with good photo's. Worth a Punt I would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Picked up a Horse and hounds, looks like a possible, might be a bit highbrow for us, but who knows. Also will try ebay. Thanks Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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