Note: This blog post is a sponsored conversation written by Lynn Smythe, the Founder and Chief Blogger for The Creative Cottage lifestyle blog. The opinions, thoughts, ideas and text are all mine.
If you’re considering putting your house on the market, or it’s already up for sale, but you can’t seem to convert viewers into buyers, maybe it’s time to think about how to prepare your home for sale. The services of a good handyman could be just the boost you need. They can tackle all those annoying little jobs that, small in themselves, add up to put potential purchasers off. A little investment at an early stage could pay off dividends when it comes to selling your house and moving on with your life.
When you live in a property, you become accustomed to its little ways. You don’t tend to see – or hear – that dripping tap anymore. The garden is safe for the kids to play in, and they have a tendency to wreck any plants you put in anyway, so there’s little motivation to do much more than clear the weeds every now and again. It doesn’t much matter to you that the upstairs windows have rarely been cleaned because you know what the view should look like! Yet these little quirks and snags are all things that scream ‘neglect’ to people viewing your property.
Prepare Your Home for Sale
These days, it’s more difficult than ever to get the money together to buy a house, so there’s a lot invested in choosing the right one. New homeowners want to move into a property that needs as little work as possible. They also may worry that apparently minor issues may be a sign of wider neglect and that can put them off making that all-important offer on your house.
If you’re keen to get your move underway and get on with the next stage in your life, whether you’re upscaling or downsizing, you’ll find it much easier to get your property sold if all these irritating little issues are sorted before viewers arrive. It is also worth looking into companies like On The Go Moving before your house is sold, so you can move items into storage or the property you are moving to if you have already got that sorted. It will clear up the property, which makes it more presentable.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but the popular advice seen on many property programs on the TV is that you must speculate to accumulate. If you don’t clean up your property’s act, it can spend months or even years languishing on the market. Alternatively, you may be forced to drop your asking price for a quicker sale. Either way, you’ll be losing money.
Routine Maintenance and Repairs
Spend money upfront on a little routine maintenance and problem-solving, though, and your house will be a much more attractive prospect. Make sure all the clutter is removed internally, so viewers can see the space available. Sort out those leaky taps and broken roof tiles that may dissuade prospective buyers from taking a risk on your property. Make a feature of whatever garden space you have, and ensure your windows are clean enough to show it off to the best effect! And in fact, a few hundred well-spent pounds could even add more significant value to the sale price of your home.
It’s estimated, for example, that a neat, low-maintenance landscaped garden could add up to 20% to a home’s value. The trick is to source services from professionals in your area that are tried and tested, so that you can ensure that any work you pay for will be carried out reliably, to schedule, and to a good quality standard. So there you have it, our top tips on how to prepare your home to sell.
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