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We are about to sell our Marmora Road house - Large, Victorian, detached, 5 beds PLUS a separate, 2 bedroomed Granny / Nanny Annexe with kitchen, shower room and living room.


When we bought the property I had to search all of London and 100's of estate agents to find properties with an actual or potential granny annexe - we were so pleased to find our house and create the sort of shared home we wanted. We had assumed that by the time we no longer needed the granny annexe (parents-in-law passed away last year) there would be other families in a similar situation looking for similar properties.


QUESTION: Where might it best to advertise the property? We have considered "Mumsnet" but otherwise stumped to find a sensible website / channel / agent through which to reach families with teenage children and parents to look after / accommodate.


All suggestions would be very welcome.

On here and other local forums. Think there are similar forums for west dulwich, herne hill, forest hill at least.

Otherwise gumtree? Not sure what their property section is like.

Your house sounds fabulous, I love the houses in Marmora road. If we had the money would be beating your door down for it!

We got a leaflet through our door advertising what must have been your house - looks fantastic. I left it out so Mr Pickle could see it but he didn't take the hint :)


Agree with Catgirl re other forums, and I wouldn't be surprised if leaflet drops around the area like have already been done work... loads of families with au pairs etc who the property would be ideal for.


Good luck.

Assuming you don't want to use an agent, have you set up a website for the house? I have just tried to find the details of an excellent prop website co that we spoke to some time ago. They had various cheap packages eg 300 plus vat for a website, floor plan and photos. I thought that vg and it would act as an adjunct to your various fora, gumtree, se22 (haven't seen it for ages) etc adverts. I wish I could find the name of the guy I spoke to. If I do, I will post it as he was so switched on and helpful, I'd like him to get more business.


A long shot but what about "older people" magazines or sites? Saga or similar?


I also wonder how much the personal websites (equivalent of prime location) charge. Has anyone used those?


Anything has to be better than 2pc plus vat, surely?

It's not so much about avoiding agents fees, more about putting the property in front of the right audience. At present it's being marketed as a 5 bed house, with the extra space and options buried in the descrptive text. Have discussed this with agent and with them are thinking about other options.


Anyone interested - PM me.

I see.

Surely a question then of referring differently to the annexe in order to capture any other nomenclature potential purchasers might use eg basement flat, selfcontained, nanny flat, extended family etc.


I dug out the information for you but I think it might be more useful to someone else. Paul at Photoplan and their fees were even more reasonable than I remembered them:


8 Photos and floorplan = ?150 ex vat


Videoette = ?85 ex vat


Microsite from ?650 ex vat


30 Brochures = ?150 ex vat


HTH

A few years ago I sold my flat on Marmora Road through Roy Brooks. V different situation - but what they were brilliant at was expounding it' virtues and finding the right person to buy it. They were agent no 4 I tried and sold it within a fortnight. Have a look at their website and see their descriptions. They use a former copywriter. And the photos are amazing. Might be worth thinking about if you have something different to the norm.


Susypx

I have always found Wooster Stock to be very good. Very tantalising descriptions of every property. They have a good web network.


A granny annexe can also be an office for anyone working from home, so maybe you can target that sort of buyer too.


Talk to the agent. See if they can get pic in Living South or something.

no - fair question , it came down quite substantially - but then I had been trying to sell it for over a year at a higher price - i just needed someone sane to tell me what it was worth! Had tiny bedroom though big flat so previous agents kept bringing around couples - was really too small - roy brooks only brought around singletons - they seemed to do a lot of selling before they even had a viewing. But, I am no expert in this area.

susypx

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