Thursday 3 February 2011


Want to sell a property?


If you think you can’t afford to make small changes to your property
before it hits the market, then you more than likely won’t get the price you would like!


REALITY!
If you think that you know what the selling price of your home will be, based on your personal needs, you will be very disappointed. The market (what a buyer is willing to pay) will determine the selling price of your home. It is out of your control. You can choose to accept this reality now, or after your home has been on the market for several months.

Location, size, number of bedrooms/bathrooms, etc. are all important
factors that determine the value of your home. But the current state of the housing market translates that value into the actual price range for selling your home.

THE GOOD NEWS: 
There is one area where you do have control.  The condition of your home will determine whether you can sell at the top of that price range or at the bottom of that range. The difference could be tens of thousands of pounds. It will also determine how long your house will stay on the market before it sells. And the difference could be months and months (and months).


When you live in a property you are blinkered by the small things that need attention. On too many occasions I have heard “We’ve lived with it and it’s not a problem, so buyers won’t notice it”.  This is complete nonsense.  People looking to buy a property will look for the small things that need attention.  Buyers will be thinking how much it would cost them to put them right and therefore reducing the price they want to offer for the property. 

The general rule of thumb for staging a property is to spend 1-2% of the value of the property on the property before it goes on to the market and you can reap 10-15% more!


So who do you know who is thinking of selling a property and would like to increase their sale price by 10-15%?


Please let me help to increase the price you achieve for your property!


Property needing curb appeal to get you through the door!