Buying and selling properties is part of the great British way of doing and takes up an inordinate amount of our time and attention. Usually at the time We Buy Houses after a period of renting, or staying with parents, or , heaven forbid, a stay with the in-laws!
But gone are the times when the very first property we purchase is the one we stay in for the rest of our lives , and We Buy Homes often with a quite short term view that we will need to move on within a certain period. So we are fixated with our culture of house buying and selling and moving up the property ladder. This means that at certain times in our life we have to acknowledge the fact that we are going to sell our current home and buy another one. Buying is often the easy part – selling is usually the stressful nightmare.
TV has been speedy to catch on to the national mood and, should you be unfortunate to have to be subjected to a period of daytime TV, you will encounter an excess of programme titles such as “Sell My House in Birkenhead for top price” or “How do I get the best price when I Sell My House” etc. Real title names are withheld of course, to protect the guilty parties but we’ve all seen these programs at some stage, especially when We Buy Houses.
I think the answer must be to step out of the box for a bit , and by that I mean not to do the things that YOU think would be needed to sell your house but to take a little time out and put yourself in the mind of the prospective purchaser for your property. It’s all very well and good putting in DIY or professionally done home improvements for yourself if you are going to continue in your home but proposing to predict where best to spend your money when spending on your house with a view to a sale is a little more challenging.
The first things to do are the obvious things :
1. Depersonalise. You may value your clutter but it’s truly unlikely that anyone else will. This is the ideal time to get rid of all those things you have clung onto over the years “just in case …”
2. When We Buy Homes we like to put our own stamp on them. Consequently it’s preferable to start off with a neutral, blank canvas. If you are going to give the place a coat of paint then neutral colours and magnolia are the order of the day.
3. Mend anything that is a budding deal breaker. By this I mean get rid of any potential problems that could lead to a potential purchaser trying to knock the price down on the grounds that “the doors don’t close ” or another excuse .
If you have a selection of bedrooms, even if you do not use them yourself it’s worth remembering that a potential buyer may have an actual need for extra space so make the bedrooms look like bedrooms to fit in with a buyers view of what the house should be used for.
As a finish , one of the most important things currently when We Buy Homes is parking spaces . You possibly might only have the need for one parking space yourself but more and more people have a requirement for extra parking space. This is one sector where an investment will pay dividends so if you have space at the front which could be converted into extra parking space then it’s really worth considering doing this before putting the house up for sale.
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