Everyone who sells their home wants a quick sale and the best price. Sounds good? Luck has nothing to do with making it happen. Preparing your home in advance, to look its best, as well as planning for viewings carefully will lead to that speedy sale and top price that you want.
This is a helpful guide to a few simple tricks you can use for a hassle-free sale, at a good price. You're going to do a business deal. Try to forget that this house is your home. It isn't for much longer. It's bricks and cement that you want someone else to buy now. In the near future you'll have a new house to call home!
Think about the day that you'll hand over the keys to this house; it will be here soon! Say goodbye to each room as you know it, and think about your new home.
To give buyers the opportunity to imagine the house as their own, wipe the slate clean. Store away your things and take everything off the walls. This will help your buyers to picture their furniture in the rooms and their pictures on the walls. Your things will get in the way of this, so move them.
Most of us accumulate things unnecessarily over the years. Do you really need everything? If you've not used something for over a year, you probably don't need it. Give it away to a friend or family member, even the local charity shop. Pack up your books, and send to storage any other non-essential items. For those items you use every day, have a box to put them in, and keep this hidden away when not in use. This will also be motivation to get cracking with your packing!
Naturally, buyers will be nosey. They'll look in cupboards and drawers. If there is clutter, what message does this give buyers? On the other hand, if everything is organised and tidy, it says a lot about how much you look after the house. You should therefore make sure dishes are neatly stacked, shirts are hung together, and your shoes are lined up and paired properly. These little things make a big impression.
If you have a lot of furniture in your house, send it to storage. There's nothing worse than a cluttered home; your buyers need to have the freedom to look around easily, as well as imagine each room as their own, and how they will use it. Once the bookcases are bare, remove them. If any items of furniture make a space look cramped, remove those too.
For those little repairs that need doing, just get them done! Fix any jammed drawers, patch up any obvious holes in the walls or ceilings. This will ensure your house looks loved and cared for, which is obviously encouraging to buyers. Paint the walls and ceilings neutral colours, such as cream or white. You don't want buyers remembering your house because of its pink kitchen!
This is a helpful guide to a few simple tricks you can use for a hassle-free sale, at a good price. You're going to do a business deal. Try to forget that this house is your home. It isn't for much longer. It's bricks and cement that you want someone else to buy now. In the near future you'll have a new house to call home!
Think about the day that you'll hand over the keys to this house; it will be here soon! Say goodbye to each room as you know it, and think about your new home.
To give buyers the opportunity to imagine the house as their own, wipe the slate clean. Store away your things and take everything off the walls. This will help your buyers to picture their furniture in the rooms and their pictures on the walls. Your things will get in the way of this, so move them.
Most of us accumulate things unnecessarily over the years. Do you really need everything? If you've not used something for over a year, you probably don't need it. Give it away to a friend or family member, even the local charity shop. Pack up your books, and send to storage any other non-essential items. For those items you use every day, have a box to put them in, and keep this hidden away when not in use. This will also be motivation to get cracking with your packing!
Naturally, buyers will be nosey. They'll look in cupboards and drawers. If there is clutter, what message does this give buyers? On the other hand, if everything is organised and tidy, it says a lot about how much you look after the house. You should therefore make sure dishes are neatly stacked, shirts are hung together, and your shoes are lined up and paired properly. These little things make a big impression.
If you have a lot of furniture in your house, send it to storage. There's nothing worse than a cluttered home; your buyers need to have the freedom to look around easily, as well as imagine each room as their own, and how they will use it. Once the bookcases are bare, remove them. If any items of furniture make a space look cramped, remove those too.
For those little repairs that need doing, just get them done! Fix any jammed drawers, patch up any obvious holes in the walls or ceilings. This will ensure your house looks loved and cared for, which is obviously encouraging to buyers. Paint the walls and ceilings neutral colours, such as cream or white. You don't want buyers remembering your house because of its pink kitchen!
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