Preparing to sell a house can be a stressful time but if done correctly, can make or break a sale.
Smart vendors will do everything possible to sell their property for a reasonable price within a reasonable period. It is important that you understand who your likely buyers will be and what you need to do to make it valuable to them. For example, families will be looking for space, storage and safety so you need to promote these features to them.
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Deal with faults or issues that can kill the sale - Many buyers are turned off by serious faults that need to be fixed. Money spent rectifying obvious issues is money well spent.
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De Clutter - Clutter takes up space and makes your house appear smaller, remember buyers need to visualise this as their home.
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Clean and de-odorise - Invest in professional cleaning to ensure your house sparkles
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Styling - Furniture and accessories - positioning appropriate furniture and accessories reinforces what a great home you have and gives buyers multiple space to love.
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Invest in strong photos - The strength of your photo's often determines how many people get to your front gate.
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Street Appeal - Strong "street appeal" converts browsing into serious potential buyers.
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Bathrooms and Kitchens - Bathrooms and kitchens have more impact in sale value than almost any other rooms.
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Make your property popular - Appeal to a cross section of buyers, avoid quirky, strongly personal styling in favour of accessible, inclusive and conservatively creative presentation, designed to appeal to a broad cross-section of buyers.
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Outdoor spaces - make sure your space is presented for your target market.
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Look at the overall picture
Given that 70% of vendors don't present their property in it's best light, you have a great opportunity to sell your home for more, sooner.
Make sure you set your budget aiming for a return of $3 for every $1 you spend on presentation. This will help protect your investment and with luck plus a little elbow grease, you will probably get a better return than this.
The Makeover Group specialises in property presentation, home styling and staging. They
can be contacted on 1300 768 464 or visit them at www.themakeovergroup.com.au
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