Survey of UK Residents Shows Old Bathrooms Can Prevent House Sales

With the house market widely reported to be in the middle of yet another price hike, selling your home has become a competitive task and with money tight for most UK residents it seems that people are on the lookout for housing that can offer them a complete move in living experience from the moment that they get hold of the keys.

We recently commissioned an independent survey to be carried out that would give us a little more of an understanding towards the UK housing marketplace, asking people what could potentially put them off from buying a house.

The survey was conducted with 1,028 respondents and provided some interesting insight into what the UK population are looking for when they are considering buying a new home, asking them what potential issues could sway them away from making a purchase while looking at a property.

It comes as no surprise that the fact that a house does not have a garden is still the leading reason that would stop people from buying a property, however if you were to take that factor out of the picture for a moment, the research showed that potential buyers are put off buying a house if their bathroom is outdated or needs work.

According to the survey, 43% of those that responded to the question revealed that they were put off by houses that failed to offer garden space while 21% said that they wouldn’t buy a house that had a bathroom that was outdated.

Other factors that were mentioned within the survey were small kitchen (17%) and bedroom space (14%) while an outdated living room seems to be less of an issue for potential buyers with just 3% of those that responded to the question saying that would prevent them from buying, with just 2% stating reasons outside of those already mentioned.

Interestingly, the survey showed that people that were based in London were less likely to pull out of a sale if a house did not have a garden while those within the age range of 18-24 were also not as bothered about the garden space as they were about having a modern bathroom.

Although generally the want for a garden seems to be one of the most common responses on a larger scale, our research found that this was more of an issue for people that were aged 34 years or higher although this could be due to the lack of spare money that a younger house buyer would have available to make renovations to their newly purchased home.