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Why buyers are in no hurry to buy homes in rural areas
Buying a house in the village - The dream of many citizens. After all, in the village and the air is fresh, and your garden, and flower garden can be equipped, and the sea vitamins ... And if there is a forest and a river nearby, it is a dream, not a life.
However, despite such adoration of rural life, a house in the village is almost impossible to sell. And just drive through the village streets to see with your own eyes the inscriptions about the sale right on the fences. And many announcements hang not the first year. What's the problem?
In fact, the reasons why village houses have not been sold for years lie on the surface. The main obstacle is often the homeowners themselves.
Usually sell old houses that came from parents or grandparents. The seller can live somewhere far away. Therefore, selling a house that is idle looks like a logical solution.
But the first problem is that the old house is not able to inspire the purchase of a modern moody person. After all, today’s ideas of beauty and comfort are different than they were a couple of decades ago. Buying an old house, a person realizes that he has a lot of work. After all, you need to complete, repair, remodel, sum up communications. What could be worse than doing something for someone?
Buyers and sellers look at the same house differently. The seller sees value in every detail with which his memories may be connected. He is sure that this garden, the cellar, the summer kitchen, and even the rickety summer shower will please the new owner for many years to come.
A buyer who is used to a certain level of comfort will want a new and modern home. And so the site is evaluated by them in terms of how easy it will be to remove all this stuff. Not surprisingly, an empty building site is often more expensive than an old house.
The main reason why rural houses are not sold is the inflated price. Often, the homeowner is deeply indifferent to what the market value of his plot is. He sets the price based on his own needs. How much money you need is the price tag.
Sometimes a person charges a price comparable to the cost of an apartment in the city where he is going to move. Or simply raise the price, explaining that home It won't sell for a penny. As a result, the sky-high price scares away buyers, the house falls apart every year, and the seller stubbornly stands his ground.
In popular areas, it even comes to the fact that commercial developers buy land, build new houses here and sell plots for themselves. And the buyer is cheaper than if he bought an old house.
Therefore, owners who have not been able to sell the site for years probably need to reconsider the price. And if a potential buyer does not need the house itself, then he may be interested in the proximity of communications, the location of the site or something else. And to set a sky-high price and wait for years for luck is naive.
Moreover, buyers who soberly look at the world, increasingly build houses from scratch. It is often easier, faster, and sometimes cheaper. Only in rare cases, when the site is a tasty piece that does not have decent alternatives, its purchase will be considered seriously, despite the inflated cost.
However, despite such adoration of rural life, a house in the village is almost impossible to sell. And just drive through the village streets to see with your own eyes the inscriptions about the sale right on the fences. And many announcements hang not the first year. What's the problem?
In fact, the reasons why village houses have not been sold for years lie on the surface. The main obstacle is often the homeowners themselves.
Usually sell old houses that came from parents or grandparents. The seller can live somewhere far away. Therefore, selling a house that is idle looks like a logical solution.
But the first problem is that the old house is not able to inspire the purchase of a modern moody person. After all, today’s ideas of beauty and comfort are different than they were a couple of decades ago. Buying an old house, a person realizes that he has a lot of work. After all, you need to complete, repair, remodel, sum up communications. What could be worse than doing something for someone?
Buyers and sellers look at the same house differently. The seller sees value in every detail with which his memories may be connected. He is sure that this garden, the cellar, the summer kitchen, and even the rickety summer shower will please the new owner for many years to come.
A buyer who is used to a certain level of comfort will want a new and modern home. And so the site is evaluated by them in terms of how easy it will be to remove all this stuff. Not surprisingly, an empty building site is often more expensive than an old house.
The main reason why rural houses are not sold is the inflated price. Often, the homeowner is deeply indifferent to what the market value of his plot is. He sets the price based on his own needs. How much money you need is the price tag.
Sometimes a person charges a price comparable to the cost of an apartment in the city where he is going to move. Or simply raise the price, explaining that home It won't sell for a penny. As a result, the sky-high price scares away buyers, the house falls apart every year, and the seller stubbornly stands his ground.
In popular areas, it even comes to the fact that commercial developers buy land, build new houses here and sell plots for themselves. And the buyer is cheaper than if he bought an old house.
Therefore, owners who have not been able to sell the site for years probably need to reconsider the price. And if a potential buyer does not need the house itself, then he may be interested in the proximity of communications, the location of the site or something else. And to set a sky-high price and wait for years for luck is naive.
Moreover, buyers who soberly look at the world, increasingly build houses from scratch. It is often easier, faster, and sometimes cheaper. Only in rare cases, when the site is a tasty piece that does not have decent alternatives, its purchase will be considered seriously, despite the inflated cost.
