5 Ways To Improve Your Chances Of Selling Your Home In The City
| 22nd April 2016
Selling in the city can be difficult – often the location is incredibly desirable but living in a shoebox isn’t. But there are ways to improve your chances of selling your home in the city. So, before you put your house on the market, you might want to consider the following seven points, some of which could even add value to your home!
- Ensure the price is right
It is important to ensure you’re selling your house for the right price. Price it too high and you risk scaring potential buyers off, price it too low and if buyers haggle you could end up with considerably less than you originally wanted. Consider which would be the most reasonable price – you may want to speak to a few estate agents to help you decide.
- Make the garden manageable
A garden in the city is a bonus, but with the fast pace that comes with city life, tending to an outside space could be the last thing on many potential buyer’s mind. Therefore, don’t only tidy up the garden, but make sure it is manageable. An overgrown forgotten about space could be just as off-putting as a space that appears to need hours of work to keep it looking perfect. Perhaps just add a few hanging baskets and bedding plants to give it a splash of colour. A garden is also the second best home improvement you can do to deliver the best return – bonus!
- Give the outside a lick of paint
Much like the garden, the exterior of your house is the first thing a potential buyer will see, and therefore it needs to be appealing. Perhaps you have already considered painting the inside to make a slightly dated space feel bright and modern. But the outside is just as important, if not more so! Faded paint peeling off the walls will be a serious turn off –but this can also be fixed quickly and easily. So pick up some tins of paints, give the walls, front door and fences a lick of colour and brighten up the outside as well as the inside to create a good first impression!
- Spruce up and de-clutter
Nationwide Building Society found that 55% of potential buyers said an untidy house would be a turn-off and 75% would be put off by household smells. It is unlikely that you are blessed with space in the city and untidy rooms will only make the space you do have appear even smaller. The smallest things can make the biggest difference, so clear out the clutter and have a spring clean, you could make things even easier and hire a skip from Mackers Skip Hire to throw everything you don’t need out!.”
- Update your furniture
Throw away that moth-eaten old armchair and replace it with some new furniture. This doesn’t have to be expensive – but it will help potential buyers picture themselves living there. It will also mean you have some nice new furniture to take with you to your new home. So everyone is a winner!
It is actually much easier and cheaper than you may have thought to improve the chances of selling your home in the city! Start working on the above and you’ll be out of your old house and in to your new home before you know it!