Sell My Home More Tips

To give yourself the best chance at securing a sale for the right price, it is critical your home needs to look its best.

Obviously you want to be most-cost effective, that means ensuring your property is presentable without spending a lot of money.

Basically, you need to make sure that, where possible, the condition of the house can’t be used against you when negotiating the price.

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If you’re unsure what ‘reasonable’ is have a look at a few other properties for sale in your area.

You will soon get an idea of what people will take a second look at, and what they’ll pass by.

Most homes have something that could do with an upgrade others will have real problems.

If you decide that the issues are too expensive to fix (meaning you won’t recoup your money in the sale), get quotes for the work so you are fully aware of what the repair costs would be when speaking with a buyer.

This will put you in a stronger position when the potential buyer begins trying to knock money off the price.

When selling your house, it makes sense to take care of the basics. Every article talking about how to sell your home will have a list of tips, such as:

• Mow the lawn
• Clean the windows
• Vacuum & tidy
• Clear the clutter
• Complete routine maintenance

Some tips even suggesting ‘depersonalising’ your home by packing away all your family photos and cutesy knick-knacks.

This is to allow the potential buyer to imagine themselves living in the home instead of thinking of it as someone else’s home.

Be sure to finish any routine maintenance. Anything left unfinished will give the potential buyer doubts about what else needs doing. This will put some people off.

Sell My Home Clean & Green

While it makes sense to clean up, de-clutter and perhaps thin out your very personal effects, there are other things you can do, especially if you want to try selling privately.

To ensure you are prepared for questions and negotiations, consider making a list of your homes assets: particularly if they are sustainable or ‘green’ .

It is definitely worth listing things that will save the buyer money in the long run, such as:

• ceiling batts, wall insulation and floor insulation
• curtains with pelmets to keep in the winter warmth
• shutters and awnings
• north/south facing windows and good natural light and cross breezes
• gas connection for cooking and heating
• solar hot water or new hot water service
• rain water tank and a plumbed rain water tank
• established vegetable garden and drip feed watering
• undercover fold-away clothes line
• a pool cover to reduce evaporation

And don’t forget the potential buyers who will ‘drive by’ for a look first!

To make sure you capture these potential buyers, make sure the font of your house is in top condition.

Besides the obvious ones like trimming hedges and edges, why not re-paint the front door, lay some fresh bark chip on the garden beds (the red-brown of bark chip makes the greens and colours of your plants look vibrant), of course, keep your car off the front lawn to give people a clear view of your home.

Once your house is looking so good you’re starting to fall in love with it all over again, why not familiarize yourself with some standard real estate terms?

You will begin to hear these once you begin talking to your agent, and you are going to sell privately there’s even more reason to know your subject.