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Your Mini Guide on How to Sell Your Home for More
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Mia Cooper
November 2015
Contributor
Written by
Mia Cooper
November 2015

     You want the best profit you can get from your home and there are lots of things you can do to increase the likelihood of that happening. Here's a selection of tips from the experts to help you market and present your property:

Coming Up To Your Sale

Declutter your home just as much as you can, you'll want to do it before you more and it's going to make your life much easier when it comes to preparing for actual viewers. Start to get on top of the garden too, a tidy up a week before your house goes up for sale is better than nothing, but planning ahead a little, so that the lawn looks good and the flower borders are bursting with colour is better.

Preparing Your Home for Sale

A £20,000 kitchen that will put £10,000 value onto your home is a bad investment. Never forget that your bottom line is profit not sale price. Rather than spending big money on things that might not be to the new buyer's taste, concentrate on cheap, quick fixes that make a dramatic difference to how a house impacts. Example of this would be fixing dripping taps, repairing the front door so it doesn't stick when you open it, exterior painting, organising carpet cleaners or window cleaning and making sure that paths and patios are immaculate.

Marketing

Let Your Neighbours Help

If you get on with other local residents tell them that your property is going on the market. They might have friends or family who're looking to buy in the area. If you're really lucky you might not even need to use an estate agent, that immediately increases your profit. Better than this, finding a buyer who's committed to your house is much more likely to result in a smooth sale.

Find the Right Estate Agent

These days many house-hunters start their search online, it's essential that your agent has a great website that will showcase your home well. You also need to identify an company which has a speciality in your market niche, first time buyers are very different from those hunting for a million pound penthouse. Place your property with an agent who targets your market.

Getting Ready for Viewings

You've already de-cluttered, so now de-clutter some more! Half emptying fitted wardrobes will give the impression of loads of storage, making sure that everything in the kitchen has it's own place will create an impression of an orderly space that's easy to use. Dust and clean to within an inch of your life. If you don't have time to do it yourself book professional cleaners for a few hours. Make sure your home smells as sweet as it looks, if use a scented candle or other device, make sure you select the same scent for your whole home, clashing odours is a different sort of clutter!

Let Someone Else Do the Viewings

Your estate agent if you have one, or even the neighbour if one of their friends is interested in buying. You want your potential buyer to imagine themselves living in your house and they'll find that much easier to do if you're not there!

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