How to prepare your home for sale

How to prepare your property for sale

While the housing market is currently very active, preparing your property for sale is still as important as ever. Every seller wants their home to sell quickly and for maximum return. Does that sound good to you? Well, it’s not luck that makes this happen. It’s careful planning and knowledge of how to spruce up your home to attract as many interested buyers as possible. VitalSpace have created a guide on how to prepare your house and turn it into that irresistible home.

Once you have instructed VitalSpace as your Estate Agent, a few simple tweaks can make all the difference when selling. Preparing your property for sale requires careful planning and its important to ensure that the presentation of your property sends buyers scurrying for their chequebooks and to help, we have prepared a few tips and tricks to turn your home into an irresistible and highly desirable proposition.

Ask yourself, Just who will be your buyer?

Disassociate yourself with your home – The primary step to consider when selling your property quickly is to think of what your buyers would look for. Who do you think is presently searching our website, trawling for their perfect new home? Once established, now go about making your home appeal to these potential buyers without putting off those that might either aspire to what your home says for itself or those that fancy a change. So if it’s a family of four that would most suit your property, ensure that your fourth bedroom can be easily seen as either a spare bedroom for guests, or as a study but not both. It you own a city centre apartment, we would expect your buyers to be young professionals looking for clean, clear open plan living. Try and tailor your property to your perceived buyers requirements.

Get rid of the rubbish! Clear the clutter!

Buyers will need to visualise themselves in your space. Provide them with the relevant atmosphere, a suitable number of family type photos should remain if it’s a family that you’re appealing to – but a room full of cricket trophies may well be your pride and joy, but represent clutter to those not of the same inclination.

First Impressions – ‘Kerb Appeal’

If your looking to sell a house and the outside looks shabby, what does it say about the inside. Buyers often drive by your home before arranging a viewing – ask yourself – does my home have kerb appeal? A clean, well presented façade is essential, paint the front door and add some pots and plants, it will give a ‘feel good’ factor to your house.

Clean up the kitchen and bathrooms

Get the salt, pepper and ketchup into a cupboard and lock up the underarm spray in the bathroom cupboard! Dump the dirty dishcloths and wash, iron and put away the tea towels. Ensure that when viewers are due to visit, both the kitchen and bathroom’s are odor free – unless its freshly made bread and coffee. Both Kitchen’s and bathroom’s are typically the two main area’s focused upon by househunters. These area’s will cost the most to upgrade and thus, ensuring they look sharp and clutter free is keen to attracting the highest sale price.

Consider a mini-makeover

When preparing your property for sale, its key not to go overboard but sometimes, a lick of paint here and a repaired hinge there can work wonders and will instill a feeling of ‘well maintained’ into your potential buyers. Add a dash of colour with flowers and clean the place up. Imagine your property is about to be in a magazine shoot when your agent takes the photographs that will be used in the sales particulars. Freshly baked cakes and a dining table set ready for a party are just a few ideas that can help to create the right impression of a desirable place to live. So, if you are thinking about moving in the New Year, try to use some of the time during this festive period to prepare your home for sale. It can help secure that all-important buyer later on in the house selling process.

Replace cracked floor or counter tiles.

Patch holes in walls.

Fix doors that don’t close properly and kitchen drawers that jam.

Replace burned-out light bulbs.

If you’ve considered replacing a worn bedspread, do so now!

Consider painting your walls neutral colors, especially if you have grown
accustomed to grey or orange walls.

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