Selling your home is a nervewracking experience. No matter your reasons for leaving, you’ll need to concentrate on enhancing its positive attributes so that it appeals to potential buyers. After placing your property for sale in a private ad or through an estate agent, you’ll have to prepare it for viewing, which will mean ensuring it stays neat, clean and inviting. If you’re not sure where to begin, allow us to give you hints on what areas to cover – as well as the secret weapon used by smart sellers in Auckland looking for a quick sale.
1) Power Blast Your Home
The way a house looks when you see it for the first time can be enough to make or break your decision to proceed with the viewing. It’s why you need to make sure that your home’s exterior is as clean today as the day it was when it was built. A professionally executed water wash will brighten your walls and make it look bigger than it is. It will remove any growths or accumulated debris that might be ageing your roof’s appearance. Any pathways, driveways, decks or paved areas can also instantly have their years rolled back as a result.
2) Trim, Trim, Trim
We don’t suggest giving your garden a complete makeover as there’s a good chance the new owner will want to customise it to their liking. Make sure that you neatly trim existing bushes and plants and that any visible lawn is cut and even. Watch out for walkways as some will have weeds that need removal or stones missing from them.
3) Prepare The Lights
Depending on the size and position of your home, you might get plenty or very little natural light. Either way, you’ll need to optimise whatever lighting is present. Show off south-facing windows by having them cleaned and polished and make sure that any curtains or blinds framing them are the correct sizes. If your home relies on artificial light, make sure you swap out dimming bulbs for new ones and that any dark corners or spots are lit up with lamps or another form of ambient lighting. Remember that areas of rest will look better with warm or yellow light, while areas where work or concentration takes place, will require cool light.
4) Get On The Floor
Floors are essential to a home’s appeal but are something we often miss as it’s beneath us – literally. Here you need to make sure any carpeting has been deep cleaned, with wooden floors requiring polishing and tiled floors requiring cleaning. Take note of any stains, scuffs, chips or marks present. Many professional cleaners will be able to help you get these out, provided they aren’t ancient and don’t cover a large section of your floor.
Need assistance with whipping your property into a more sales-ready shape? Then contact Auckland’s water blasting experts, Tailored Property Services for advice.
