Every seller wants his/her house to sell quickly and at the highest price. The way to achieve this is through careful planning and knowing how to professionally spruce up your house. Buyers are attracted to houses that appear spacious, clean and solid. The steps involved in creating a marketable property are listed below.
Treat your house as a product that can make money for you, not as a home. Focus on the fact that soon this house will no longer be yours. Don't look backwards, look towards the future. You have decided to sell, so try to take as unemotional view of your house as possible. More Details
Pricing Your House
Once you have decided to sell your house, you obviously want to get as much money as possible for it. It's very easy to get caught up in the excitement over choosing a sales price.
But in reality, it doesn't matter how much money YOU think your house is worth. The only person whose opinion really does matter is the buyer who makes you an offer.
Putting a value on any house involves comparing similar properties, allowing for the differences among them, tracking market changes and taking account of how many houses similar to yours are for sale. More Details
Photographing Your House
Follow these tips to create the best possible photos of your property.
Try to take the exterior photos of your property in the middle of the day when the sun is shining and try to get a blue sky background. Remember, you can replace the images you have placed with your property advertisement, so if you take
a better photo later, you can still include it. Turn on all the lights. If you need to, change light bulbs for higher wattage versions, giving you the maximum amount of light. Use a flash if possible, the flash adds in the correct colors and fills in the shadows, making the room look brighter.
More is better. House buyers want to see more than just the front of the house. Buyers also want to get a look at the living room, kitchen, dining room, family room, master bedroom/bathroom and the back garden. Take photographs of every room. Even if you suspect the room won't photograph well, shoot it anyway because the photo quality just might suprise you and be useable. More Details
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16 large pictures of your property, as well as 1,000 words of text and a location map.
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Advertisement Checklist
What is included in the sale?
Is the price negotiable?
Size of each room.
How many bathrooms and bedrooms?
Garage and outbuildings.
Bus or train route nearby.
Ameneties in the area.
Utility rooms.
En-suite bathroom.
Double glazed windows.
Type of central heating.
Broadband, phoneline, Sky/Chorus/Cable TV.
House alarm.
Recently refurbished or redecorated.
Size of the front and back gardens.
Car parking space.
Sample Advertisement Wording:
A unique opportunity to acquire a spacious 3 bedroom semi-detached family home ideally situated in the leafy suburb of Willow Park. This property is located close to schools, shops, city centre bus routes and all major road networks while the train station is just a short walk away. Accommodation includes open plan living room, kitchen, large utility room, 3 bedrooms and bathroom. Outside boasts walled front and rear gardens, which are not overlooked. This property also has the wonderful amenity of the park and the river walkway on its doorstep.
This one year old 4 bedroom semi detached home of 1500 sq ft property has style, space and a host of features that will impress you. The house looks out to an open green space with mature trees. Oak wood flooring flows through the downstairs with a fresh modern contemporary style giving a warm feeling to this family home. The property consists of lounge, dining room, kitchen with dining area and downstairs wc. Upstairs consists of 4 bedrooms with varnished flooring throughout, as well as modern built in wardrobes. This house is located in a beautifully finished off estate, minutes from the centre of town.
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