Preparing your home for viewers, including COVID-safe virtual viewings, is important. It will not only ensure your property is sold faster but can potentially add thousands of bucks to its value.
Remove unwanted stuff – but don’t depersonalise
- Get rid of all the excess stuff that has collected in every nook and cranny. Please put it in storage, sell it, give it away or bin it.
- People need to be able to imagine what the property would look like if they were living there. People often find this difficult, so make it easy for them to see all the fantastic living space you’re offering them.
- Please don’t make it look like a generic hotel; leave some personality. Apart from anything else, it gives unimaginative buyers suggestions as to what they might do.
- People are often buying into a lifestyle as much as a property. Show them the attractive side of your lifestyle.
- Consider removing any bulky furniture that makes the room feel small and replacing it with smaller furniture.
A fresh lick of paint
- Giving your walls a fresh lick of neutral paint will make your home seem lighter and bigger.
- It will enable the viewers to more easily imagine how they would adapt the rooms to their needs.
- It will be easier for the buyers to move in and use the rooms immediately than if the walls were still bright purple or lime green.
Fix and clean
- Make any minor repairs necessary – holes in walls, broken doorknobs, cracked tiles, torn or threadbare carpets. Many buyers want to move in without making changes, so allow for this.
- Clean everything until it sparkles. Get rid of limescale, clean and repair tile grout, wax wooden floors, eliminate all odours, hang up fresh towels. This will make the place more appealing and allow viewers to imagine living there.
- Tidy up the garden: cut bushes back, clean the patio and furniture of lichen and dirt, and cut the grass. While this doesn’t add much value to your home, it is more likely to sell as people visualise themselves using the garden.
Light and airy
- Wall mirrors make a room look much bigger and lighter. Consider putting some up, especially in smaller rooms or hallways.
- Clean windows inside and out, and replace any broken light bulbs. Making the place feel light and airy makes rooms feel bigger and the property more attractive.
- Ensure that you have lamps on in any dark corners
- Putting a soft lamp in the bathroom can create a warm glow.
Make it look pretty
- Ensure the windows are properly dressed with blinds or curtains, as naked windows make a place feel impersonal and run down. Buy some cheap ones if necessary.
- Plants and flowers bring colour, life and light to a room and also smell wonderful. So does that fruit bowl on your kitchen counter.
Get the right smells
- Bad smells are the single biggest turn off for prospective buyers. Don’t just cover them up. Fix the source of the smell. Clear drains, wash bins, open windows, air the kitchen from old cooking smells, get rid of furniture embedded with cigarette smoke, and wash any grimy bed sheets.
- Suppose you are a smoker. Place bowls of vinegar around the house and leave them out for three days. Though the vinegar will smell when you open the windows, it will disappear quickly, taking most of the stale cigarette smell out with it.
- Conversely, good smells can make a property feel like an alluring home. While it might be impractical to bake fresh bread, cakes or brownies for every viewer that visits your home, you could perhaps brew some fresh coffee.
Showing the property
- You’ll have chosen a good estate agent, so let them show the property.
- It’s their job to know what things to say, what to highlight and what to downplay.
- They are also effective at answering those tricky questions about noisy neighbours.
Obvious conversions
- If there are any obvious conversions – adapting the garage into extra rooms or going up into the loft – and you have some spare cash, why not take advantage of this cash cow rather than letting the new owners make easy money out of improvements.
- Significant home improvements are expensive, so it’s important to consider how your plans will add value to your home.
- If you don’t have enough spare cash to make the conversion, consider getting planning permission anyway.
Note:
When you reach out to Milwaukee houses Buyers, We’ll ask for information about your home and the reasons why you’re selling it. Then will schedule an appointment with you and conduct an inspection in your home. After their assessment, We'll come up with an offer, and if you’re amenable with their terms, you can immediately receive cash in exchange for your home.
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