Top selling tips

As the winter mood lifts and the countdown to the start of the spring selling season gets under way you may find thoughts like that running through your head.  Is Spring really the right time to sell when it can mean more properties on the market and therefore more competition?

We think Spring is a great time to market a property that’s ready to sell. By that we are not referring to the mindset of the vendor – We talking about the state of the property itself. 

Yes I’m sure you’ve heard it before but it really does make a difference to the speed and price of a sale if the property is well presented.  Make your property stand out from the crowd by adding some sparkle.

Fresh, clean, uncluttered are the three key objectives you should be looking to achieve. See selling tips for more detail.

Clean needs little explanation but to really get your house to sparkle consider professionally cleaned windows, carpets, curtains and blinds.  Also keep in mind the old saying ‘out of sight out of mind’ doesn’t apply to open for inspections!  People will open your cupboards so you need to have them looking ordered and tidy.  Cluttered cupboards give the impression there is insufficient storage in the property.

An open house is an opportunity to present the property as a dream home for a potential buyer. Make it easy for buyers imagine themselves living that dream by limiting personal photographs and the ‘everyday’ bits and pieces and paperwork that are usually lying around a working home.  A clutter free kitchen bench might not be a practical reality but it is what most people would like to achieve!

‘Fresh’ is all about colours and fragrance.  No I don’t mean burning incense – it’s more subtle and yet more powerful to simply have some fresh flowers strategically placed in the home (don’t overdo it or you will make people suspicious you’re trying to hide something or worry that there has just been a death in the family!). 

It’s not rocket science but it does work so if you are considering selling this spring, now is the time to get to work.