Selling Your Home - Interior


Tidy Up!
Buyers are often in a frame of mind that constitutes to a fresh beginning, with this in mind, you want to make your home feel new, and fresh, lighter colours are often a way to do this. They are looking for a light an airy feel, but at the same time something that they can call home. Remove clutter from around the home, decorate surfaces and ledges with a few ornaments that are fitting to the room, but do not over do it, to use an old cliché – “less is more”.

Clean every where! Again, in the buyers eyes, there looking for a new house, although it may not be, it will be new to them, therefore it is important to give the impression it is as new as possible. Pay special attention to things such as light switches, appliances, lighter colour surfaces, things that will stand out if dirty, but blend in if clean. Your bathroom and kitchen floors and tiles should sparkle!

Hire qualified contracts to service all of your appliances and ask for written proof that they have been done, you can present these to your potential buyer. Make sure all light switches and sockets are working, if damaged, have them replaced. Make sure all light bulbs are in and working. Tidy electrical cables and other wires under carpets or behind furniture, seeing messy wires every where is not a good sight.

The majority of people move homes because they have grown out of there old home, with this in mind, remove unnecessary furniture, again, to give the property a spacious and airy feel.

Tidy all rubbish away, from the house and garden, make sure its either disposed with, or stored out of sight.

DIY Quick improvements
Don’t be surprised how far a bit of paint can go in improving your homes appearance, lighten up smaller rooms or darker that have smaller windows with lighter colours of paint. Be careful not to leave them too plain though, purchasing a couple of rolls of self adhesive border/freeze that match the colours of the carpet/curtains/furniture is a cheap and good way of adding a little touch of detail.

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