Selling Tips

Top 5 Tips to make your property stand out from the others.

Our aim is to sell your property for the price that you want. To achieve this, it’s vital that your property is presented to the highest standard.  We want potential buyers to walk in and feel that this could be their space; picture where their furniture will go and imagine living here – their new home. Below are our Top 5 Tips for presenting your property to achieve the best result for you. 

Presentation Tip 1 –

Clean your property from top to bottom, inside and out.  This includes:

Floors, Walls & Skirting, Fans, Light Fittings, Kitchen Cupboards, Stove/Cooktop and Rangehood.  Remove Cobwebs, clean Windows/Screens and Tracks and Window Coverings.  Special attention should be given to Bathrooms and Powder Rooms. 

If the carpets are badly stained have them steam cleaned.

Remove any unpleasant odours.   This could be from:

-          Cooking

-          Smoking

-          Pets

-          Damp/Mould

-          Block Drains

Sight, Touch and Smell will affect the way buyers see your house.

Presentation Tip 2 – De-Clutter & De-Personalise.

Removing excess furniture and clutter will make your house feel bigger.  Buyers want to see a clean and tidy house that they can imagine bringing their personal items into.  Keep it Simple!  Remove your personal treasures and any family photo’s.  Buyers will open cupboard doors and wardrobes so be sure to keep these areas tidy and free of clutter.  Ideally, they should not be more than 75% full.  This shows buyers that there is plenty of storage space for their belongings.

Buyers want to buy Your House so that they can make it Their Home !

Presentation Tip 3 – First Impressions Count!

From the first time buyers see your property it needs to look it’s best – Inside and Outside.  Look at it from the street and see what buyers will see.  Are the lawns mowed, the pathways clean, the gardens tidy, rubbish lying around.  Are there areas that need maintenance?

Then go inside and do the same.  Put yourself in the buyers’ shoes.  Would you pay top dollar for a property that looks uncared for or requires immediate repairs or maintenance?     

What buyers see determines what they will Pay for your property.

Presentation Tip 4 –  Go Neutral!

This goes hand in hand with depersonalizing your property.  Colour is very personal.  Some people like bright colours, others hate it!  Neutral allows buyers to see a “blank canvass” that they can make into their style.  If walls are painted in bright feature colours consider painting over them to match the main wall colour. If you need to paint whole rooms, colours such as Dulux Natural White give a soft, fresh feel and make the rooms look larger and brighter. 

Neutral = Subtle, understated charm providing a quiet and soothing atmosphere.

Presentation Tip 5 –

While living in a house the use of certain rooms can become blurred over time.  For example,

-          The lounge becomes part office

-          The spare bedroom becomes a storage room

-          The dining room becomes the kids play area

Wherever possible showcase each room for what it was designed for. Remove excess furniture that isn’t essential to the use of the room or makes it feel small.  Bright, open spaces sell houses!  Your aim is to present your property to potential buyers as somewhere that they want to live and make their home.

If you are unsure, GBR Realty can offer assistance.  We can advise on styling your house to ensure a buyers first impression helps them see your house as

 Their New Home.