Selling Hints & Tips

Here are some helpful hints

Selling your house can be a stressful time but a small amount of work and some careful thought can sell your property sooner, reducing the stress on you and your family. Here are some helpful hints:

Disassociate yourself from your home

Say to yourself, “This is not my home; it is a house. A product to be sold much like a box of cereal on the supermarket shelf”
Make the mental decision to “let go” of your emotions and focus on the fact that soon this house will no longer be yours
Don’t look backwards, look towards the future

Make the house sparkle

Wash windows inside and out
Clear away cobwebs and re-seal baths, showers and sinks
Clean out the refrigerator
Vacuum daily and wax or polish floors
Dust furniture, ceiling fan blades and light fixtures
Bleach dingy grout and replace worn rugs
Odours are a no-no so clean and air any musty smelling areas
Hang up fresh towels and if you’ve considered replacing a worn duvet cover, do it.

De-clutter!

Think of this process as a head-start on the packing you will eventually need to do anyway!

Tackle each room one at a time
If you don’t need it, why not donate it or throw it away
Pack up those knickknacks
Tidy everything away from the kitchen work-tops
Pack away books from bookcases

Check Kerb Appeal

Mow the lawn
Paint faded window trims
Yellow evokes a buying emotion so plant yellow flowers or group flower pots together
Trim trees and bushes
Hire a pressure washer so you can spray down patios and pathways

Make minor repairs

Replace cracked floor or counter tiles
Patch holes in walls
Fix leaky taps
Fix doors that won’t close properly and kitchen drawers that stick
Consider painting your walls neutral colours, especially if you have become accustomed to bright coloured walls (don’t give buyers any reason to remember your home as “the house with the orange bathroom”)
Replace blown light bulbs.

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Disassociate yourself from your home

Say to yourself, “This is not my home; it is a house. A product to be sold much like a box of cereal on the supermarket shelf”
Make the mental decision to “let go” of your emotions and focus on the fact that soon this house will no longer be yours
Don’t look backwards, look towards the future

Make the house sparkle

Wash windows inside and out
Clear away cobwebs and re-seal baths, showers and sinks
Clean out the refrigerator
Vacuum daily and wax or polish floors
Dust furniture, ceiling fan blades and light fixtures
Bleach dingy grout and replace worn rugs
Odours are a no-no so clean and air any musty smelling areas
Hang up fresh towels and if you’ve considered replacing a worn duvet cover, do it.

De-clutter!

Think of this process as a head-start on the packing you will eventually need to do anyway!

Tackle each room one at a time
If you don’t need it, why not donate it or throw it away
Pack up those knickknacks
Tidy everything away from the kitchen work-tops
Pack away books from bookcases

Make minor repairs

Replace cracked floor or counter tiles
Patch holes in walls
Fix leaky taps
Fix doors that won’t close properly and kitchen drawers that stick
Consider painting your walls neutral colours, especially if you have become accustomed to bright coloured walls (don’t give buyers any reason to remember your home as “the house with the orange bathroom”)
Replace blown light bulbs.