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Nice looking home!  I would add some bold subtitles to the paragraphs in your description on the home page or maybe less is more in this case.  Perhaps questions or statements.  A

Also, paint Bedroom 4!  I almost burned my eyes : )

Andy,

Lots of good content, but all the verbiage might be overkill. You only have a short period of time to capture someones attention and keep it. 
Web surfers are visual people. I would suggest instead of one huge picture on the home page, adding several small ones. This way we can see immediately what the house looks like. If we are still interested we will read on further.

Agree that BR 4 should be painted.  I think long copy works, but you do need to use some text design as andyman68 said to break it up.  Interspersing some pictures along with that long copy on home page will help keep your reader. The stiched photo for master is very good and helps show the room better than a stndard camera photo will allow.  If you could shoot a few more pctures of these rooms and incorparte them as thumbnails on the room's page, again that will get your reader more involved and likely to stay longer. If you have an attractive yard, some more exterior shots would help as well. Nice job.

Could be a better web site. Don't need to refresh page to jump from one pic to another. Pics should be resized top minimze scrolling.

I think you did a good job.  Couldn't help but notice your Zip.  My Grandmother used to live on Jomat Dr.  I put that Zip on lots of cards and letters over the years.  Best of luck selling your home.

On the features page - I'd suggest adding numeric quantifications wherever possible.  For example - not just that it's a pie shaped culdesac lot - but also, how big is it? 1/3 acre? 1/2?  Oversized dining room is subjective - how many will it seat? Example: "Oversized Dining Room seats 12 comfortably! " packs more punch.  Special elevation with more square footage?  How many square feet overall?  What % more?

Basic items I'd expect to see in features that I didn't spot: What's the siding made of? Are the windows thermal pane? How's the insulation rating? is the plumbing copper? 

The info may be on other pages, but as you probably know, not everyone will read all you post... make it easy for the technical buyers (those like me that hit the "feature" page as the second stop) to get what you're selling - or at least stay engaged enough to keep reading.

I do agree with the earlier feedback re: the home page is too text intensive.  I'd suggest a summary bullet list of features (# sq ft; size of lot; warranty offered (if applicable); # BR/BA).  This may also help you hit more search engine keyword criteria, driving more traffic to your site.

Hope this helps, and best wishes for a successful sale.

Keep the "our home" references out of the description. You don't want it to come across that you have any emotional connection to the home.

Remote the treadmaster, or whatever it's called, from the family room and retake the picture.

You need pictures of the entry way, living room, garage, and basement.

Turn on the lights in all of the rooms for pictures. This will make the room look warmer.

Master bedroom - Remove the stairs by the bed, mirron on the floor, hide the stuff you have crammed under the bed, and remove the bears, hat, and other nic-nacs.

Bedroom 2 - Unclutter or hide items on the bookshelf and turn off the computer monitors before you take a pic.

Bedroom 3 - Remove the weights and tv on the floor from the room.

Bedroom 4 - Repaint a neutral color and take a new pic.

Guest bathroom - Remove all shower items, pink rug, pink towel and hide the Dial soap pump before you take a new picture.

Your description was very descriptive, but less is more. Get straight to the point. You could put the detailed description as the last item on your navigation list and the main features on the home page.

Hi, nice website. Websites are incredible tools for selling homes if used correctly. Obviously your site does not need to be that elaborate so here are just a few tips you may want to incorporate to make your site more successful.

Try to only use 300 to 400 words per page. Anything longer than that becomes daunting for the average web user.

Be keen on picture aesthetics. Pictures that cut into text or seem like they’ve been thrown on to the screen are off-putting. Additionally you don’t want a picture to take up the entire width of a page.  

Finally, I don’t know what options you have on your design template. But, to get a site that attracts search engines you need keywords and links. Exchange links with other real estate related sites. And, if you’re able to put keywords in your title and meta-tags, find popular keywords for your area using Google Keyword tools and repeat those keywords in your text below.  

Too many words.  Add a FAQs - give the numbers for taxes, square footage, lot size, year built, etc.

too much verbage.  I would stage your home too - you have to set up a image in the mind of the buyer of how they could live there.    get rid of purple on the home page.

I would recommend more pics and some detail about the appliances.

Add some hyperlinks like
http://www.ryanhomes.com/fileGrab.aspx?ID=f1879830-3b7e-447e-a208-6c981b2dbcb5  

http://donaldsonscrossroads.com/  

Be careful of your sales pitch “perfect opportunity for a young couple on a budget” may come close to a fair housing violation. http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/library/part109.pdf

You may want to consider holding something back. Give the potential buyer a reason to reach out to you and / or your REALTOR.

Best of luck

If you want a re-write editor I'm available.  (see my post on what I wanted to be when I was little!)  You shouldn't imply things like "an inaccessible linen closet" - I'm thinking, there's a linen closet I can't get to ?  Where??  All in all, just too many words, we don't need to know the thermostat is centrally located, the carpet is the same in both rooms (one picture says a thousand words)...just the basics as stated above

Wow; a lot more responses than I expected to get.  :)

I've tried to take most of the advice here and will be uploading some updates shortly.  Some, like repainting and new pictures, will need to wait a few days.  Unfortunately I'm working two jobs right now.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

Nicholas_B

I'm also a web developer and created a site when my husband and I were selling. It turned out to be a really effective sales tool. Overall you did a nice job  on yours.

Here's are my suggestions for your consideration:

Get a seo-friendly url and forward it to your site's current location.  You can pick one up at GoDaddy for about $10/annl. Within the time it takes for their servers to refresh, you can login to the admin area, forward and mask your new domain to that folder on your other site. You'll get a free email box with the domain, so you can have a separate contact for homebuyers and look professional. If you don't want to check an additional email box, just forward that on to your regular email address.

Don't need the title "Navigation" - people are well trained in how most sites work and already know this.

One big issue: how do I contact you or your agent if I want to view this home?

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Nice flash slideshow - and good to have images shown right away. But it might be a good idea to down-size it a bit so that more information views above the fold. No need to have it on more than one page.

"Home" and "About the Home" seem redundant. I would combine them or delineate them.

As far as the text goes, I would suggest condense it where-ever you can and lose all the sales speak, just clearly describe your home. Web viewers scan web pages, not read them; bullet lists and short paragraphs work best. The features page works well this way. Just take a look and maybe re-order the info so the most important is on top. In fact I might eliminate the features page, reorder this info for the main page to give a good overall image of the home. Then "About the Home" could become more in-depth info after you have caught their attention.

The room by room pages are good--especially in case a viewer is missing the flash plugin and can't view your slideshow, but again, mind the fold. A good suggestion here might be to down-size the images a bit and put a line or two of description prior to the image so a viewer gets the main selling points and an image. Include more details below.

Why no image for garage/basement and view?

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Coding: You're a bit depricated here and you're missing some pieces in the head to ensure it will view evenly in browsers; be sure to include a doctype to ensure they don't go into quirks mode.

 It looks like you're writing in html 4.01 so start your code with:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>

And end your code with:
</html>

Also, don't forget to include a character set declaration after your <head> tag to make sure the browsers know what language you are using:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />

If the parent site is yours: www.elegantphotographyonline.com and your good with Photoshop or similar, some images could be enhanced with cropping and color correction and some contrast work.

And that's my 2 cents worth. Like I said, nice job overall. Good luck on a quick and easy sale.