Make Your Home More Appealing If You Want To Sell It
Nobody wants to put their home up for sale and then for their property to sit on the market for months or years on end. When you put the property on the market it’s because you want to sell it, right? This means that you’ve got to do some things before you put it up for sale, ensuring that it’s as appealing as possible. You might be sitting there wondering what kind of things we mean, and if that’s the case then it’s a good thing you have come across this article. Down below, we’re going to be taking a look at some of the ways that you can do this, so keep reading to find out more.
Start With The Curb Appeal
You should start with the curb appeal as this is the first thing potential buyers are going to look at. If you stand outside and look at your property, what do you see? Do you see a well maintained property that looks loved and cared for? Or, do you see somewhere that has been let go because the owners don’t have time. The problem with the second one here is that it makes a bad first impression, and if you make a bad first impression this is going to be very hard to shake off. In a lot of cases it doesn’t matter how fantastic the interior is, if the exterior looks like you don’t care.
As such, you need to get out there with your mower and start cutting. Keep the grass at a decent length, make sure that you are pulling out all of the weeds that you see growing, plant flowers where you want them but make sure they are not dying and so much more. You can even go ahead and add a bird bath if you want for extra flare.
Create A Blank Slate Inside
When you step inside your home, you want to feel like you are walking into a blank slate. You have had your time here, and we’re sure that it was very homey for the duration that you lived here, but you’ve got to give someone else a chance to see themselves living here too. You don’t want to be one of these people who puts their home on the market with pictures of their family all over the place. All this does is remind the buyer that this was someone else’s home first, and this puts a lot of people off.
So, instead of letting this happen you need to do a few things. First, paint the walls white as this is the color of starting over. Make sure that you have taken down anything that is personal, and keep the design as minimalist as possible. You want the potential buyers to be wandering through the house, picking out bedrooms for each person in their family and mentally planning where they can see their items.
Ensure Everything Is Clean
Of course, you cannot put your home on the market if it is not clean. Nobody is going to walk into a dirty home and want to purchase it, so you’ve got to get this sorted before it goes up for sale. We also know though that not everyone enjoys cleaning, and you don’t really have to. We recommend that you get a professional cleaning service anyway as they will be able to make your home look immaculate. Once this has been done, you just need to keep on top of things, making sure that everything remains in the best possible condition going forward.
One place that a lot of people don’t think about when they are cleaning though are the carpets if you have them. If you don’t, then it’s simply going to be a case of running over the hard flooring with a mop, but carpets are much more difficult. If you haven’t been shampooing your carpets regularly, then you’re probably going to need a professional carpet cleaning service to come and sort this for you.
Sort Out The Repairs
Have you thought much about those little repairs that you have been putting off over the last few years? Now is the time to start if you’ve pushed them to the back of your mind. They can’t live there anymore because now people are going to want to live in the property, and they are not going to purchase if they are having to make repairs that you should have made. Don’t think that you can hide them either because a surveyor should be able to pick up on any issue, big or small.
We know that it can be a nightmare to make all of these fixes, but it’s going to be for the best. Take your time and complete the ones that you can do yourself, saving yourself quite a bit of money, and then hire professionals for any that you need them for. The more that you can do yourself the better, as you will be able to do this faster and for less money, but don’t try to do things that are outside of your capabilities. For example, leave anything to do with the plumbing or electrics to the professionals as you could hurt yourself, or make the problem worse.
We hope that you have found this article helpful, and now see some of the things that you should be doing to make your home more appealing if you want to sell it. The last thing that you want is to end up with your house on the market for months, all coming down to the fact that you didn’t do the things that you should have done to get it ready in the first place. If you take all of the necessary precautions and you do everything in your power to make your home appealing, then it will sell, we promise. We wish you the very best of luck, and hope that you see success in selling your home.
